Team Leader- Project Management

1. Team Leadership & Coordination

• Provide leadership, mentoring and supervision to project managers, project engineers and coordinators to build a high-performing project team.
• Assign project tasks, monitor progress actively, ensure timely delivery of milestones and adherence to project plans.
• Conduct regular team meetings, performance reviews, training sessions and foster continuous professional development.
• Promote a collaborative culture across the project management team and facilitate clear communication of roles, responsibilities and targets.
• Demonstrated change management and continuous improvement mindset: ability to challenge status quo and drive operational excellence.

2. Project Planning & Execution

• Lead the development of detailed project plans, schedules, budgets, resource allocations and deliverables specific to automation/manufacturing initiatives.
• Track project milestones, conduct resource management and ensure alignment with company standards, methodology and best practices.
• Ensure integration of engineering, procurement, installation, commissioning and startup activities in a seamless project lifecycle.
• Monitor project performance, enforce corrective actions in case of deviations and escalate as needed.
• Experience with capital expenditure (CAPEX) projects, vendor/contractor management and site operations is highly beneficial.

3. Risk & Issue Management

• Proactively identify project risks and issues (technical, schedule, cost, quality, supply-chain, safety) early, and develop robust mitigation or resolution plans.
• Escalate critical issues to the HOD and senior management with clarity and recommendations.
• Maintain thorough documentation of risks, issues, lessons learned and drive continuous improvement in risk practices.

4. Stakeholder Communication

• Maintain effective and transparent communication with internal stakeholders (engineering, operations, procurement, quality, maintenance) as well as external stakeholders (vendors, clients, contractors).
• Provide regular status reports, project updates, dashboards and escalate key matters in a timely manner.
• Facilitate coordination among cross-functional teams to resolve bottlenecks and ensure alignment of project objectives with manufacturing requirements.

5. Quality, Safety & Compliance

• Ensure that project deliverables comply with defined quality standards, manufacturing/automation requirements and client expectations.
• Monitor compliance with safety regulations, environmental guidelines, company policies and manufacturing best practices (including lean, Industry 4.0 integration).
• Participate in project audits, reviews, commissioning hand-over and ensure proper sign-off procedures are followed.

6. Continuous Improvement & Innovation

• Champion best practices in project management, process improvements and automation adoption within the team and wider organisation.
• Encourage knowledge-sharing, training, use of project-management tools (MS Project, Primavera, JIRA etc.), and adoption of digital solutions (dashboards, analytics).
• Promote innovation in project delivery methods, manufacturing integration, lean manufacturing techniques and respond to evolving industry trends.