Portfolio Scheduler

Bespak; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday allowance

Pension contributions

Private medical insurance

Private dental insurance

Permanent Health Insurance

Group life insurance

Will service

Well-being programme

Recognition awards

Free parking

Job summary

Bespak Holmes Chapel seeks a Portfolio Scheduler to support a diverse portfolio of engineering and capital projects. The role focuses on planning, coordination and robust schedule management to ensure timely delivery of upgrades, installations and technology transfers in a GMP environment.

The successful candidate will work across engineering, operations, development, quality, validation, supply chain and regulatory affairs to identify and address risks and resource constraints for milestone

Qualifications

• Experience in project scheduling for engineering, manufacturing and capital investments.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills are essential.
• Proactive approach to identifying schedule risks and driving improvements.

Responsibilities

• Plan, coordinate and control project schedules for engineering and capital projects.
• Act as central coordinator across functions to integrate schedules and manage risks.
• Ensure delivery on time and in compliance with GMP standards.

Skills

Schedule management

Engineering background

Risk identification

Cross-functional coordination

Job description

About The Role

Portfolio Scheduler

The Portfolio Scheduler will play a critical role within the newly established PMO team, supporting a diverse portfolio of complex programmes. The role will focus on the planning, coordination, and control of project schedules, with a strong emphasis on engineering and capital project delivery.

This position requires an individual with a solid engineering background and a passion for rigorous planning and schedule management. The Portfolio Scheduler will be responsible for ensuring that facility upgrades, equipment installations, validation activities, technology transfers, and continuous process improvement initiatives are delivered on time and in compliance with GMP requirements and industry standards.

Acting as a central coordination point across multiple functions—including engineering, operations, development, quality, validation, supply chain, and regulatory affairs—the successful candidate will ensure that project schedules are integrated, risks are identified and managed, and resource constraints are understood and addressed to support the achievement of key strategic milestones.

We are seeking a professional with proven experience in project scheduling for engineering, manufacturing, and capital investment projects. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills are essential, along with a proactive approach to identifying schedule risks, driving improvements, and ensuring successful project delivery across a complex portfolio environment.

Benefits

• 25 days annual holiday + bank holiday + Buy/Sell Scheme
• A generous employer pension contribution
• Private medical insurance
• Private dental Insurance
• Permanent Health Insurance
• Group life insurance
• Free will service
• Active well-being programme
• Recognition awards
• Free Parking

BespakHolmes employs over 300 people andare a pharmaceutical Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO) that offers development and manufacturing solutions for a variety of medical products. Our products include medical devices such as pressurized metered dose inhalers (pMDI), soft mist inhalers (SMI), dry powder inhalers (DPI), nasal sprays and medical check valves.

Sustainability

Sustainability is central to how Bespak operates, engages with its people and communities, and designs safe medical devices for the patients who rely on them.

A full job description can be downloaded on the application Screen.

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.

We are flexible. We understand that there is a life outside of work, so we aim to support you in attaining a happy work/life balance. To cater for employees’ individual circumstances, and where possible, we agree flexible working arrangements.

We value our inclusivity as we believe diversity should be embraced and celebrated. We live and work by these values and that’s what makes our company a great place to work.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer. We will support you throughout the recruitment process with any adjustments you require therefore please contact the Recruitment Team if you require support.