Project Manager - Engineering & Capital Projects

Highland Spring Ltd; Blackford; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

34 days' holiday

Company pension with employer contrib.

Life assurance

Employee Assistance Platform

Job summary

Highland Spring Ltd's Engineering & Projects team is seeking an experienced Project Manager - Engineering & Capital Projects to lead the delivery of capital investment projects across the Highland Spring Group. Based primarily at The Ochils in Blackford, with travel to other Highland Spring sites and suppliers as required.

You will manage projects from concept through procurement, installation, commissioning and handover, ensuring safety, quality, cost and schedule against agreed scope.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering capital investment projects in manufacturing or similar industrial environments.
• Strong project planning and controls experience with commercial awareness.
• Excellent stakeholder management and proactive delivery approach.

Responsibilities

• Lead capital projects through the full project lifecycle.
• Develop project plans, milestones, budgets, forecasts and schedules.
• Manage risks, issues, dependencies and change controls.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams across Engineering, Operations, Procurement, Quality, Finance and HSE.
• Manage consultants, contractors, OEMs, suppliers and delivery partners.
• Support site installation, commissioning and handover.
• Resolve delivery challenges while balancing safety, quality, cost and operational priorities.

Skills

Project planning

Stakeholder management

Risk management

Delivery leadership

Education

Engineering/Construction/Project Management degree

Job description

At Highland Spring, our Engineering & Projects team plays a key role in shaping the future of our operations. We're looking for an experienced Project Manager - Engineering & Capital Projects to lead the delivery of capital investment projects across the Highland Spring Group.

Based primarily at The Ochils in Blackford, with travel to other Highland Spring sites and suppliers as required, this is a 37.5-hour-per-week role with flexibility around key project milestones, site activity and commissioning phases.

Reporting to the Group Engineering & Projects Manager, you'll lead projects from concept and design through procurement, installation, commissioning and operational handover, ensuring they are delivered safely and effectively against agreed scope, cost, schedule and quality requirements.

What You'll Be Doing

• Lead capital projects through the full project lifecycle
• Develop project plans, milestones, budgets, forecasts and schedules
• Manage risks, issues, dependencies and change controls
• Coordinate teams across Engineering, Operations, Procurement, Quality, Finance and HSE
• Manage consultants, contractors, OEMs, suppliers and delivery partners
• Support site installation, commissioning and operational handover
• Resolve delivery challenges while balancing safety, quality, cost and operational priorities

What We're Looking For

We're looking for someone with experience delivering capital investment projects within a manufacturing, FMCG, food and beverage, pharmaceutical or similar industrial environment.

You’ll bring strong project planning and controls experience, commercial awareness, excellent stakeholder management skills and a practical, proactive approach to delivery.

A degree in Engineering, Construction, Project Management or a related discipline would be advantageous, as would an APM, PRINCE2, PMP or equivalent qualification. Knowledge of CDM Regulations would also be beneficial.

What You Can Expect

You'll join a supportive, values-led business where we're a team, we're proud and we care, with the opportunity to make a real impact through significant investment projects.

Benefits include

• Competitive salary
• 34 days' holiday
• Company pension with employer contribution rising from 5% to 10%
• Life assurance
• Employee Assistance Platform

If you're looking for an opportunity to take ownership of complex projects and help shape the future of Highland Spring, we'd love to hear from you.