Project Manager

Ishida Europe Limited; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Ishida Europe Limited is seeking a Project Manager to own high-profile turnkey projects across the food and packaging industry. You will lead multi-disciplinary teams from handover to installation, manage budgets, and drive successful delivery across the EMEA region with occasional global support.

The role emphasizes commercial awareness, strong communication, and leadership to ensure customer satisfaction and compliance throughout the project lifecycle.

Qualifications

• HNC/HND (or equivalent) in an Engineering discipline is required.
• Proven project management experience for large turnkey capital equipment projects in FMCG/food industry.
• Experience managing budgets and schedules; proficiency with MS Project and MS Office.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery from concept to installation and handover.
• Develop and maintain project schedules, resources, and milestones.
• Manage budgets and ensure gross margin targets are met.
• Lead reviews, risk management, and stakeholder communications.
• Coordinate suppliers, subcontractors, OEMs and internal teams.
• Support technical solutions and customer proposals.
• Drive quality, safety and compliance through the lifecycle.
• Mentor Project Engineers and Senior Project Engineers.

Skills

Budget management

Communication

Team leadership

Project management

Education

HNC/HND in Engineering

Chartered status

Tools

Microsoft Project

Microsoft Office

AutoCAD

3D CAD (Solidworks)

Job description

Job no: 495222
Work type: Full time
Location: Woodgate, Birmingham
Categories: Project Management

This is an exciting opportunity to take ownership of high-profile turnkey projects across the food and packaging industry, working with customers, suppliers, OEMs and cross-functional teams to deliver innovative solutions that exceed expectations.

What You'll Be Doing

As Project Manager, you'll be responsible for leading both simple and complex projects from handover to completion, ensuring successful delivery against contractual, financial, technical and customer satisfaction objectives. Projects will primarily be across EMEA, with occasional opportunities to support work in the rest of the world.

Key responsibilities include:

• Managing project delivery from concept through to installation and handover.
• Developing and maintaining project schedules, resources and milestones.
• Managing project budgets and ensuring gross margin targets are achieved.
• Leading project reviews, risk management activities and stakeholder communications.
• Coordinating suppliers, subcontractors, OEMs and internal teams.
• Supporting technical solutions and customer proposals.
• Driving quality, safety and compliance throughout the project lifecycle.
• Mentoring and supporting the development of Project Engineers and Senior Project Engineers.

What We're Looking For

• Strong commercial awareness and budget management skills.
• Excellent communication, organisational and problem-solving abilities.
• Experience leading multi-disciplinary teams.
• Confidence managing customer and supplier relationships.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced project environment.

Essential Qualifications & Experience

• HNC/HND (or equivalent) in an Engineering discipline.
• Proven project management experience delivering large-value turnkey capital equipment projects within the food industry.
• Experience managing projects to agreed budgets.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Project and Microsoft Office.
• AutoCAD experience.
• Chartered status.
• 3D CAD (Solidworks) experience.
• FMCG industry experience.
• Professional leadership or management qualification.

Why Apply?

This role offers the opportunity to:

• Lead significant customer projects across the EMEA region.
• Influence business performance through successful project delivery.
• Develop your leadership capability and support the growth of others.
• Work with cutting-edge packaging and automation technologies.
• Be part of a collaborative team committed to excellence, innovation and customer success.

Interested?

If you're passionate about project delivery, enjoy building strong customer relationships and are looking for your next challenge within Ishida, we'd love to hear from you.

Advertised: 18 Sep 2026 GMT Daylight Time
Applications close: 11 Oct 2026 GMT Daylight Time