Head of Project Management

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Owner & Director | Over 20 years recruitment experience in Packaging, Processing & Automation sectors | UK, Scandinavia & Benelux

Head of Project Management UK

Flexible UK location

The Company

A highly respected, well established leader in processing and packaging equipment, the business has grown its international footprint to become a global leader, working in partnership with some of the world’s best loved brands.

The company is now looking to appoint an experienced, agile and engaging UK Head of Projects to lead the projects department and drive a consistent culture of performance improvement and project management excellence across the business.

The role will lead the growing project management team and use their experience to establish, implement and champion a clear framework of what project management excellence looks like.

Job responsibilities

• Oversee the overall performance of all UK projects aligned with company objectives and ensure projects stay on track.
• Establish and implement a best practice, project management approach, aligned to company objectives.
• Build effective working relationships with customer stakeholders, providing support and expertise as required.
• Provide effective management of supplier and sub-contractors throughout projects.
• Ensure business leaders are kept abreast of project progress and new opportunities with effective reporting tools.
• Encourage, motivate and support the PM team; acting as a role model and ambassador for the company values and behaviours.
• Build a culture of team cohesion and instil a shared commitment to PM excellence and performance improvement.
• Instil a mindset of positive collaboration and teamwork with the PM team, across broader cross-functional teams and with external stakeholders.

Requirements

• Extensive experience and track record of project management across high value capital equipment projects, knowledge of the food industry would be an advantage.
• Knowledge and appreciation of current PM best practice and experience of applying this to in-company approaches.
• Experience in building high performing project management teams.
• Confident and articulate when communicating across all audiences with a strong ability to resolve challenges and drive collaboration.
• Technically qualified in project management, ideally with a background in engineering.
• Primarily field based with extensive travel across the UK, 1-2 days pw at company HQ (centrally based).

If you are interested in being considered, you are encouraged to apply at the earliest convenience by forwarding your CV via email to abirks@fidelisresourcing.com

Closing date for all applications Friday 30th January 2026

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Project Management, Engineering, and Manufacturing

Industries

• Food and Beverage Manufacturing, Machinery Manufacturing, and Automation Machinery Manufacturing

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