Project Manager

Location: Port Glasgow (Onsite)

Reports to: General Manager

Rate/Salary: Competitive

What you’ll be doing:

• Lead and oversee major projects from initiation through to completion.
• Ensure compliance with technical, regulatory, commercial and contractual obligations.
• Manage risk and change, coordinate multidisciplinary teams (engineering, fabrication, supply chain, quality, commissioning).
• Develop detailed project plans (scope, schedule, budget, resources) and ensure alignment with business strategy and stakeholder expectations.
• Monitor project progress, manage variances, and implement corrective actions to keep the project on track.
• Ensure deliverables meet technical, regulatory and quality standards (ship-building/marine engineering context).
• Engage with internal and external stakeholders.
• Provide regular status reports to senior management and Board as required.
• Manage customer relationships and expectations, negotiate change control and contract amendments.
• Identify, assess and manage project risks (commercial, technical, health & safety, regulatory) and maintain a risk register.
• Lead change-control processes: ensure scope changes are evaluated for cost/time/quality and approved appropriately.
• Ensure project governance standards, documentation, audits and compliance with public-sector (or quasi-public) accountability frameworks.
• Manage a multidisciplinary project team (engineering, procurement, Operations, commissioning, QA/QC), set objectives, monitor performance, promote collaboration.
• Liaise with supply chain and subcontractors, ensure delivery of materials, services, and fabrication to schedule.
• Promote a culture of safety, continuous improvement and excellence in execution.

Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering (shipbuilding, marine, mechanical) or related discipline (or equivalent relevant experience).
• Proven project management experience in shipbuilding, marine engineering, major fabrication or heavy engineering environment.

Benefits:

You’ll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme and our Perk Box rewards scheme.

Why Ferguson Marine?

With 120 years of expertise, Ferguson Marine is proudly looking to the future. We plan to invest in modern technology and infrastructure that can deliver world-class vessels, fabrication and engineering services for centuries to come. This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry.

We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to our recruitment team about potential reasonable adjustments.

Candidates wishing to apply who would require sponsorship can determine the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship for the role by assessing their circumstances against the relevant criteria prior to an application - www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa

Closing Date: 23rd November 2025

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.