Project Coordinator - Woking, United Kingdom - McLaren Racing

McLaren Racing

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Woking, United Kingdom

4 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

At McLaren Racing, we believe only by chasing performance in everything we do can we give ourselves the best chance of success.

Performance on track and in the factory. Performance for our people, our business and our partners. It's about more than winning. It's about hitting the highest standards, and then raising the bar again.

Purpose of the Role:

In this role, you will work as a Project Coordinator as part of the PMO team striving to deliver project success across McLaren Racing.

Principal Accountabilities:

Assisting Project Managers with daytoday tasks across all projects
Assisting Project Teams with preparation of monthly reporting ensuring timely submission and adhering to a strict reporting cycle
Coordinating meetings: booking rooms, sending invitations, preparing reports, taking minutes, updating follow up action plans
Document control: Maintain and develop document libraries
Assist the PMO team with research and prepare reports for project feasibility studies

Knowledge, Skills and Experience:

To join our race for performance, you'll need:

Degree educated or equivalent experience of working in a project management environment
Highly organised, diligent with attention to detail and the ability to maintain these skills whilst working under pressure.
APM PFQ or Equivalent desirable
Advanced Skills in MS Office suite, including SharePoint, Teams, Excel
Essential
Understanding of document management systems, processes and best practices
Ability to build strong relationships with a variety of stakeholders across all levels of the business
Confident communicator with the ability to translate complex information succinctly to suit the audience
Ability to multitask over several ongoing projects, ability to priorities whilst managing time sensitive tasks
Highly organised, diligent with attention to detail and the ability to maintain these skills whilst working under pressure.
Keen problem solver, who enjoys tackling complex challenges and finding solutions
Good influencing skills

Personal Attributes:

A willingness to take responsibility and ownership for work
Detail orientated, understands the importance of having the correct things in place at the correct time
Ability to think clearly, logically and objectively
Capacity to multitask under pressure, over several ongoing projects and able to define priorities
Keen problem solver, who enjoys tackling complex challenges and finding solutions
Ability to build strong relationships and build rapport with key people across the team
Able to assess work completed against future goal and monitor progress

What can McLaren offer?
We constantly strive to be better tomorrow than we are today.

Our ambition is to be the most pioneering and exhilarating racing team in the world, and our collective task is to set the standards for high performance in sport.

We show up every day with energy and enthusiasm, ready to play our part.

We encourage and support diversity, equity and inclusion. We will actively promote a culture that values difference and eliminates discrimination in our workplace.

McLaren Racing is based at the iconic McLaren Technology Centre (MTC) near Woking.

Our state of the art, sustainable campus offers many facilities including a gym, swimming pool, restaurant and indoor and outdoor break-out areas, as well as direct access to park and common land.

The MTC is connected to Woking mainline station via regular shuttle buses, from which London Waterloo is a 30 minute train ride.

Hybrid working patterns give you options to balance your home life and outside interests with your work. We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including private healthcare, car schemes, life insurance and generous pension contributions.