Interim Project Manager Case Study
| Ref | C1895 |
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| Position | Interim Project Manager | |
| Sector | Automotive / Switchgear | |
| Location | West Midlands |
Interim Project Manager handles Relocation of Plastics Injection Moulding Facility
Our interim project manager worked closely with this client to re-focus its plastics injection moulding equipment on to one site, creating a world-class facility, by improving capacity, process capability and quality of production and manufacturing engineering. The new injection moulding facility was designed as a showpiece manufacturing plant - to provide a shop window for products and processes for our client's automotive OEM customers. A key requirement for the interim project manager was to ensure no loss of production throughout the project. This was achieved by careful planning of the transition from the existing manufacturing plant to the new facility, under the control of the Redmayne interim project manager.
Project Organisation
Our interim project manager handled all project engineering and site management work and administered the works contracts and purchase orders for building, M&E services and equipment installation on the client's behalf. Redmayne also provided procurement and planning engineer support.
Contracts
The client required that an existing warehouse building be refurbished to accommodate the new plastic injection moulding shop. A contract was let to strip out an existing mezzanine floor and to repair and to upgrade the electrical and mechanical services. A system of busbar trunking and overhead cooling water and compressed air systems was installed to provide supplies to the 50+ injection moulding machines, relocated from the client's main assembly facility. Support utilities, including sub-station, fire main, cooling tower and compressor house were built externally to the plant to provide the services needed.
Project Controls
Regular site meetings and safety meetings were held by the interim project manager to control project progress. Microsoft Project was used to detail the sequence and timing of all activities, specifically the relocation and re-commissioning of all injection moulding equipment. All activities were allocated cost codes and controlled closely against the budget targets set for each section of the work.
Outcomes
The operations expansion and relocation programme was handled by our interim project manager and support project staff, over a nine month period, with no loss of production throughout. The client has now begun manufacturing on the new site, to world class standards, to meet the burgeoning global OEM demand for quality automotive components.
