Junior Project Manager - Engineering

Matter; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 31,000 - 40,000

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Junior Project Manager - Engineering

Application Deadline: 21 April 2025

Department: Engineering

Employment Type: Permanent

Location: Bristol

Reporting To: Principal Project & Quality Manager

Compensation: GBP 31,200 - GBP 39,250 / year

Description

Do you want to help build a company with the capacity to disrupt whole industries and take on environmental issues on a global scale?

Matter. is a Venture Capital backed CleanTech scale-up and we have an opportunity for a technically focused Junior Project Manager to drive key delivery milestones across a variety of engineering projects, from concept all the way to delivery.

This role will require close collaboration with cross-functional teams to ensure the timely and successful delivery of our industrial sized systems focused engineering projects.

You will enjoy working closely with the technical teams, clients, and third-party external manufacturers to ensure the success of key delivery milestones across a variety of projects within our Industries business units.

This role provides cross functional reach and exposure to a variety of teams across the business. You will need the understanding and communication skills to ensure that you are working with the correct stakeholders, driving engagement at the right level to influence delivery.

This role reports to the Principal Project & Quality Manager and offers significant career growth opportunities as our scale-up expands.

The ideal candidate will have a strong technical engineering background, exceptional organisational skills, and a proven track record of successfully managing large-scale (shipping container sized) engineering focused projects from inception to completion.

Additionally, it would also be beneficial, but not essential, to have experience in a batch manufacturing environment, with strong intercultural skills gained through international exposure.

How you will grow and make an impact

You will play an essential role in supporting, coordinating the delivery of key Matter technology projects, where initially you will be working on aligned projects that will make the most of your prior experience, but will quickly get the opportunity to develop and stretch yourself working on new challenges.

Be part of Cleantech history and take part in contributing to Matter's journey to deliver our sustainability goals by introducing our first revenue generating products to the market that will make direct environmental impact.

Working in Matters scale-up environment will offer you more responsibility and greater exposure to various departments, enabling a faster learning experience in project management & operational / technical environment.

Depending on your project assignment you will possibly get international exposure where a strong intercultural collaboration with our client & suppliers.

As you progress, you will be able to work on larger projects, with greater strategic responsibilities and exposure to the Executive leadership team to report on key Matter projects.

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate with internal and external stakeholders to ensure smooth project delivery
• Develop and maintain project plans, track progress, and ensure timely delivery of projects
• Possibly liaising with suppliers and external partners to ensure timely delivery of components and materials to manufacturing site
• Anticipate risks and act proactively to mitigate, address or escalate them
• Reporting project metrics to key stakeholders and providing high level of visibility

About You

We understand that the value of people is much more than what's written on their CV. Our recruitment process doesn't focus on a checklist of 'ideal' experience and skills. On your career journey as a technically focused project manager or engineer, you will have developed a unique blend of skills and experience that might not fully match our specific list of requirements.

Please don't let that deter you from applying!

It might be that you come from an engineering Project Management background, having successfully delivered a variety of large-scale, technically complex projects, and may have gained some experience in a batch manufacturing environment.

Alternatively, you might be an engineer who has gained production exposure with a background in Manufacturing, Industrial, Mechanical, Quality or Design engineering and has had exposure to project management.

Or it could be that you are a Project Engineer or Junior Project Manager, where you will have gained meaningful delivery production experience, with exposure to engineering products, FMCG, medical, or consumer related products and looking for the next step in your career journey.

• Strong project engineering & production management experience within an R&D engineering environment; OR
• Experience in project management, with some of it in a technical role or exposure to production environments. (eg. operations management, manufacturing, tooling, operations or assembly design)
• The ability to work across multi-discipline projects
• Leadership and the ability to drive delivery and motivate the team to deliver project requirements
• Proven experience working on projects in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to deliver at pace and complete projects within a set duration and budget

Benefits

We pride ourselves on our amazing technology and passion for wanting to change things, but fundamentally what we are most proud of is our people.

In return for your expertise, we offer candidates the following:

• Flexible working environment, with core hours of 09:30-16:00 and hybrid working available, based at our central Bristol HQ
• Annual Leave - 26 days + public holidays + entitlement will increase with length of service, 1 day for every year up to 32 days pa
• 1 extra day of leave to celebrate you on your birthday
• Ability to swap up to 3 Bank Holidays in a year for days of cultural or religious significance
• Enhanced family leave (maternity & paternity) - 13 weeks full pay (maternity) or 4 weeks full pay (paternity) - available for those who have worked continuously for 26 weeks by the end of the Qualifying Week
• Sick Pay - Short Term Sickness is full pay for 10 days in any 12-month rolling period / Long Term Sickness is full pay for any instance of a consecutive period of sickness longer than a week (7 consecutive days) up to 13 weeks.
• Pension scheme (Aviva) - Salary Sacrifice - 5% employer contribution
• Private Medical Insurance (BUPA) - you and your family (Level 1 cover)
• Medical Cash Plan (SimplyHealth) - you and your family (Level 1 cover)
• Critical Illness Cover (Zurich) - after 13 weeks of Illness 75% of wages paid up to 5 years
• Dental Plan (BUPA) - you and your family (Level 1 cover)
• Life Assurance (Zurich) - one-off payment of 2 times your annual salary to next of kin
• Virtual GP
• Employee Assistance Programme
• EMI - Eligibility to be granted 200 share options on your first work anniversary
• Onsite kitchen, dining, breakout areas & healthy snacks
• Monthly lunch clubs
• Regular team events and parties
• On-site parking for bicycles and cars
• Cycle to work scheme
• Ethical discounts through Lumina
• Training & Development support incl. 5% of contractual hours used for self-development
• Professional membership - one per year where relevant to role
• Onsite Yoga