Engineering - Project Manager in Cardiff

We have an exciting opportunity for a Project Manager to join our Memory Lane Cakes site. Finsbury Food Group is a leading speciality bakery manufacturer, constantly raising quality and efficiency standards and building long-term relationships within the foodservice channel. This is a strategic leadership role, responsible for overseeing and driving all site capital investment and improvement projects across the bakery.

You will provide direction across projects from concept through to completion, ensuring safe, efficient, and commercially successful delivery while supporting the long-term growth, performance, and continuous improvement of the site. This role offers the opportunity to make a real impact — from driving continuous improvement initiatives through to implementing major automation and engineering projects that shape the future of the bakery.

This is what you’ll actually do! As our Project Manager, you will take ownership of all site projects across engineering and wider business functions, acting as the primary lead for project delivery at Memory Lane Cakes site. You will manage end-to-end delivery of capital and improvement projects, including:

• Concept development
• URS creation
• Procurement
• Installation
• Commissioning
• Project handover

Working closely with operations, hygiene, technical, finance, NPD, warehouse, and engineering teams, you will ensure projects are delivered safely, on time, and within budget. You will develop and maintain the site’s rolling 3–5-year Capital Investment Plan, helping to drive site growth, cost reduction initiatives, operational improvements, and automation strategy.

The role will also involve:

• Managing supplier and contractor performance, including tendering and commercial negotiations
• Monitoring and forecasting capital spend, providing accurate reporting and ROI analysis
• Ensuring compliance with CDM Regulations, health & safety standards, and internal governance procedures
• Leading project risk assessments covering technical, financial, and operational risks
• Supporting engineering asset care and site improvement initiatives
• Coordinating live installations within a fast-paced food manufacturing environment
• Driving continuous improvement projects alongside operational and CI teams
• Providing structured challenge and recommendations on project scope, cost, and delivery strategy

This is a highly collaborative role where you will work cross-functionally with stakeholders across every department within the bakery.

Ideally this is you! Proven Project Management experience within FMCG, food manufacturing, pharmaceutical, or similarly fast-paced production environments is required. An engineering background is essential for this role, along with experience delivering capital projects within live manufacturing environments. A strong understanding of budget management, forecasting, ROI, and commercial project control is also required. Knowledge of CDM Regulations and contractor management practices is important, as well as excellent stakeholder management skills, including the ability to engage with and influence senior business leaders effectively.

The role requires the ability to manage multiple projects and priorities simultaneously while demonstrating strong organisational, analytical, and problem‑solving abilities. Relevant Project Management qualifications would be desirable, and a Degree or HND in Engineering, or equivalent experience, is preferred. Experience in Continuous Improvement (CI) would be advantageous but is not essential. A driven, self‑motivated approach and a genuine eagerness to make a meaningful impact within the organisation are also important attributes for success in this role.

What’s in it for you?

• Enhanced Maternity & Paternity Leave to allow quality time with your new arrival!
• Enhanced Pension Scheme for our employees
• Free Employee Assistance Programme (open to colleagues and their families)
• Retail discounts accessible via our Benefits Hub platform!
• Refer a Friend Scheme (up to £300 per referral – T&C’s dependent)
• Employee Recognition Awards
• Extensive Learning & Development opportunities (including opportunities for sponsored professional memberships and our own in-house development course!)
• An opportunity to be part of a fantastic, growing organisation

Our vision is to be the leading speciality bakery group in the UK, and we want the best people in place to achieve this. Our continued success is built entirely on the talented people who work here, so employee development is important to us because everyone is a valued member of the team, and we want every individual to have the skills and capabilities to achieve both your own personal goals and our business goals.