Project Manager

Schneider Electric; Warrington; On-site; GBP 58,000 - 86,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Bonus scheme

Pension

Share ownership program

Health & wellbeing support

Gym flex

Learning portal

Discounts

Job summary

Schneider Electric is seeking a Project Manager in the United Kingdom to lead end-to-end delivery of complex, customer-facing projects across multiple sites and industries. You will oversee scope, schedule, cost, resources, and risk, while engaging stakeholders at all levels in a global matrix environment.

The role requires strong leadership, cross-functional collaboration, and a track record of delivering on time and within budget.

Qualifications

• Proven PM experience across all project phases (bid to close) and customer-facing delivery.
• Background in industrial, automation, digital, or engineering environments.
• Knowledge of governance frameworks and PMO standards; able to work in international settings.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end project lifecycle from bid support to delivery and close-out.
• Serve as main customer interface for delivery topics; build trusted relationships.
• Manage project performance: forecasting, cost control, KPIs, governance compliance.
• Identify and mitigate risks/issues; drive continuous improvement and contract change processes.
• Lead cross-functional teams (engineering, procurement, quality, suppliers) in a matrix org; manage subcontractors.
• Ensure clear communication and stakeholder alignment at all levels.
• Deliver complex multi-site/international projects across multiple industries.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Communication

Cross-functional leadership

Commercial awareness

International travel

Risk & contract management

Organization

Education

Degree in Engineering, Business, or equivalent experience

Tools

PMO frameworks

Job description

Mission

The Project Manager is responsible for the end-to-end delivery of complex, high-risk customer projects, ensuring delivery on time, within scope and budget, and aligned with business and customer objectives. This is a customer-facing leadership role requiring strong commercial awareness, stakeholder engagement and the ability to lead cross-functional teams in a global environment.

Key responsibilities

• Own and lead the full project lifecycle from bid support through execution to delivery and close-out, ensuring alignment on scope, schedule, cost, resources, risks, and dependencies
• Serve as the main customer interface for all delivery-related topics, building strong, trust-based relationships and supporting long-term partnerships
• Manage overall project performance including financials (forecasting, cost control, margin), KPIs, reporting, and compliance with governance frameworks, PMO standards, and contractual obligations
• Identify, assess, and mitigate risks, issues, and opportunities while driving continuous improvement, lessons learned, and effective change and contract variation management processes
• Lead, align, and motivate cross-functional and multidisciplinary teams (e.g. engineering, procurement, quality, suppliers) within a matrix organisation and manage subcontractors and external partners
• Ensure clear, effective communication and stakeholder alignment across all organisational levels
• Delivery of complex, often multi-site or international projects across industries such as water & wastewater, energy, oil & gas, pharmaceuticals, utilities, manufacturing, and digital/automation environments

Skills and attributes

• Proven project management experience across all phases, delivering complex, customer-facing projects
• Background in industrial, automation, digital, or engineering environments
• Knowledge of project governance and PMO frameworks
• Experience in international and multi-cultural settings
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
• Excellent problem-solving and decision-making ability
• Customer-focused with a strong leadership presence
• High level of organisation and continuous improvement mindset
• Solid expertise in project, risk, and contract management combined with commercial acumen
• Willingness to travel internationally

Education

• Degree in Engineering, Business, or equivalent experience

At Schneider Electric, Diversity & Inclusion is at the heart of our organisation, it's an integral part of our history, culture, and identity. We recognise that embracing diversity unlocks innovation and creativity and fosters collaboration. We want our employees to reflect the diversity of our communities and the customers we serve. As a result, our teams are stronger to drive the company's future.

“We are proudly participating in the Disability Confident Program offering support to people in the workplace who consider themselves living with a disability.”

What we offer you

• Competitive salary & Bonus Scheme
• 28 Days Annual Leave + Public Holidays
• Pension Scheme
• Employee Share Ownership Programme
• Various Health & Wellbeing Support Options
• Gym Flex
• CareerHub (internal mobility opportunities + access to mentors & projects globally)
• Shopping & Dining Discounts
• Learning Portal and much more.

At Schneider Electric, Diversity & Inclusion is at the heart of our organisation, it's an integral part of our history, culture, and identity. We recognise that embracing diversity unlocks innovation and creativity and fosters collaboration. We want our employees to reflect the diversity of our communities and the customers we serve. As a result, our teams are stronger to drive the company's future.

For this UK based position, the expected pay range is GBP 57,600 - GBP 86,400 per year. This pay range includes base pay and short-term incentives. The compensation range for this full-time position applies to candidates located within the United Kingdom. Our pay ranges are determined by the local market.

Care for Yourself and Your Family. We ensure you feel secure with benefits that help you and your family thrive: health and life insurance, paid time off, parental and care leave, flexible work options, and confidential counseling for life’s challenges.

Invest and Plan Your Future. We help you plan and invest for the future with competitive pay and programs: your base salary, short-term incentives or sales incentives, opportunities to own company shares, and retirement savings plans for your future.

Grow Your Skills and Career. We commit to helping you grow with ongoing performance and development conversations, Senior Talent Program, global career opportunities, access to our Schneider Career Hub for new positions, projects, and mentors, and learning platforms like Coursera to equip you with the skills for today and tomorrow.

Team Up in the Workplace. We encourage teaming up through project opportunities on the Schneider Career Hub, smart ways to collaborate, celebrating contributions via a recognition program, sharing your voice in our engagement survey, and fostering an inclusive, caring workplace.

Support Your Community. We make a difference in your community with volunteer leave, programs through the Schneider Electric Foundation, and initiatives that support youth education.

Looking to make an IMPACT with your career?

When you are thinking about joining a new team, culture matters. At Schneider Electric, our values and behaviors are the foundation for creating a great culture to support business success. We believe that our IMPACT values – Inclusion, Mastery, Purpose, Action, Curiosity, Teamwork – starts with us.

IMPACT is also your invitation to join Schneider Electric where you can contribute to turning sustainability ambition into actions, no matter what role you play. It is a call to connect your career with the ambition of achieving a more resilient, efficient, and sustainable world.

We are looking for IMPACT Makers; exceptional people who turn sustainability ambitions into actions at the intersection of automation, electrification, and digitization. We celebrate IMPACT Makers and believe everyone has the potential to be one.

Schneider Electric aspires to be the most inclusive and caring company in the world, by providing equitable opportunities to everyone, everywhere, and ensuring all employees feel uniquely valued and safe to contribute their best. We mirror the diversity of the communities in which we operate, and ‘inclusion’ is one of our core values. We believe our differences make us stronger as a company and as individuals and we are committed to championing inclusivity in everything we do.

At Schneider Electric, we uphold the highest standards of ethics and compliance, and we believe that trust is a foundational value. Our Trust Charter is our Code of Conduct and demonstrates our commitment to ethics, safety, sustainability, quality and cybersecurity, underpinning every aspect of our business and our willingness to behave and respond respectfully and in good faith to all our stakeholders. You can find out more about our Trust Charter here

Schneider Electric is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It is our policy to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities in the areas of recruiting, hiring, training, transferring, and promoting all qualified individuals regardless of race, religion, color, gender, disability, national origin, ancestry, age, military status, sexual orientation, marital status or any other legally protected characteristic or conduct.