Project Delivery Manager

Company Description

John Crane, a business of Smiths Group, is a global leader in mission-critical flow control solutions for energy and process industries that enable efficient and sustainable operations. Our products include mechanical seals and systems, couplings, bearings, filtration systems, and predictive digital monitoring technologies. 

We have a global network of more than 200 sites in over 50 countries and employ more than 6,000 people worldwide. We partner with our customers to help them keep their operations safe, reduce downtime, improve efficiency, and meet the latest environmental standards. 

John Crane is part of Smiths Group. For over 170 years, Smiths has been pioneering progress by engineering for a better future. We serve millions of people every year, helping to create a safer, more efficient, productive, and better-connected world across four global markets: energy, security & defence, space & aerospace, and general industrial. Listed on the London Stock Exchange, Smiths employs approximately 16,000 colleagues in over 50 countries. 

Job Description

Key Activities:

• Manage projects from order handover through delivery and project closeout
• Develop and execute project plans, schedules, milestones, and revenue forecasts.
• Lead project kick-off meetings and stakeholder alignment activities.
• Coordinate Engineering, Procurement, Manufacturing, Quality, Logistics, and Finance functions globally.
• Manage customer communications, approvals, technical clarifications, and change requests.
• Identify and mitigate project risks, issues, and commercial impacts.
• Monitor project performance, reporting, invoicing, and delivery commitments.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives and PMO best practices.

Key Accountabilities:

• Deliver projects safely, on time, within budget, and to quality requirements.
• Act as single point of contact for customers during project execution.
• Ensure effective coordination across global functions and regions.
• Manage project risks, issues, changes, and commercial commitments.
• Drive execution excellence, customer satisfaction, and continuous improvement.
• Maintain governance, reporting, and project documentation standards.

Responsible:

• Project execution and delivery
• Customer communication and satisfaction
• Risk, issue, and change management
• Revenue forecast and project reporting
• Cross-functional project coordination
• Responsible for project revenue realization, invoice phasing, cost control, and budget performance
• Supports delivery of project margin and cash flow objectives

Qualifications

Experience:12–15 years in Oil & Gas / Petrochemical project execution | Experience managing global, multi-disciplinary projects, preferably Turbomachinery

Technical Skills: Knowledge of Turbomachinery Systems and Gas Seal Support Systems | Understanding of API / ASME standards | Project planning, risk management, budgeting, and forecasting | PMP certification preferred

People Skills: Customer relationship management | Stakeholder influencing and negotiation| Communication and presentation skills | Cross-cultural collaboration and leadership

Additional Information

With colleagues stretching across the globe, we are proud of our diversity. To foster inclusivity, we run employee resource groups (ERGs) to provide a safe space for employees to connect and support each other. Our cross-business ERGs include Veterans, Pride Network, Black Employee Network, Women@Work Network, and Neurodiversity. 

Across our company, we recognize excellence, culminating in the Smiths Excellence Awards, our annual celebration of the most extraordinary activities, people, and projects that best showcase our strengths and help drive our business forward. We announce these on our annual Smiths Day, a global celebration of Smiths around our network. 

Join us for a great career with competitive compensation and benefits, while helping engineer a better future. 

We believe that different perspectives and backgrounds are what make a company flourish. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment regardless of color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, economic status, disability, age, or any other legally protected characteristics. We are proud to be an inclusive company with values grounded in equality and ethics, where we celebrate, support, and embrace diversity.

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