Manufacturing Project Manager (HE / SHE / THEY) 1821(they / He / She)

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We are looking for a Manufacturing Project Manager to lead the manufacturing of nuclear fusion components for the ITER Project . This key role requires expertise in team leadership, contract management, and production line supervision in highly regulated industries.

Location :

📍San Felices de Buelna, Cantabria

Responsibilities : General Tasks :

🔹 FBL Steering Committee delegates responsibility and authority to the Project Director on the daily decisions.

🔹 Responsible for being the communication via between client and the Steering Committee.

🔹 Provide leadership on culture and values, keep the project aligned with the organization’s strategy, governance of project risk, focuses on realization of benefits and recommends opportunities to optimize cost / benefit.

🔹 Provide timely decisions, clarifies decision-making framework, clarifies business priorities and strategy, communicates business issues, provides resources, engenders trust, manages relationships, and promotes ethical working.

🔹 Responsible for compliance of all terms regarding to the Project progress

🔹 Contact with client to ensure and monitoring the good practices in the Project.

🔹 Project Integration and Project Management : scope management and follow up of costs, KPI, schedule, risk, procurement, quality, HR, HSE, financial, engineering deliverables and manufacturing. Action Management tool. Follow up of Actions.

🔹 Daily contact and coordination with the Project team to analyze the status of the Project.

🔹 Detection of tools and market opportunities to improve the Project efficiency.

🔹 Detecting potential improvements and enhancements to the management of the Project.

🔹 Preparation and / or revision of documentation regarding the division of Project Management.

🔹 Managing and following up on the contractual status of bank bonds (performance guarantees and pre-financing).

🔹 Responsible for reviewing and obtain signature of Purchase Orders

🔹 Detection of potential improvements and risks to the Project.

🔹 Attending meetings and analyzing proposals for general improvements.

🔹 Contact possible suppliers.

🔹 Continuous study of improvements on the market to analyze their implementation in the Project.

Contract Management :

🔹 Follow up of all contractual clauses.

🔹 Submission of contractual documents.

🔹 Deviations and Contract Modifications.

🔹 Amendments of the contract.

🔹 Exchange of Contractual Information.

🔹 Deviation Orders and Approved Deviations Request.

🔹 Dual Use and Intellectual Property.

🔹 Compensation events.

🔹 Organization structure and responsibilities.

🔹 Personnel Competencies, training and certification.

🔹 Suitably Qualified and Experienced Personnel (SQEP).

🔹 Participation on Non Conformity Process.

🔹 Progress Report Submission (executive summary and integration of each division reports).

🔹 Approval and revision of Cost Statements.

🔹 Review, control and approval of invoicing. Approval of travel expenses.

🔹 Support to definition of priorities from a scheduling point of view (critical path, main subcritical paths and slack analysis).

🔹 Ensure the knowledge of the Project and Lessons Learned.

🔹 Support and help to Project Management Support in general tasks regarding to the division.

Specific Tasks :

🔹 Support and collaboration to solve any Project blocking point. Detecting interdisciplinary technical problems on the Project and preparing proposals by integrating a valid solution for all the disciplines.

🔹 Definition of general strategy for the processes and procedures of each Project division. Revision and monitoring of processes follow-up.

🔹 Managing the insurance policies on the FBL workshop building.

🔹 Coordinate and evaluate needs and strategy for preparing FBL purchase orders with partners (Empresarios Agrupados and Leading Metal Mechanics).

🔹 Definition of needs and support to Project Management Support in :

🔹 Writing up contracts associated with the direct orders from FBL partners

🔹 Writing up contracts associated with the indirect orders from FBL partners

🔹 Analyzing the information and cost estimates of the contracts with F4E to carry out orders of direct and indirect costs.

🔹 Contacting all the parties involved in FBL costs.

🔹 Estimates of indirect costs for Cash Flow.

🔹 Reviewing the orders before invoicing them.

🔹 Definition of strategy and assumptions for the analysis of the tasks regarding baseline composition.

🔹 Evaluating and estimating amendments to the contract.

🔹 Revision and approval of deviations from the contract in terms of costs, tasks, documentation, staff hours, resources and risks.

🔹 Analyzing the following points :

🔹 Documents holding the original requirements.

🔹 Impacted documents.

🔹 Impact on technical scope (with support of Integration Engineer).

🔹 Impact on cost of the contract.

🔹 Impact on duration of the contract.

🔹 Impact on interfaces.

🔹 Impact on safety.

🔹 Impact on other : proposal valid until, safety class.

🔹 Integrating the technical and cost information among the disciplines.

🔹 Supporting follow-up, coordination, and actions to carry out to undertake the DNOs in the contract.

🔹 Managing, definition of strategy and following up on the Subcontractors' backup plans :

🔹 Establishing the responsibilities of each person to overcome the issues.

🔹 Integrating the information from the different disciplines (Quality, Control, HSE, Procurement, Engineering, Design and Manufacturing) to manage the backup plans.

🔹 Support in preparing the information needed for future decisions in case of having to carry out a Plan B,

🔹 Support Site Responsible on any need that may arise on the site

🔹 Support on definition of strategy for the contractual and commercial management of several contracts.

🔹 Purchase orders awarding information approval before preparation for Steering Committee final approval.

🔹 Major purchase orders Supplier Documentation follow up.

Manufacturing (Production Line) :

🔹 Definition and prioritisation of the Production Line.

🔹OEE monitoring.

🔹Manufacturing strategy and organization.

🔹Production control and production plan definition.

🔹Support for technical requirements coming from the factory.

🔹Ensuring compliance with technical requirements throughout the manufacturing stage.

🔹Ensuring proper use of correct documentation for the manufacturing stage.

🔹Reporting of incidents and technical non-conformities.

🔹Process specifications shall include quality provisions, methods for inspection and test, number of samples, accept or reject criteria.

🔹Definition of long lead time items (equipment, materials, components and so on).

🔹Design and analysis necessary in order to demonstrate that a particular solution for the manufacturing design of the component is acceptable.

🔹 Production line suitable for the series manufacturing.

🔹 Analysing, testing and development activities to produce preliminary manufacturing design.

🔹Responsible for reporting the Manufacturing Contractual Deliverables to the customer via CTS.

🔹Assurance that the Process FMEA / FMECA (P-FMEA / FMECA) which shall be input for the definition of the critical quality items is followed.

🔹Responsible for the issuance of the Manufacturing Flow Chart (macro and micro).

🔹Identify critical quality items / activities related to serial production in a manufacturing flowchart (macro and micro)

Requirements :

🔺Education : Relevant engineering degree(s).

🔺 Required Experience : At least 5 years in demanding and complex manufacturing and engineering projects, ideally in the Energy sector (preferably in the Nuclear and / or in O&G).

🔺 Skills : 🔸 Engineering

🔸 Leadership

🔸 Project Management

🔸 Contract Management

🔸 Manufacturing and organization of Production Lines

🔺 Languages : English , at least B2, negotiation level,Spanish, at least B1, French, a plus.

🔺 Location : Los Corrales de Buelna, Cantabria, some travel according to project needs.

Our company promotes equal opportunities, we value diversity in our team, and we encourage an accessible work environment. If you require specific adjustments or assistance to participate in the selection process, please do not hesitate to inform us.

We look forward to learning more about your experience and how you can contribute to our team.