Recruitment of Interim Project Manager for Power Train Development

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Position Interim Project Manager
Sector Power Train Development
Location UK, South Coast

Control of New Projects in Power Train Development

Research and development work in this important sector includes applications for OEMs in India and China, for mass transport to agricultural vehicles, new applications; also upgrading existing power train to meet emissions legislation etc. Our client works with all the major OEMs, Ford, GM etc, also on Formula One motor sport applications. Projects include alternative fuel systems research and development, emissions control systems and new technology research programmes. All projects are technology led, vary from £100k, up to £20m in value. The client employs a number of qualified project managers from varying levels of seniority from recently qualified personnel to more experienced managers, handling several projects.

Our role was to identify a suitably qualified project manager for the planning of a complex new technology project. Important aspects of the project management work would be a well-developed skill in project control, and good technical understanding of power train development in the automotive sector. Because of the extensive client interaction on projects of this type, we were required to identify candidates with excellent client facing skills. Redmayne was commissioned to find an experienced interim project manager, who could demonstrate a good background of R &D projects in the automotive sector, with good project planning and management capability.