Project Manager

Premier Technical Recruitment; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 63,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency in the UK is seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to oversee high-value projects in automation and materials handling. The role requires strong client management skills and the ability to deliver full project lifecycles. The successful candidate will enjoy a competitive salary package up to £75k and generous benefits. This opportunity is ideal for a proactive individual eager to contribute to innovative solutions.

Benefits

Generous benefits

Competitive salary

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in materials handling and automation solutions.
• Proven background in high-value project environments.
• Strong focus on time and cost control.

Responsibilities

• Identify and manage risks affecting project timelines and costs.
• Build and coach project teams through milestones.
• Create solutions for complex project problems.
• Ensure customer needs and contract terms are met.
• Manage multiple projects with values from £500k to £15m.

Skills

Problem-solving

Client management

Commercial acumen

Project lifecycle management

Technical project management

Education

HND in a relevant engineering discipline

Job description

Overview

Senior Project Manager (Materials Handling) – Commutable from Nottingham / Derby / Leicester - East Midlands region. To c£75k + generous benefits (neg dep exp).

Our Nottingham based client has been established for more than 20 years and are recognised as market leaders in the provision of bespoke innovative materials handling and automation solutions to a diverse range of clients and industry sectors throughout the UK, and as a result of continued success and a planned program of strategic growth for 2025 and beyond, they are now seeking to recruit a local and experienced Senior Project Manager to complement their professional and highly respected team.

This newly created Senior Project Manager role will suit a dynamic and proactive individual who is experienced in delivering and managing full project lifecycles in a state-of-the-art technology environment where the Project team are responsible for delivering project programmes and objectives by executing and supervising different activities to ensure a successful project.

Able to demonstrate excellent problem-solving skills and a comprehensive background of working in an installation project management capacity with practical knowledge of high value automation installations, you will be a confident self-starter who thrives in a technology focused business with big aspirations for the future and will be seeking a fresh challenge in which your skills and experience can be utilised to their fullest potential.

Responsibilities

• Identifying and understanding the biggest risk areas to projects that could impact time or cost, ranging from long lead items, complex design work required or resource challenges etc.
• Building the project team around the project and coaching them through the project milestones whilst overcoming challenges that may arise.
• Being responsible for creating solutions with the customer and resolving issues for more the complex problems on the project
• Identifying risks at the beginning of the project and understand the terms of the contract agreed with the customer.
• Being customer orientated with excellent client management skills and able to successfully manage multiple projects of between £500k to £15m.

Requirements

• Extensive materials handling and automation solutions experience.
• Proven background in meeting customer needs within a technical high value projects environment.
• Strong commercial acumen with focus on Time & cost control throughout.
• Realistically qualified to at least HND level or above in a relevant engineering discipline.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and experience in installation project management.
• Capable of delivering and managing full project lifecycles in a state-of-the-art technology environment.

Contact the Projects Team at Premier Technical Recruitment on (phone number removed) or email your cv in confidence to for further details