Here at Apollo, we make smart devices that keep people safe from fire every second of every day. We’re proud of our reputation for being a global manufacturer in the market for high quality fire detection solutions.

Our Project Management team have an exciting opportunity for a highly talented Technical Project Manager to join us!

You will focus on delivering projects ranging from £50K to in excess of £1M in cost, spanning the full range of Apollo’s product portfolio. Projects typically involve electronics, firmware and plastic mouldings.

You will be engaging with all parts of the business from sales and product management through to production and customer support. Engagement with 3rd party vendors and/or customers may also be required. You will be personally responsible for agreeing project delivery strategies tailored to each development with the wider company and then for driving these developments to completion. There are also opportunities to get involved in ‘non-technical’ activities as part of Apollo’s initiative to roll-out project management principles across other departments in the company.

You will be responsible for:

• Management of multi-disciplinary teams that include Marketing, Systems, Electronics, Firmware/Software, Mechanical, Validation, Product Approvals and Production Engineering.
• Managing technically complex, safety critical developments to meet the conflicting requirements of high performance, high reliability and low cost.
• Managing multiple projects in parallel where use of resources is negotiated across competing demands to best meet business needs.
• Ownership of project charters to ensure developments are fully scoped, constraints defined, and success criteria agreed with escalations to senior management if objectives cannot be met within agreed boundaries.
• Identification and monitoring of project risk (threats and opportunities), planning and implementing of mitigation and/or contingent actions.
• Improving Project Management and other business processes within Apollo.
• Continual identification of Lessons Learnt as input into on-going process improvements.
• An active engagement in own and colleague’s professional development.
• Support Apollo’s ambition to roll-out project management principles across the wider business.

You must, as a minimum, be able to demonstrate the following:

• A qualification in an engineering discipline.
• A thorough knowledge of business processes from sales through to production.
• Experience in Project Management principles and tools.
• Experience in project planning; estimating, scheduling, risk/opportunity management etc.
• A self-starter with a proven ability to take the lead, build trust and manage independently without close supervision, seeing things through to completion.
• Experience in dealing with people; negotiating & persuading to achieve your goals.
• A problem-solver with A working knowledge of problem-solving techniques and how to apply these to find creative solutions.
• A quick learner who can communicate complex situations in a simple way.
• Having ambition to progress and take on wider responsibility.

If you are able to demonstrate any of the following it would be an advantage:

• Project Management qualification such as PRINCE2, APM or PMI.
• Managing embedded firmware/software and/or mechanical developments.
• Using agile management techniques.
• Working with high volume manufacturing.
• Managing remote development teams.
• Managing 3^rd party sub-contracts.
• Systems design and requirements management.
• Product approvals.
• Experience of the Fire Safety industry

If you are someone who demonstrates passion, curiosity, and a drive for excellence and you want to make a difference, then we'd love to hear from you!

We are happy to talk about flexible working

Just so you know, we review CV’s as we receive them, and interview as soon as we have applications that look like a good match. So, please apply as soon as possible to avoid missing out on this role. 

We do not seek or accept unsolicited resumes or CVs from recruitment agencies. We are not responsible for, and will not pay, any fees, commissions, or any other payment related to unsolicited resumes or CVs except as required in a written contract between Apollo and the recruitment agency or party requesting payment of a fee.