Are You Ready to Lead High-Impact Projects in the Food & Beverage space? We’re seeking a Senior Project Manager with extensive experience within the food and beverage industry to join our team. If you've led complex, multinational projects over £5 million, bring strong intercultural expertise, and thrive on driving project success with full financial accountability, this role could be your next big step!
Make sure to apply with all the requested information, as laid out in the job overview below.
As a Senior Project Manager, you’ll take on full end-to-end project responsibility, guiding every phase from initial quoting through to commissioning and project closure.
What You’ll Be Doing:
* Project Leadership: Oversee large-scale projects, ensuring alignment with our high standards and guiding cross-functional teams to success. You’ll drive all aspects of project execution, from planning and scheduling to commissioning, managing multiple teams without direct line authority.
* Financial Accountability: Lead projects with full financial oversight, tracking costs, margins, and man-hour estimates to optimise outcomes and ensure profitability.
* Stakeholder & Customer Management: Act as the main point of contact, managing complex stakeholder relationships and customer expectations. You'll oversee reporting to steering committees and clients, maintaining clear, consistent communication at every stage.
* Scheduling & Monitoring: Create and maintain project schedules, monitoring milestones to stay on track and ensure efficient resource utilisation.
* Site & Safety Oversight: Manage on-site activities through a site manager, maintaining high safety standards and ensuring health and safety compliance.
* Risk & Change Management: Implement proactive risk management strategies, adapting to project shifts and handling claims and change orders to maintain alignment with scope, schedule, and cost goals.
* Team Leadership: Lead and motivate a high-performing team of project engineers, fostering a culture of ownership and continuous improvement, while managing diverse, multinational teams.
Your Skills & Experience:
* Extensive Technical Expertise: 10+ years leading large-scale technical projects, ideally in liquid processing or food and beverage, with a deep understanding of industry standards and project methodologies.
* Commercial Acumen: Skilled in legal and contractual matters, negotiation, and commercial project management, with a sharp ability to assess risks and maximise opportunities.
* Leadership & Interpersonal Skills: Strong intercultural and cross-functional leadership, excelling in team coordination and influence across multiple business units.
* Certified Project Management: PMI certification (or equivalent) with practical experience managing complex multinational projects.
If you’re an experienced Project Manager eager to lead high-value projects, optimise outcomes, and foster team success within a fast-paced environment, we’d love to hear from you. Let’s connect!