Position Title: Programme Mangers Assistant (PMA)

Duration: 12 Month Rolling Contract

Location: Dagenham / Dunton, Essex

Division: Manufacturing

Rate: Umbrella £26.75 per hour Inside IR35

Position Description:

• Programme Managers Assistant (PMA)
• Powertrain Manufacturing Engineering
• The principal role of the PMA is to support the Programme Leader / Programme Manager with the management of a project focusing on collecting information and reporting.
• The PMA will develop an understanding of all the aspects of a Clients' Powertrain project which must be tracked, gather information from the engineering teams that are implementing the project and then feed this information into the appropriate systems, reporting formats and documents.
• Following on from this they will support the presentations from the programme management team to various levels of management within the organisation.
• The PMA will frequently lead meetings with the engineering teams to gather the required information, for example covering project funding, issue management & progress to timing plans.
• This allows them to track progress and highlight to the programme leader/manager any areas of concern.
• Project administration tasks will also be required such as setting up meetings and managing SharePoint's.
• There will also be opportunities to work with other PMAs especially for the purposes of sharing lessons learnt and strengthening best practice.
• The projects run by this team are to install or retool manufacturing systems and, as such, are highly technical so an understanding of manufacturing systems is an advantage.
• Meeting deadlines is critical in this environment to ensure launch timing is met and prevent production shortages or stoppages.

Skills Required:

• Excellent communication skills
• Proficient with MS Excel, MS Project, MS PowerPoint and MS SharePoint

Skills Preferred:

• Project planning

Experience Required:

• Project management experience

Experience Preferred:

• Minimum 2 years project management experience with a focus on planning and management reporting
• Experience of project management tools
• Experience in a manufacturing environment

Education Preferred:

• Degree or appropriate experience

Additional Information :

• Hybrid between Dunton and Dagenham must be able to get to either site as and when required