Independent project manager in mechanical engineering, heavy fabrication & research projects

A project manager available when you need one

Hiring a project manager takes time, and projects don't wait. With an independent project manager, you entrust one project or several to a professional already experienced in industrial project management: from analysing the customer's need through to acceptance, with the same focus on quality, cost and schedule.

What is covered

• Needs analysis — specifications, site surveys, safety, handling and layout constraints.
• Costing and quotes — quotes, technical and commercial proposals.
• Planning — MS Project scheduling, milestones, resources, critical path.
• Engineering management — design office coordination, file approval.
• Manufacturing follow-up — workshop, procurement, subcontractors (laser cutting, painting, treatments).
• Quality and acceptance — inspections, non-conformities, corrective actions, testing, commissioning.
• Customer relations — single point of contact and regular reporting.

Engineer and project manager: both roles at once

A project manager who can design reads a drawing as a cost and a lead time; an engineer who has managed projects designs with the workshop in mind. This dual culture comes from the field: managing heavy-fabrication projects, then special machines for nuclear research with the CEA as client, from preliminary design to on-site commissioning.

Research projects and nuclear environments

Managing a machine for a nuclear research laboratory means building safety, radiation protection and traceability into the specification, then upholding them through testing. This experience benefits laboratories, experimental facilities and nuclear subcontractors: definition and justification files, non-conformity management, client reviews, on-site assembly and commissioning.

For which companies?

• Fabrication and welding workshops.
• Special machine builders and integrators.
• Industrial SMEs without an available project manager.
• Design offices that want to delegate project follow-up.
• Laboratories and subcontractors in nuclear and research.

Frequently asked questions

Can you work on a single project?

Yes: on one specific project, from quote to acceptance, or on a single phase (costing, manufacturing follow-up, acceptance).

How does contact with our customers work?

As you prefer: as your company's technical contact, or supporting your team without direct customer contact.

Do you work on site?

Yes for surveys, meetings, workshop follow-up and acceptance, mainly in Occitanie. The rest can be done remotely, with the tools and access you provide.