Project Manager

Elmbridge Supplies Co UK Ltd.; Gloucester; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Elmbridge Supplies Co UK Ltd. in Gloucester seeks a Project Delivery Lead to oversee end-to-end capital equipment projects. You will drive sales handover, planning, governance and commercial management, coordinating engineering, procurement, installation and commissioning with multi-disciplinary teams.

The role requires strong stakeholder management, risk and cost control, RAMS knowledge and disciplined project documentation to ensure successful delivery and a smooth handover to service teams.

Qualifications

• Experience managing complex capital equipment or industrial installation projects.
• Experience taking projects from handover through design, procurement, installation and completion.
• Strong planning, risk, cost control, forecasting and change control.
• Experience managing customers, subcontractors and multi-disciplinary teams.
• Familiar with RAMS and controlled installation activity.
• Commercial awareness to protect scope and margins.
• Proficient with project planning and recording in MS 365 and business systems.
• Experience with CAD or similar systems for drawing/scoping.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate sales-to-delivery handover for capital projects.
• Develop and maintain project plans, milestones, budgets and risk registers.
• Coordinate design, engineering, procurement, production, delivery, installation and commissioning resources.
• Monitor critical-path activities and address risks, delays and dependencies.
• Maintain accurate project records and provide status reports to stakeholders.
• Own budgets, costs and invoicing milestones across the project lifecycle.
• Manage customer and subcontractor relationships and ensure contract obligations.
• Ensure health, safety, quality and compliance across activities.
• Coordinate training, handover documentation and project closure.
• Obtain customer acceptance and sign-off, and support handover to service teams.
• Promote continuous improvement and share lessons learned.

Skills

Capital project management

Budgeting & forecasting

Risk management

Stakeholder management

Site health & safety

Change control

CAD software

Microsoft 365 / Project planning

Tools

CAD software

Microsoft 365

Project planning tools

Job description

Key Responsibilities

1. Sales Support, Scoping and Project Handover

• Work with the Technical Sales Consultant and relevant Minden sales colleagues to ensure proposed solutions are deliverable, appropriately scoped and supported by suitable program, cost and resource assumptions.
• Participate in pre-order technical reviews, site surveys and customer meetings where project delivery input is required.
• Take formal ownership following contract award and review quotations, specifications, drawings, exclusions, program commitments and commercial agreements.
• Identify gaps, ambiguities, risks or scope conflicts before mobilisation and agree a clear resolution and ownership plan.
• Run structured internal handover meetings and ensure project information is documented within the correct business systems.

2. Project Planning & Governance

• Develop and maintain project plans, programs, milestones, budgets, risk registers, action logs and resource schedules.
• Establish clear roles, responsibilities, communication routes and approval points for each project.
• Coordinate design, engineering, procurement, production, delivery, installation, access equipment, travel, accommodation, subcontractors and commissioning resources.
• Monitor critical-path activities and proactively address risks, delays, dependencies and resource constraints.
• Maintain accurate project records and provide regular status reporting to the Operations and relevant stakeholders.

3. Technical Coordination & Change Control

• Coordinate technical information between the customer, sales, engineering, suppliers and installation teams.
• Ensure drawings, specifications, utility requirements, layouts, interfaces and customer approvals are controlled and communicated.
• Challenge assumptions constructively and ensure proposed changes are assessed for safety, compliance, cost, program and customer impact.
• Maintain a clear change-control process and ensure variations are documented, costed, approved and communicated before additional work proceeds.

4. Commercial & Financial Management

• Own project budgets and track committed, actual and forecast costs throughout the project lifecycle.
• Protect gross margin through effective planning, purchasing coordination, resource control and early intervention.
• Monitor payment milestones, support accurate invoicing and escalated overdue approvals or commercial blockers.
• Report project performance, forecast outcomes, variations, risks and profitability clearly and accurately.
• Prevent unapproved scope growth and ensure contractual obligations, exclusions and customer relationships remain visible.

5. Customer & Stakeholder Management

• Act as the primary delivery contact for the customer from handover to completion.
• Confirm scope, site responsibilities, program, deliverables, access requirements and acceptance criteria with the customer.
• Provide clear, timely progress updates and manage expectations professionally, particularly where changes or delays arise.
• Coordinate multiple stakeholders including production, engineering, health and safety, procurement, facilities and principal contractor teams.
• Resolve concerns promptly while maintaining a professional, solutions-focused approach and protecting the relevant business position.

6. Health, Safety, Quality & Compliance

• Ensure projects comply with applicable health and safety legislation, customer requirements, company procedures and contractual obligations.
• Prepare, coordinate and maintain project documentation including risk assessments and method statements (RAMS), site information and installation records.
• Ensure site activities are appropriately planned, resourced, briefed and controlled, with issues escalated promptly.
• Coordinate required technical and compliance documentation for the equipment and installation.
• Promote safe working, high-quality standards and disciplined project documentation across employees and subcontractors.

7. Installation, Commissioning & Completion

• Plan and coordinate deliveries, installation, testing and commissioning activity.
• Ensure site readiness, utilities, access, lifting, storage and customer dependencies are confirmed before mobilisation.
• Manage snagging and corrective actions to timely closure.
• Coordinate training, manuals, certification, completion packs and other agreed customer deliverables.
• Obtain customer acceptance and formal sign-off, complete project closure and support an effective handover to service or aftercare teams.

8. Cross-Business Working & Continuous Improvement

• Use shared resources sensibly while maintaining clear records, project ownership, costs, customer communications and approvals for Elmbridge and Minden separately.
• Apply consistent project management disciplines across both businesses without unnecessarily merging their brands, systems or customer propositions.
• Keep post-project reviews and capture lessons relating to scope, margin, quality, safety, suppliers, program and customer experience.
• Develop practical templates, controls and reporting that improve visibility and repeatability of capital project delivery.
• Support wider operational improvement activity and undertake other reasonable duties consistent with the role.

Essential Experience & Knowledge

• Demonstrable experience managing complex capital equipment, engineering, manufacturing or industrial installation projects.
• Experience taking projects from sales or contract handover through design coordination, procurement, installation, commissioning and completion.
• Strong project planning, risk management, cost control, forecasting and change-control capability.
• Experience managing customers, subcontractors, suppliers and multi-disciplinary internal teams.
• Working knowledge of site health and safety requirements, RAMS and controlled installation activity.
• Commercial awareness and the confidence to protect scope, program and project margin.
• Competence using project planning, Microsoft 365 and business systems to maintain accurate records and reports.
• Experience with CAD or similar systems for project drawing/scoping.