Project Manager

PM Group requires a number of project managers/project engineers with experience of delivering food and beverage projects to lead a client team in Northern Ireland.

Responsibilities

Working alongside existing client engineers, managers, and directors.

Leading the multidisciplinary project team through all stages of the projects from concept to construction and handover.

Managing scope, budget, quality and schedule for capex projects.

Delivering capex plans, ensuring beverage projects are delivered on time, within cost and business expectations.

Ensuring that the project team delivers the project documentation and drawings.

Delivering capital investment projects in accordance to portfolio schedules and budgets.

Providing specialist knowledge on various aspects of design and construction.

Acting as a client representative in meetings and discussions with third party vendors.

Creating tender documentation, working through the tender process, engaging potential suppliers/contractors and providing in–depth tender analysis on bid returns.

Controlling vendors/contractors from tender through to construction.

Presenting business cases, seeking board approval, securing funding.

Attending and overseeing testing on site and off site.

Developing contracts between the client and suppliers.

Ensuring that the projects are delivered on time and within budget.

Managing risk and change, securing additional budget as required.

Working alongside third party contractors and offering input into process design and installation.

Collaborating with other client departments and offering technical support as required.

Ensuring the delivery of projects in a way that is compliant with EU and UK health and safety regulations, as well as client procedures and protocols.

Creating and maintaining a project plan for assessment, mitigation, and remediation activities.

Reporting metrics to the site leadership team.

Reporting project progress against established milestones.

Other responsibilities in–keeping with the project management role.

Qualifications

Applicants must be a qualified mechanical engineer or qualified electrical engineer, with a background in delivering beverage projects safely and effectively. Sustainability is of vital importance to the client. Mechanical engineers should have previous experience in biomass/bio–energy facilities, heat–pumps and other types of sustainable technology. Electrical engineers should have previous experience in high voltage electrical works, substations, on–site renewable generation, and electric steam generation.

All applicants must have experience of managing food projects from inception to completion and handover. The successful candidates will be able to communicate clearly at all levels (including interpreting and explaining complex technical aspects to non–technical or non–expert audiences).

Off–Payroll Working Rules

This role is believed to be inside IR35.