Project Manager - Inciner8
01/2024 - Present
Responsibilities & Achievements:
- Spearheaded the management and successful delivery of multiple complex waste management and incineration system installations, ensuring all projects met strict deadlines and exceeded stakeholder expectations.
- Coordinated with aid agencies and international clients to tailor project solutions to their specific needs, often in challenging environments, ensuring timely and effective execution.
- Crafted comprehensive project plans, including detailed timelines and resource management strategies, to optimise efficiency and ensure project milestones were achieved.
- Led cross-functional collaboration with engineering, procurement, production, and senior leadership teams, ensuring all aspects of the project were seamlessly integrated.
- Actively identified and managed project risks, implementing proactive mitigation strategies to minimise potential disruptions.
- Maintained meticulous project documentation, encompassing scope, plans, and progress reports, ensuring transparency and accountability at every stage.
- Drove continuous improvement initiatives, analysing project outcomes to identify and implement process enhancements.
- Led regular project meetings, offering clear direction, support, and fostering a collaborative environment to ensure team alignment and success.
Project Manager - Evoke Creative
01/2022 - 01/01/2024
Responsibilities & Achievements:
- Successfully leading end-to-end hardware design projects, ensuring timely delivery and adherence to stakeholder expectations.
- Creating comprehensive project plans, schedules, and resource plans for effective project milestones.
- Collaborating cross-functionally with hardware design engineers, software engineers, directors, and production staff for seamless project execution.
- Demonstrating strong skills in risk management, identifying potential issues, and implementing mitigation strategies.
- Maintaining accurate project documentation, including scope, plans, and status reports.
- Actively monitoring project progress and identifying process improvement opportunities.
- Facilitating productive project team meetings, providing guidance and support to team members.
Other Duties
- Aligning closely with the sales team to ensure projects align with accurate and achievable targets.
- Planning and executing company and partner exhibitions to boost brand presence.
- Working closely with customers for precise project scoping and requirements gathering.
- Expertly managing hardware installation rollouts to guarantee smooth implementations.
- Ensuring high-quality production of new products, maintaining expected standards.
- Utilising project management software to efficiently track and report on project progress.
- Fostering strong relationships across the business, motivating and supporting staff during projects.
Notable Projects
Rail Ticketing Machines
- Led a successful partnership with a major digital payments company to provide rail ticketing solutions for UK train operating companies.
- Proactively managed changes to the initial prototype, implementing an effective project plan and regular client communication.
- Ongoing project installation at stations for one of the North’s leading train operating companies.
- Acknowledged as the key client contact, receiving praise for exemplary work on the project.
- Efficiently planned and executed installations at multiple sites, overcoming development challenges and tight deadlines.
- Collaborated closely with sales and production planning teams, ensuring adherence to timelines through shared spreadsheets and cost management with external partners.
National EPOS Rollout
- Played a pivotal role in scoping the Epos solution for a national restaurant chain.
- Conducted early resource planning and ensured alignment with internal departments for project capacity.
- Coordinated with external installation partners to secure their commitment to the project and budget requirements.
- Developed a highly effective master spreadsheet, facilitating seamless communication among internal and external stakeholders.
- Successfully completed installations at the first 5 sites, setting the groundwork for the project’s future success.
