Project Engineering Manager

Project Engineering Manager

We’re proud to be Bakkavor

Salary: Up to £65,000 depending on experience

Benefits: Highly competitive reward package including 20% bonus, £8,400 car allowance, Private Healthcare and more.

Location: Boston, Old Leake (PE22 9PN)

Ways of working: Site based

Hours of work: 08:30 – 17:00 / Monday – Friday

Contract Type: Permanent

Why join us?  

We’re ready for anything. We thrive on challenge and change. The undeniable pressure and pace of our 24/7 operation keep us on our toes and offers a variety of career pathways and options to explore and pursue. We encourage everyone to work hard, push further and show resilience. And it’s exciting. Because only by mentoring and role modelling our success and innovation, will we continue to diversify, grow as individuals and succeed together. 

What we do

The site employs over 700 people and specialises in making chilled Italian ready meals and pasta salads products for a dedicated customer.

About the role

We have a fantastic new opportunity for a Project Manager to join our expanding team. You will be working on Multiple exciting Projects at the Old Leake, Boston and reporting into Engineering Manager.

Role Accountabilities 

• Responsible to the project sponsor for the end-to-end delivery of projects. 
• Establish a structure and plan for managing the requirements of CDM, Safety, Health & Environment, and contractor control throughout the duration for the project. 
• Develop a group of direct and sub-contract resources into a coherent team that delivers the project objectives. 
• Lead the delivery of the project with defined objectives and manage stakeholder expectations. 
• Preparation of scope briefing documentation, selection of the professional team and Principal Contractor including commercial terms and contractual engagement documentation. 
• Develop and maintain an effective and accurate project cost plan, regularly provide updates to stakeholders, value engineer and provide cash flow forecasts. 
• Develop a database of contractors having carried out a due diligence exercise to establish that the contractor has a suitable SHE records, relevant insurances, and meets the values expected of a contractor to Bakkavor. 
• Lead the installation and commissioning of food and drink processing and packaging equipment, services, and facilities in line with food and health & safety principles. 
• Develop and maintain an effective and accurate project timeline, understand how the project interfaces with other projects or the business operation to maintain both the declared project delivery and the business expectations. 

About you. 

• Engineering apprenticeship (C&G / EAL NVQ Level 3/4 or OAL FDEM Diploma).
• IOSH Managing Safely.
• NEBOSH General Certificate/Diploma.
• Application of SHE legislation and procedures. 
• Identify the organisation’s context and constraints that affect asset management.
• Develop and classify asset life-cycle plans including performance monitoring, business cases and activities.
• Apply continuous improvement techniques and quantify asset, asset system and asset management activity-related risks; identify mitigation options. 
• Project delivery, governance and cost control experience.
• Contractor control.
• CDM.
• Planning works, writing reports and preparation of presentations.
• Commercial, contract and change management.
• Risk management and its application to asset management: risk assessment, quantification, mitigation, and impact. 
• Data analysis and interpretation techniques; data presentation techniques (charts, diagrams, and tables). 
• Collaboration and communication techniques: personality types, influencing, negotiating, networking, and equality, diversity, and inclusion, including plain English.

What you’ll receive.  

When joining us you can expect a highly competitive rewards package including group pension, bonus, private medical insurance, and other flexible benefits - alongside excellent career progression prospects across the Bakkavor group.

You’ll enjoy:  

•         Life Assurance (2.5 x salary)

•         Private medical insurance (employee & family cover)

•         Car allowance (£8,400 per annum)

•         Annual Bonus Scheme

•         25 days holiday plus 8 bank holidays as standard (may vary by role)

•         Staff Shop

•         Stakeholder Pension Scheme

•         Discount & cashback platform

•         Personal Accident Insurance

•         Free health check

•         Employee Assistance Programme

•         A range of voluntary benefits (holiday purchase scheme, additional life assurance, dental & hospital cash plans)

•         Salary sacrifice car lease scheme

•         Free independent mortgage advice

•         Discounted tutoring for children

•         Access to financial learning tools and affordable loans via your salary

•         Free car parking

Proud to be Bakkavor.  

We’re proud to be the leading UK provider of innovative, high-quality, fresh prepared food. We’re proud to be driven by the hard work and passion of our people. And we’re proud to offer a wide range of careers full of support and opportunity. Join our team and we’ll make you proud too.

At Bakkavor, we are committed to building an inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive, and we believe that diversity makes us stronger. We welcome and encourage applications from all backgrounds and ensure fair, transparent recruitment practices. Learn more about our commitment in our Inclusion and Diversity Policy (Inclusion & Diversity Policy).

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