Project Manager (Process Engineering / Food & Beverage)

Rise Technical Recruitment Ltd; Littlehampton; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation package

Structured progression

Autonomy

Benefits

Job summary

Rise Technical Recruitment Ltd is seeking a Project Manager with a background in Food & Beverage to take end-to-end ownership of process engineering projects. You’ll manage budgets, schedules, and key stakeholders while working in a hybrid role with travel to client sites.

Based in or commutable to Yeovil, you will lead installation and commissioning activities, develop the team, and drive project success in a niche FMCG environment.

Qualifications

• Project management experience within an engineering environment.
• Engineering qualification and strong stakeholder management skills.
• Comfortable managing multiple projects and using MS Project (plus MS Office).

Responsibilities

• End-to-end project management of process engineering projects (Dairy / Food & Beverage).
• Own budget, schedule, quality, resources, change control and risk.
• Coordinate project engineers, contractors and suppliers; run project meetings and customer reviews.
• Lead site installation and commissioning activities when required.
• 40 hours per week, permanent position, based Yeovil with travel/stay away as needed.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Engineering understanding

Education

Engineering qualification

Tools

MS Project

MS Office

Job description

Project Manager (Process Engineering / Food & Beverage)

£55,000 - £65,000 + Relocation Package + Structured Progression + Autonomy + Benefits

Hybrid / Office Based commutable from Yeovil, Wincanton, Sherborne, Crewkerne, Glastonbury, Wells, Shaftesbury, Gillingham, Warminster, Frome and surrounding areas with travel to client sites.

Are you a Project Manager with a background in Food, FMCG, Dairy, Beverage or similar and looking for a role where you will take real ownership of complex projects, build deeper technical expertise and be recognised as the go-to person for delivery?

On offer is a fantastic opportunity to show your skillset working for a market leading business, where you will step into a managerial position and be invested in through managerial training, where you can mould this department and develop the individuals within the team, showing your technical skillset as you work on bespoke projects for some of the biggest names in FMCG.

This company is an industry leading specialist, working in a niche subsector of FMCG and providing end to end bespoke solutions to their clientele, due to their continued growth and a growing number of contracts for the business they are looking to expand their Project Engineering Team.

In this role you will interpret contractual and technical requirements, build programmes and work packages, host regular project reviews, manage risk and change control, and lead site installation and commissioning activity where required, ensuring smooth handover to customers.

This role would suit a Project Manager looking to take full project ownership, develop further and gain extensive project management expertise in a specialist environment.

The Role

• End-to-end project management of process engineering projects (Dairy / Food & Beverage)
• Own budget, schedule, quality, resources, change control and risk
• Coordinate project engineers, contractors and suppliers; run project meetings and customer reviews
• Lead site installation and commissioning activities when required
• 40 hours per week, permanent position, based Yeovil with travel/stay away as needed

The Person

• Project management experience within an engineering environment
• Engineering qualification and strong stakeholder management skills
• Comfortable managing multiple projects and using MS Project (plus MS Office)

We are an equal opportunities company and welcome applications from all suitable candidates.