Senior Project Manager - Food & Beverage

Job Description

Are You Ready to Lead High-Impact Projects in Liquid Processing? We’re seeking a Senior Project Manager with extensive experience within the food and beverage industry to join our team. If you've led complex, multinational projects over £5 million, bring strong intercultural expertise, and thrive on driving project success with full financial accountability, this role could be your next big step!

As a Senior Project Manager, you’ll take on full end-to-end project responsibility, guiding every phase from initial quoting through to commissioning and project closure.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Project Leadership: Oversee large-scale projects, ensuring alignment with our high standards and guiding cross-functional teams to success. You’ll drive all aspects of project execution, from planning and scheduling to commissioning, managing multiple teams without direct line authority.
• Financial Accountability: Lead projects with full financial oversight, tracking costs, margins, and man-hour estimates to optimize outcomes and ensure profitability.
• Stakeholder & Customer Management: Act as the main point of contact, managing complex stakeholder relationships and customer expectations. You'll oversee reporting to steering committees and clients, maintaining clear, consistent communication at every stage.
• Scheduling & Monitoring: Create and maintain project schedules, monitoring milestones to stay on track and ensure efficient resource utilization.
• Site & Safety Oversight: Manage on-site activities through a site manager, maintaining high safety standards and ensuring health and safety compliance.
• Risk & Change Management: Implement proactive risk management strategies, adapting to project shifts and handling claims and change orders to maintain alignment with scope, schedule, and cost goals.
• Team Leadership: Lead and motivate a high-performing team of project engineers, fostering a culture of ownership and continuous improvement, while managing diverse, multinational teams.

Your Skills & Experience:

• Extensive Technical Expertise: 10+ years leading large-scale technical projects, ideally in liquid processing or food and beverage, with a deep understanding of industry standards and project methodologies.
• Commercial Acumen: Skilled in legal and contractual matters, negotiation, and commercial project management, with a sharp ability to assess risks and maximize opportunities.
• Leadership & Interpersonal Skills: Strong intercultural and cross-functional leadership, excelling in team coordination and influence across multiple business units.
• Certified Project Management: PMI certification (or equivalent) with practical experience managing complex multinational projects.

If you’re an experienced Project Manager eager to lead high-value projects, optimize outcomes, and foster team success within a fast-paced environment, we’d love to hear from you. Let’s connect!