Project Manager (Manufacturing)

ZipRecruiter; Etwall CP; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment service provider is seeking a Project Manager for a 12-month contract based in Derby. The role involves leading large-scale IT infrastructure projects and managing complex supply chains while ensuring compliance with security protocols. Candidates should have experience in industrial environments and strong supplier management skills.

Qualifications

• Experience leading large-scale IT facility projects.
• Background in manufacturing/industrial environments.
• Hands-on experience managing networks and systems integration.

Responsibilities

• Lead the deployment of facility infrastructure.
• Oversee the full-scale facility build process.
• Manage and coordinate a complex supply chain.
• Ensure secure handling of high-classification data.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams.

Skills

Leading large-scale IT facility projects

Understanding of factory floor operations

Managing networks and systems integration

Scope and financial management

Supplier management

Job description

Job Description

AMS is a global workforce solutions partner committed to creating inclusive, dynamic, and future-ready workplaces. We help organisations adapt, grow, and thrive in an ever-evolving world by building, shaping, and optimising diverse talent strategies.

Our Contingent Workforce Solution (CWS) is one way we support our clients. Acting as an extension of their recruitment teams, we connect them with skilled interim and temporary professionals, fostering workplaces where everyone can contribute and succeed.

On behalf of our globally respected client, who develops cutting-edge technologies that deliver clean, safe, and competitive solutions to meet the planet's vital power needs, we are looking for a Project Manager for a 12-month contract based in Derby with travel to sites such as Inchinnan, Rotherham, Washington, and Barnoldswick.

As a Project Manager, you will be responsible for leading the end-to-end delivery of a large-scale facilities IT and infrastructure programme. This includes designing and deploying IT infrastructure, managing a complex supply chain, and ensuring smooth execution in alignment with capital investment goals and security standards.

What you'll do:

1. Lead the deployment of facility infrastructure, including networking, end-user devices, back-office systems, and manufacturing equipment.
2. Oversee the full-scale facility build process, ensuring alignment with operational, technical, and business requirements.
3. Manage and coordinate a complex supply chain, working closely with partners to ensure timely and effective execution.
4. Ensure secure handling of high-classification data and infrastructure, maintaining strict compliance with all relevant security protocols.
5. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate IT systems, manufacturing machinery, and execution platforms into a unified operational solution.

The skills you'll need:

• Experience leading large-scale IT facility projects.
• Background in manufacturing/industrial environments with understanding of factory floor operations.
• Hands-on experience managing networks, systems integration, machine tools, and production floor infrastructure.
• Scope management, financial management, scheduling, reporting, risk management, and business engagement for approvals.
• Experience managing main suppliers.

Next steps: We will only accept workers operating via an Umbrella or PAYE engagement model. If you are interested and meet the criteria, please click the link to apply. We will contact you with an update in due course.

AMS, a Recruitment Process Outsourcing Company, may operate as an Employment Agency or an Employment Business in delivering some of its services.