Engineering Project Manager

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Location: Worksop, GB

Working hours: Monday - Friday (37.5 hours per week)

Contract:Permanent, Full Time

Salary: up to £57,400 per annum, depending on experience

Closing date: 7th July 2025. Please note we may close this vacancy earlier if we receive a high number of applications.

Are you a seasoned Engineering Project Manager with a passion for delivering excellence in the food manufacturing sector? Do you thrive on overseeing projects from inception to completion, ensuring legal compliance, and driving continuous improvement? If so, we want to hear from you!

Premier Foods is seeking a dedicated and experienced Engineering Project Manager to join our dynamic team at Worksop. Reporting to the Senior Project Manager, you will play a crucial role in supporting our capital projects, ensuring they are delivered on time, in full, and within budget, all while maintaining the highest standards of food safety and compliance.

This is a permanent position where you'll be instrumental in developing project management delivery and processes across our sites, working closely with various internal teams including the Project Director, Marketing, Sales, and Site teams.

What you'll be doing:

As an Engineering Project Manager, your expertise will be vital in planning, leading, monitoring, and evaluating projects. Your key responsibilities will include:

• Project Leadership: Overseeing the successful delivery of capital, revenue, and improvement projects, ensuring designs and solutions meet all food safety and hygiene requirements.
• Strategic Alignment: Supporting and achieving Premier Foods' strategy and site targets, utilising best practices across the group.
• Stakeholder Management: Establishing clear communication channels with stakeholders at all levels, providing regular updates, and addressing any concerns.
• Fiscal Management: Driving the capital expenditure process, identifying priorities, and ensuring projects are delivered within budget.
• Team Development: Building and managing high-performing project teams, providing guidance, motivation, and fostering a collaborative environment. This includes excelling in contractor management in terms of safety, management, standards, and delivery.
• Safety & Compliance: Ensuring all activities comply with company policy and statutory legislation regarding ethical standards, safety, food hygiene, and contractor management. You'll actively promote a culture of safe working practices.
• Continuous Improvement: Optimising plant capability, assisting in the design and development of manufacturing process lines, and identifying opportunities for cost savings and efficiency improvements.

What we're looking for:

To be successful in this role, you'll need to demonstrate:

• A Bachelor's degree or relevant experience in a related field (e.g., Project Management, Business Administration, Engineering).
• Proven experience within the Food Manufacturing / FMCG sector.
• Proven experience as a Project Manager with a strong track record of successful project delivery.
• Strong knowledge and understanding of project management methodologies and tools.
• Excellent leadership and team management skills.
• The ability to understand, manage, and transact financial budgets.
• Exceptional organisational, communication, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• A collaborative and engaging style, resilience, and perseverance.
• Strong manufacturing, engineering, and maintenance experience.
• The ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines.
• A time-served apprenticeship in engineering.

What we offer you:

• Private Medical Insurance
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Enhanced Pension scheme with up up to 7.5% employer contributions
• Sharesave programme
• A comprehensive Employee discount scheme (including travel, food and shopping)
• Cycle to work scheme

If you're ready to make a significant impact within a leading food manufacturer and possess the skills and drive to excel in project delivery, we encourage you to apply!

A great British food company

Premier Foods is one of Britain's biggest listed food companies, employing over 4,000 colleagues at 13 manufacturing sites and offices up and down the country.

Many of our brands have been part of UK life for more than a century and you'll find them in 90% of British households.

At Premier foods we believe in inclusion, authenticityandindividuality.We aim to ensure all existingand futurecolleagues are given equitable opportunities and are respected, valued and encouraged to bring their true authentic selves to workno matter who they are, what they look like, who they love or what they believe in.Our culture is one where everyone is welcome.