Project management · one programme lead
One project manager holding the whole programme.
When a job becomes a programme — several tools, several stages, launch dates — one named project manager holds the schedule, the risks and the decisions. You always know who to ask.
The detail
Single project manager, at group level.
A named engineer is enough for most jobs. Programmes are different: more tools, more people on your side, more dates that can't move. They need someone whose job is the schedule, not the bench.
The project manager works alongside the engineers in whichever divisions are involved, and reports to you in one voice.
What's involved
Six parts of the work.
Programme plan
Milestones, dependencies and your immovable dates on one page.
Risk list
Kept current and shared, so problems surface while they're small.
Decision log
What was decided, by whom, and when — useful months later.
Weekly update
Short, written, to the people you nominate.
Change control
Scope changes priced and approved before they're worked.
Close-out
Everything filed so a refresh in two years starts from the record.
How it runs
Four steps, in order.
- 01
Kick-off
Stakeholders, scope, dates and risks captured.
- 02
Plan agreed
Milestones signed off by both sides.
- 03
Run
Weekly updates, risk reviews, change control.
- 04
Close
Files handed over and archived.
Is it right for you?
An honest fit check.
A good fit when
- Your launch has a date that can't move
- More than one tool or part number is involved
- Several people on your side need updates
- Regulatory or customer checkpoints gate each stage
Probably not the answer when
- A single tool and a single delivery — your named engineer covers it
- You want us to manage suppliers we don't work with
- Programmes outside moulding altogether
FAQs
Common questions.
Is the project manager an engineer?
They come from the engineering side and know the workshop, but their job on your programme is the schedule.
Is it charged separately?
For long programmes, sometimes. We'll be clear before kick-off.
Can we use our own tools for tracking?
Yes. We'll report in your format.
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The rest of this service.
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The group
Delivered across the group
This work is coordinated by TCI Group and carried out by whichever of the four divisions suits your part.
Get in touch
Not sure which division? Tell us what you're making.
Send us a sketch, a photograph, or a paragraph. We'll come back with the right division, the right route, and an honest sense of what it will take.
Real people, a real workshop
You deal with the people who make it.
No call centre and no middlemen. When you contact TCI Group, you speak to the team who design, build and check your mould.
- A real Warwickshire workshopUnit 15, Waterloo Park, Bidford-on-Avon, Alcester B50 4JG.
- Real people on the phoneCall the team on 01789 224228, Monday to Friday.
- The same team on every jobDesign, production and aftercare come from the people you see here.
- Five brands, one teamMoulds, culinary, construction and contract products, all run from Bidford-on-Avon. See the divisions.
Thomas LaneManaging Director
George PrestonDesign & Project Manager
Kelly BallingerHead of Partnerships
Jim AndertonProduction Manager
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