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Projects Department | RML Group
RML Group is seeking an experienced and driven Project Manager to join our Projects & Planning Team. Reporting directly to the Head of Projects & Planning, you will play a critical role in leading complex engineering projects from concept through to final delivery.
This is an exciting opportunity for a highly organised and technically minded professional who thrives in fast-paced, high-performance engineering environments. You will be responsible for ensuring projects are delivered on time, within budget, and to the highest quality standards while coordinating cross-functional teams across engineering, manufacturing, quality, purchasing, supply chain, and commercial functions.
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Lead engineering projects across the full product lifecycle, including concept development, design, manufacture, validation, and delivery.
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Define and manage project scope, objectives, deliverables, assumptions, and success criteria.
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Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, budgets, risk registers, and resource plans.
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Coordinate cross-functional teams including engineering, production, supply chain, quality, and commercial departments.
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Manage timelines, risks, issues, dependencies, and change control processes.
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Ensure stakeholder alignment on priorities, project status, responsibilities, and deliverables.
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Monitor project performance against timing, cost, scope, and quality targets, implementing recovery plans where required.
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Manage project financials, including forecasting, cost tracking, and reporting.
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Work closely with Engineering and Purchasing teams to achieve BOM cost targets.
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Facilitate project reviews and provide clear reporting to senior leadership and customers.
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Assess the impact of programme, engineering, or customer changes on scope, timing, costs, and resources.
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Identify project risks and implement effective mitigation strategies.
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Drive collaboration and communication across all departments to ensure successful project execution.
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Support continuous improvement initiatives, governance processes, and lessons-learned activities.
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Ensure projects are delivered in line with company standards, customer expectations, and commercial objectives.
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We are looking for a motivated and delivery-focused Project Manager with experience in complex technical or engineering-led environments.
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Proven project management experience within engineering, manufacturing, automotive, motorsport, or similarly complex technical industries.
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Strong understanding of full project lifecycle management.
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Experience managing cross-functional teams and multiple stakeholders in fast-paced environments.
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Ability to manage scope, timing, priorities, and deliverables effectively.
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Strong commercial awareness and understanding of programme risk and resource management.
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Excellent analytical, organisational, and problem-solving skills.
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Strong communication and stakeholder management abilities, with confidence working across all levels of the business.
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Comfortable balancing strategic oversight with hands-on project delivery.
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Proactive mindset with the ability to drive pace and maintain challenging timelines.
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Customer-focused approach with a commitment to delivering successful outcomes.
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Experience within high-performance automotive, motorsport, defence, or low-volume manufacturing environments.
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Experience working with motorsport teams, OEMs, or Tier 1 suppliers.
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Familiarity with project management tools, ERP systems, and governance frameworks.
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Bachelor’s degree preferred, ideally in Engineering or a related discipline.
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Minimum 5 years’ project management experience within the automotive, motorsport, or engineering sectors.
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Experience managing multidisciplinary engineering teams.
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Proficiency in Microsoft Project and ERP systems.
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Excellent leadership, communication, and organisational skills.
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Ability to manage multiple priorities in deadline-driven environments.
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Office and manufacturing plant-based role.
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Occasional travel to customer sites, supplier locations, and testing facilities.
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Flexibility to support prototype builds and launch phases outside standard working hours when required.
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At RML Group, we are driven by:
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Teamwork
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Integrity
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Excellence
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Customer Focus
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On-time project delivery
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Budget adherence
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Effective cross-functional communication
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Risk reduction and mitigation effectiveness
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If you are passionate about delivering high-performance engineering projects and want to be part of an innovative and ambitious team, we would love to hear from you.
