Engineering Project Manager

Bespak; Holmes Chapel; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday: 25 days annual leave + 8 bank

Private medical insurance

Group life assurance

Free on-site parking

Job summary

Bespak in Holmes Chapel is seeking an experienced Engineering Project Manager to lead capital and infrastructure projects on a pharmaceutical manufacturing site. You will work with engineering, manufacturing, quality, regulatory and operations teams to deliver projects safely, on time and within budget.

You’ll manage multi-disciplinary teams, scope, schedules and risk while driving continuous improvement in site infrastructure and manufacturing capability, in a regulated environment that values

Qualifications

• Experienced in delivering complex engineering or capital projects.
• Strong project planning, budgeting and risk management.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management.
• Experience in pharmaceutical, manufacturing or regulated environments.
• Safety, quality and regulatory compliance mindset.

Responsibilities

• Leading the delivery of capital investment and infrastructure projects across the Holmes Chapel site.
• Managing projects covering manufacturing utilities, facilities, buildings, process infrastructure and site services.
• Bringing together multidisciplinary engineering teams, contractors, suppliers and internal stakeholders.
• Managing project scope, budgets, schedules, resources, risks and delivery plans.
• Ensuring projects meet pharmaceutical, regulatory, quality, health & safety and engineering requirements.
• Working closely with manufacturing and operational teams to minimise disruption.
• Identifying opportunities to improve site infrastructure and manufacturing capability.
• Supporting projects that enable future growth and long-term site development.

Job description

Bespak is looking for an experienced Engineering Project Manager to join our team in Holmes Chapel and play a key role in delivering the infrastructure, facilities and engineering projects that keep our pharmaceutical manufacturing site moving forward.

This is an exciting opportunity for a project manager with a strong engineering background who enjoys working on complex, multidisciplinary projects and seeing them progress from concept through to successful delivery.

You’ll take ownership of capital projects across the site, working closely with engineering, manufacturing, quality, regulatory and operational teams to deliver projects that are safe, compliant, on time, within budget and built to the highest standards.

What you’ll be doing

• Leading the delivery of capital investment and infrastructure projects across the Holmes Chapel site.
• Managing projects covering manufacturing utilities, facilities, buildings, process infrastructure and site services.
• Bringing together multidisciplinary engineering teams, contractors, suppliers and internal stakeholders.
• Managing project scope, budgets, schedules, resources, risks and delivery plans.
• Ensuring projects meet pharmaceutical, regulatory, quality, health & safety and engineering requirements.
• Working closely with manufacturing and operational teams to ensure projects are delivered with minimal disruption.
• Identifying opportunities to improve site infrastructure and manufacturing capability.
• Supporting projects that enable future growth, investment and long‑term site development.

What you’ll bring

You’ll be an experienced Project Manager with a strong engineering foundation, ideally with experience delivering capital or infrastructure projects within a pharmaceutical, manufacturing or similarly regulated environment.

You’ll combine technical understanding with excellent project management and communication skills, and be confident managing multiple stakeholders and priorities.

We’re looking for someone who is:

• Experienced in delivering complex engineering or capital projects.
• Comfortable working across multiple engineering disciplines.
• Strong on project planning, budget and risk management.
• Confident engaging with senior stakeholders, contractors and technical teams.
• Highly focused on safety, quality and regulatory compliance.
• Commercially aware, organised and able to drive projects through to completion.
• A collaborative problem-solver who enjoys working in a dynamic manufacturing environment.

Our Benefits Package:

• Holiday: 25 days annual leave + 8 bank holidays.
• Healthcare & Wellbeing: Private medical insurance, private dental insurance, permanent health insurance, and wellbeing programme.
• Financial Protection: Group life assurance and free will-writing service.
• Perks: Free on-site parking, employee retail discount platform, and recognition awards, subsidised canteen.

Core Values

Our core values are Customer Focussed, Respectful, Collaborative, and Agile these are woven into the fabric of our business and the values we measure ourselves by.

Diversity, Inclusivity & Adjustments

We support a healthy work-life balance and agree flexible working arrangements where possible. We are a disability-positive employer committed to diversity and inclusion. If you require any adjustments during the recruitment process, please let our recruitment team know.

Sustainability & Privacy

We are dedicated to our BZero sustainability roadmap (targeting SBTi net‑zero) and hold ISO 14001, ISO 45001, and ISO 13485 certifications.

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Project Manager in Holmes Chapel - Bespak