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Factory Systems Project Manager (Ref : 194580)
Job summary
A project management consultancy seeks a Factory Systems Project Manager to oversee factory system projects in an automotive manufacturing setting. You will lead the end-to-end project management, ensuring effective delivery of plant IT and OT solutions such as MES and SCADA while maintaining safety and compliance. The ideal candidate should have significant experience in managing production environments and possess relevant qualifications like Prince 2. This position offers a competitive day rate of up to £550.
Qualifications
- Proven experience delivering factory systems or manufacturing IT/OT projects in automotive.
- Experience managing projects with minimal disruption in live production environments.
- Strong understanding of MES, SCADA, PLC, and automation.
Responsibilities
- Own project delivery from planning to go-live and benefits realization.
- Develop cost estimates, budgets, and delivery schedules aligned to production.
- Manage factory systems implementations, coordinating teams and vendors.
Skills
Education
Factory Systems Project Manager
Crewe 3 days a week
Automotive Manufacturing
6 months initially
Up to £550
Outside
Contact : harry.fawsitt@forsythbarnes.com
The Factory Systems Project Manager is responsible for the end-to-end delivery of factory and manufacturing systems projects across automotive production environments. The role ensures the successful implementation of plant IT and OT solutions - including MES, SCADA, PLC integrations, quality, traceability, maintenance, and production systems - while maintaining operational continuity, safety, and regulatory compliance.
The role bridges IT and manufacturing operations, ensuring projects deliver tangible improvements in throughput, quality, cost, and resilience across factory environments.
- Own project delivery from business case and planning through to go-live and benefits realisation.
- Develop cost estimates, budgets, and delivery schedules, aligned to production constraints.
- Manage factory systems implementations, including MES, SCADA, PLC integrations, automation, and ERP interfaces.
- Coordinate internal teams and external vendors / systems integrators.
- Lead risk, issue, and change management, particularly where live production is impacted.
- Ensure robust governance, reporting, and stakeholder communication.
- Track and report on manufacturing benefits (e.g. OEE, quality, traceability).
- Manage formal project closure and operational handover.
- Proven experience delivering factory systems or manufacturing IT / OT projects in an automotive or discrete manufacturing environment.
- Strong understanding of MES, SCADA, PLCs, automation, and plant integrations.
- Experience managing projects in live production environments with minimal disruption.
- Strong commercial and supplier management capability.
- Experience working within regulated, safety-critical environments.
- Ability to communicate effectively with both technical teams and manufacturing leadership.
- Proven experience working with Waterfall Methodologies.
- Prince 2 Qualifications.
- Pragmatic, delivery-focused, and comfortable operating on the factory floor.
- Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills.
- Calm under pressure in time-critical production environments.
- Structured, safety-aware, and outcomes-driven.
* The salary benchmark is based on the target salaries of market leaders in their relevant sectors. It is intended to serve as a guide to help Premium Members assess open positions and to help in salary negotiations. The salary benchmark is not provided directly by the company, which could be significantly higher or lower.