Project Manager in Glasgow

We are recruiting for an enthusiastic and highly motivated Project Manager to join our dedicated Projects and Facilities team. You will manage and direct staff and contractors in the planning, development, delivery and maintenance of airport-based systems and infrastructure, providing specialist support to all airport departments in delivering and project managing cost effective innovative technical solutions to all areas of the business.

This is a full‑time permanent position, working 40 hours per week, Monday – Friday, reporting directly to the Head of Facilities and Projects.

Glasgow Prestwick Airport is a fast‑paced, 24/7 aviation services provider delivering passenger travel, air cargo, training flights, and world‑class MRO (maintenance, repair, and overhaul) services. Home to the longest commercial runway north of Manchester, we play a critical role in global connectivity and Scotland’s economy, with over 450 employees and supporting more than 4,000 jobs across the region.

To be considered for the role you must be able to:

• Provide technical and project management support across the various airport departments.
• Scope, develop & deliver project request documentation and create invitation to tender documents.
• Provide costed solutions to identified business needs for airport departments.
• Provide management oversight of technical projects and the project management process.
• Take the lead in the planning, monitoring, forecasting and the general management of the airport capital expenditure budgets.
• Ensure all projects are adequately managed, documented and protected to ensure required compliance, availability, resilience, and performance within budgetary constraints.
• Ensure the effective and safe delivery of projects during development and that their acceptance into operational service.
• Maintain competence with developments in the industry, making recommendations to management for employing such technology where appropriate.
• Assist in the preparation of weekly and monthly reports, input to compliance, CEO and Board reports for the release of capital investment funds.
• Ensure that all relevant permits, safety cases, CDM documentation, risk assessments and method statements have been obtained and documented before any work takes place.
• Prepare Work in Progress (WIP) Safety Plans that ensure the continued safe operation of the airport to staff, customers and passengers as required.
• Monitor, audit and develop relationships with sub‑contractors.
• Liaise with other departments to ensure the safe and effective delivery of service to our customers and airlines.
• Provide reports on financial, operational and safety performance where required.
• Support the airport Health, Safety & Environmental goals through the implementation of energy efficiency schemes and initiatives.
• Be conversant with GPA Railway Operating Manual and responsibilities and tasks listed within.
• Deliver projects in line with sustainability targets, including reduction of carbon, energy consumption, and cost.
• Develop and lead project pipelines in relation to the airport’s environmental responsibilities.

Qualifications – Advantageous:

• CITB – SMSTS.
• Engineering or Construction related qualifications.

Experience – Essential for the role:

• Experience delivering projects from design through to completion.
• Experience delivering building services, fabric, and civils projects.
• Experience delivering projects within a self‑delivery, and/or contractor delivery model.
• Experience delivering projects within a facilities management environment.

Benefits of working at GPA:

• Cash Health Care Plan (after six months employment).
• Life Assurance 4 x salary (after six months employment).
• Auto enrolled into our Pension Scheme (after 3 months employment) – enhanced upon request.
• Electric Car Scheme.
• Uniform (as required).
• Enhanced Annual leave, depending on service length.
• Free Parking.
• One hour paid break.
• Staff discounts in partnership with Duffry World Duty Free, access to their ‘Staff Shopping Website’ with an excellent 30% discount on most brands across the site.

Please note that to work at GPA you are required to:

• Comply with UK Right to Work checks and provide associated relevant documentation at interview.
• Confirm your identity by providing a copy of your passport or driving licence.
• Provide GPA with a complete five‑year referencing history inclusive of all employment, self‑employment, and education. Any gap period of 28 days or more must be covered by a personal reference to which you must also provide contact details.
• Upon request, provide a Criminal Record Check Certificate (Level 1 disclosure) from Disclosure Scotland. This must not display any disqualifying convictions as detailed on the Civil Aviation Authority website.
• Where applicable, undertake a Counter Terrorist Check (CTC) and understand that deployment to any security related activities is conditional upon the satisfactory result of such a check.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and are committed to applying equal opportunities at all stages of our recruitment and selection process. Reasonable adjustments will be made to our recruitment process to ensure that no applicant is disadvantaged.

We wish to take this opportunity to thank you for your interest in working at GPA.

If you are successful in the first stage of our recruitment process, it is a requirement of Glasgow Prestwick Airport Ltd that you are able to:

• Provide photographic evidence of your identity and right to work in the UK.
• Provide a 5 year employment history (no gaps).
• Provide a successful Disclosure Scotland Certificate.
• Undergo and pass a medical examination which will include a drug and alcohol test.

If any of the above are not completed successfully, unfortunately we will have no alternative but to disqualify your application.