Join us at Orbia Building & Infrastructure (Wavin): Where purpose comes to life.
You’re purpose driven. Growth minded. Ready to stretch your potential. Welcome to Orbia’s Building & Infrastructure business, Wavin, where our purpose ‘to advance life around the world’ drives our entire global team.
Every day, we are thinking big and working smart to solve some of the toughest challenges impacting the world. Whether it’s facilitating clean drinking water for communities, creating climate resilient cities, or designing more comfortable living spaces, we never settle for “good enough” when there’s an opportunity to make life better.
At Orbia Building & Infrastructure (Wavin), we advance life around the world by building healthy, sustainable environments. And where is our help most needed? The places we live in: cities where drinking water is leaking away, greenery is disappearing, streets are flooding after heavy rain, and outdated sewer systems are polluting our groundwater. It’s time to join our team and help build more sustainable environments!
We are currently looking for a Project Manager to join our team in Chippenham, United Kingdom, Wavin UK, an Orbia business. If you want to make a difference and work for a purpose-led company, please read on.
The role
The Project Manager will be responsible for delivering assigned projects, ensuring that all project elements are being delivered safely to the agreed time, cost, and quality. This includes responsibility for the planning and management works as well as managing stakeholders.
* The occupant manages projects within Chippenham facility to agreed Orbia H&S standards, budgets, and timeframes. Development and management of project plans, budgets, and project management of vendors/contractors.
* Manages a team of project engineers and internal/external stakeholders, vendors, and contractors where applicable.
You will report to Site Operations Manager. The position will lead a team of 3 direct subordinates.
Your responsibilities:
* Deliver assigned projects to agreed Orbia’s high standards of H&S and adherence to safe working practices in accordance with legislation.
* Manage internal and external stakeholders, building strong relationships with sub-contractors and suppliers, including the development of plans and budgets.
* Deliver projects through to completion on time and within budget and to the satisfaction of all stakeholders, ensuring cost-effective solutions which meet our quality expectations can be delivered to our clients.
* Identify, reduce, and manage all risks including technical, statutory, health and safety, commercial or otherwise associated with each project.
* Manage appropriate communication with key personnel.
* Provide leadership and on-the-ground project management including supporting and coaching for project activity to operations teams engaged with projects. Work with other operational managers to ensure the collaborative deployment of the projects.
* Lead plant Capex investment activity through project feasibility studies and proposal development.
* Manage, motivate, and develop a team of three project engineers.
* Share and implement best practice engineering and process improvement solutions.
* Provide leadership in identifying and specifying project opportunities and in delivering contractual commitments on secured projects.
Our requirements:
* Engineering graduate (B. Tech OR BE) is essential. A Project Management degree and experience within Lean Manufacturing is desirable.
* The incumbent needs to be fluent in English.
* Previous experience with an Engineering/Manufacturing background.
* Previous experience of delivering all levels of projects to completion on time, in budget, and to the satisfaction of all stakeholders.
* Expertise to identify, reduce, and manage all risks (technical, statutory, H&S, commercial, and otherwise) associated with each project.
* Experience of developing strong relationships with internal stakeholders, vendors, and contractors to achieve goals.
* Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with strong operational awareness.
* Physical requirements for the position such as mobility, vision, strength, etc. (applicable in line with local laws).
What Orbia Building & Infrastructure offers:
Do you want to make a difference by working with a purpose? Count on a warm welcome at Orbia Building & Infrastructure (Wavin)! Here we take responsibility for each other and our company. We stay brave in pursuing calculated risks that fuel innovation. And we embrace diverse perspectives, skills, and talents to transform the way we work and the impact we have on the world. Above all, we encourage all our employees to develop their talents and to become the best version of themselves. Together, as a strong team, we grow and deliver on our purpose every day. Orbia B&I is the place to be if you truly wish to make an impact. In addition to working with an enthusiastic, professional team in an international environment, we offer a competitive compensation and benefit package.
Organization:
Orbia’s Building & Infrastructure business, Wavin, is an innovative solutions provider for the global building and infrastructure industry. Backed by more than 60 years of product development experience, we advance life around the world by building healthy, sustainable environments for global communities. Whether it’s to improve the distribution of clean drinking water, to make sanitation accessible for everyone, to create climate-resilient cities, or to design comfortable living spaces, Orbia B&I collaborates with municipal leaders, engineers, contractors, and installers to help future-proof communities, buildings, and homes. Orbia B&I has 11,000+ employees and 65 production sites worldwide, serving over 80 countries through a global sales and distribution network.
Orbia Building & Infrastructure is part of Orbia – a company driven by a shared purpose: to advance life around the world. Orbia operates in several sectors including: Polymer Solutions (Vestolit and Alphagary), Building and Infrastructure (Wavin), Precision Agriculture (Netafim), Connectivity Solutions (Dura-Line), and Fluor and Energy Materials (Koura). These five Orbia business groups have a collective focus on expanding access to health and wellness, reinventing the future of cities and homes, ensuring food and water security, connecting communities to information, and accelerating a circular economy with basic and advanced materials, specialty products, and innovative solutions. Orbia has a global team of over 24,000 employees, commercial activities in more than 100 countries, and operations in over 50, with headquarters in Boston, Mexico City, Amsterdam, and Tel Aviv.
Recruitment agencies are requested not to respond to this vacancy. Unsolicited applications from third parties in general are also not accepted.
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