Project Manager

strukta Group Ltd; Wirral; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

The adi Pit Stop – savings andDiscount

Enhanced Employee assistance programme

Cycle to work scheme

Employee referral bonus of £500 for a9

Company-wide Christmas party for both

Job summary

adi Group is seeking an experienced Project Manager to join our automation team in Wirral. You will lead automation and control system projects from client brief through delivery and handover, coordinating multidisciplinary teams and ensuring safety, on-time delivery, and budget adherence.

This hands-on role requires strong client relationship skills, travel across the North, and a proactive approach to risk, scope, and change control, with a focus on NEC and JCT contracts and high engineering

Qualifications

• Proven experience in automation, control systems or industrial engineering projects.
• Experience delivering projects from client brief to completion.
• Strong project planning, organisation and commercial awareness.
• Experience managing budgets, programmes, risks and scope.
• Excellent client and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage automation and control systems projects from concept to completion.
• Serve as main client contact and manage expectations.
• Coordinate forms of contract including NEC and JCT.
• Develop and maintain project programmes, budgets and delivery plans.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary engineering, software, electrical and commissioning teams.
• Manage project scope, risks, variations, costs and change control.
• Ensure delivered solutions meet client requirements and standards.
• Provide regular progress updates to stakeholders and support quotations and reporting.
• Coordinate FAT, installation, commissioning and handover.

Skills

Automation projects

Client management

Contract management

Program planning

Budget control

Stakeholder comms

Travel readiness

Job description

Location – Client sites across the North of England (Based out of Wirral Office)

About The Role

We are looking for an experienced Project Manager to join our growing automation team.

You will take responsibility for managing automation and control systems projects from initial client requirements through to successful delivery and handover. Working closely with clients and our multidisciplinary engineering teams, you will ensure projects are delivered safely, on time, within budget and to the required project form of contract and quality standards.

This is a varied, hands-on role involving regular travel to client sites across the North, with projects spanning sectors including food, beverage, chemical, marine and materials handling.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Managing automation and control systems projects from concept through to completion.
• Acting as the main point of contact for clients, building strong relationships and managing expectations.
• Managing forms of contract including NEC and JCT.
• Developing and maintaining project programmes, budgets and delivery plans.
• Coordinating engineering, design, software, electrical and commissioning teams.
• Managing project scope, risks, variations, costs and change control.
• Working with clients to understand requirements and ensure the delivered solution meets expectations.
• Monitoring project progress and providing regular updates to internal and external stakeholders.
• Supporting quotations, cost control and project reporting.
• Coordinating FAT, installation, commissioning and final handover.
• Ensuring projects are delivered in line with relevant health, safety, quality and engineering standards.

About You

We would like to hear from you if you have:

• Proven experience managing automation, control systems or industrial engineering projects.
• Experience managing projects from initial client requirement through to completion.
• Strong project planning, organisation and commercial awareness.
• Experience managing budgets, programmes, risks and project scope.
• Excellent client and stakeholder management skills.
• The ability to coordinate multidisciplinary engineering teams and manage competing priorities.
• Excellent communication skills and the confidence to deal directly with clients.
• A proactive approach and the ability to take ownership of projects from start to finish.
• A willingness to travel regularly to client sites across the North.

The Benefits:

• The adi Pit Stop – savings and discounts portal with Reward Gateway
• Enhanced Employee assistance programme
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Employee referral bonus of £500 for every successful new employee
• Company-wide Christmas party for employees and partners

Other organisations may call this role a Automation Project Manager, Control Systems Project Manager, Engineering Project Manager – Automation or Technical Project Manager – Automation.

adi Group is fully committed to the principle of equal opportunity in employment and seeks to ensure that the careers of all employees are determined solely on merit and opportunity and that judgement of employees are free from the effects of bias and prejudice.

Job Overview

Job Title

Project Manager

Job Type

Full-time, Permanent

Location

Wirral (Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, England), UK