Project Manager III

CPM Holdings, Inc; Brough; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid holidays

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

401k

Tuition assistance

Job summary

CPM Acquisition Corp. seeks a Project Manager III to oversee a portfolio of industrial machinery contracts, ensuring on-time delivery and adherence to budget. You will coordinate with customers, suppliers, and internal teams, chair meetings, and produce contract documentation from order through site install and close-out.

The role requires strong negotiation, commercial awareness, and the ability to manage multiple concurrent projects, including regulatory considerations and cost tracking.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of concurrent high-value contract management experience for industrial machinery.
• Experience liaising with cross-functional teams to achieve goals.
• Proven track record delivering on-time and on-budget.
• Strong customer-facing communication skills.
• Experience in change order creation, management and cost tracking.
• Familiarity with CE/ATEX regulatory requirements is a plus.
• Experience with SAP is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Lead contract portfolio management across the full lifecycle from sales order to site install/commissioning and close-out.
• Chair progress meetings with customers, suppliers, and internal teams.
• Coordinate with sales, engineering and procurement to ensure on-time, within-budget delivery.
• Prepare and maintain contract documentation and reports for management.
• Manage multiple high-value contracts and provide regular feedback and continuous improvement.
• Support remote international collaboration and site activities as needed.

Skills

Contract management

Cross-functional teamwork

On-time delivery

Customer facing

Negotiation

Commercial awareness

Mechanical packages

Electrical packages

P&ID interpretation

Industrial processes

Workload planning

Progress reporting

Change orders

Cost tracking

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or Chemical engineering

PMI certification (preferred)

Tools

Microsoft Office

Power BI

Teams

SharePoint

Project (MS Project)

Job description

PROJECT MANAGER III

JOB SUMMARY

Reporting to the Operations Manager, you will provide a focal point for all contract work within Wolverine Proctor Ltd. This work will encompass the complete scope of contract portfolio management for the company's industrial machinery range required to be delivered on-time and within budget. Cap-Ex value range from £20K-£10M. Incorporating managing contract terms, scheduling, suppliers/contractors, procurement/cost tracking, commercials, problem solving and documentation. The role demands a comprehensive experience of running concurrent, customer-facing, large capital equipment contracts and aftermarket/dev work. The PM is the main POC for customers/suppliers/contractors, will chair progress meetings, work with other teams in CPM and issue reports to the management team. There may be the requirement to participate in Project meetings either local, national, international or remote.

Being a self-starter with great autonomy skills, you will have the ability to manage multiple contracts at once to ensure the company’s commitments are met. Your experience in project management processes will be utilised in order that the contracts are closely-managed with regular feedback issued, and where required, implementation of continuous improvement.

You will need to chair, attend or participate in any operational/engineering/customer review meetings; as well as contribute to the generation of all contract documentation. In summation, you will work with the Wolverine Proctor team to efficiently execute all scheduled contract deliverables from Sales order to the coordination of site install/commissioning and close-out reviews.

All machinery will require the completion of pre-delivery-inspections and preparation and generation of relevant engineering report documentation to support the contracts.

Key Skills/ Experience

• Minimum 3yrs experience of concurrent high-value contract management of industrial machinery essential.
• History of liaising with cross-functional teams and working collaboratively to achieve common goals.
• Proven experience of on-time & on-budget delivery.
• Customer facing experience and strong communication skills.
• Preferable qualified skills in negotiation, decision-making, problem-solving.
• High commercial awareness with an eye for contractual detail.
• The ability to understand and co-ordinate mechanical and electrical packages.
• Must be able to interpret technical drawings – general arrangements, P&ID.
• Experience of continuous industrial processes and FMCG.
• Highly-versed in planning and preparing workloads.
• Experience of regular progress reporting to senior management.
• Thermal transfer knowledge and process sizing is ideal.
• Adept in change order creation, management, and project cost tracking and analysis.

• Experience of regulatory certification requirements such as CE, ATEX, etc.
• Understanding of continuous improvement of the Project Management processes.
• SAP experience ideal.
• History of working with remote teams in all parts of the world.
• Providing proactive support to other departments to hit deliverables.

Qualifications

• Qualified to Degree level (Mech/Elec/Chem) with minimum 3 years' experience of contract management.
• Ideally qualified in PMI or equivalent.
• Proficient in standard MS office suite of programmes, including Teams, SharePoint, Project and Power BI.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills and proven ability to work in isolation as well as a team.
• Methodical approach and pragmatic delivery to meet deadlines.
• Have a flexible and proactive approach to working and a customer-focused, professional attitude.

CPM Acquisition Corp. is an equal opportunity employer.

All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.

CPM Acquisition Corp. offers competitive compensation and benefits, including paid holidays and vacations, 401k, medical/dental insurance, tuition assistance, and more.