Project Manager - Special Projects Wardington

Tuthill is a family owned business with over 50 years of success in the motorsport and automotive industry. Based in Oxfordshire, we are globally recognised for our high performance vehicles and historic Porsche builds. Our team takes pride in restoring and building bespoke road, race, and rally cars, with all aspects of the process completed in house. With a rich legacy of innovation, integrity, and competitive success, we are committed to delivering excellence while fostering a supportive and collaborative environment for our employees.

We are seeking a motivated and responsible Project Manager to join our team. As part of the Operations team, you will play a key role in managing the restoration of a portfolio of cars. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who is organised, detail oriented, and thrives in a fast paced environment. You'll be working in our state of the art facility alongside a friendly, supportive team.

• Monitor progress of projects with a "hands on" approach to ensure successful delivery of all aspects of projects, utilising the Project Management competences of scope, time, cost, quality, risk, resource planning and communications.
• Engage in constant communication with internal and external stakeholders keeping the team up to date with progress.
• Writing estimates using our project management toolkits, as well as our bespoke DMS system.
• Assist in the implementation of policies and procedures to meet required quality standards.
• Engage teams to succeed by showing clear ownership and driving accountability of tasks.
• Manage suppliers of equipment and tooling to ensure adherence to timing, specification, production approval and costs supporting the Purchasing team in sourcing decisions.
• Lead multi disciplined teams to execute projects in accordance with quality, schedule and cost commitments.
• Communicate with stakeholders, partners & customers remotely and face to face, during project development and execution phases.
• Maintain communication with leadership team, ensuring awareness of potential roadblocks, risks or challenges and propose appropriate solutions.
• Track, monitor and report project performance using project management tools, ensuring monthly program status reports are available at month end to track open issues.
• Build knowledge / understanding of new car builds and re prep process and look to streamline.
• Build solid relationships with all staff members to allow access to all available information.

• Proven experience working in the automotive industry in a project management role.
• Demonstrated track record of engineering ability in an electrical or mechanical discipline.
• Proven track record of successful project delivery.
• Experience managing customers both technically and commercially to ensure costs, delivery and quality are clear at all times.
• Experience of working in an automotive engineering or design and manufacturing environment.
• A good understanding of business processes, methods and quality assurance systems.
• A high level of interpersonal skills to work effectively and collaboratively with others.
• Be self motivated and results focused.
• Advanced MS office skills.
• Instinctive problem solving skills coupled with a sound analytical approach.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, practiced in negotiation and presentations.
• Ability to work under pressure while managing conflicting demands against tight deadlines.
• Applicants Ideally will already be based In the UK but must have the right to work In the UK before they apply for any vacancy with Tuthill Porsche.

• The chance to work in a highly respected, family owned business
• A modern, well equipped workplace in Oxfordshire
• A collaborative and welcoming team environment
• The opportunity to contribute to world class road, rally and race car projects