Highland Spring Group
Programme Manager - Engineering & Capital Projects
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Highland Spring is entering an exciting period of growth and transformation as we deliver an ambitious 10-year capital investment strategy across our manufacturing operations.
We are expanding our Engineering & Capital Projects function and are looking for an experienced Programme Manager to lead a portfolio of strategically important capital projects.
This is an opportunity to make a lasting impact within a well-known Scottish business that is investing in its people, facilities, and manufacturing capability. You will help establish best-practice project governance, strengthen our approach to programme delivery, and lead major engineering and infrastructure projects from initial concept through to successful operational handover.
The role
Reporting to the Group Engineering & Projects Manager, you will provide both strategic programme leadership and practical, hands-on delivery.
You will bring together colleagues from Engineering, Operations, Procurement, Quality, Finance, and Health and Safety, alongside consultants, contractors, equipment manufacturers, suppliers, and other delivery partners.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Establishing effective programme governance, reporting routines, and project controls.
- Developing integrated project plans, critical paths, milestones, and dependency maps.
- Managing risks, issues, actions, decisions, and change controls.
- Leading major capital projects through design, procurement, construction, installation, commissioning, and operational handover.
- Coordinating multidisciplinary teams and managing complex project interfaces.
- Providing clear and concise updates to sponsors, steering groups, and senior stakeholders.
- Monitoring scope, cost, schedule, safety, quality, and operational requirements.
- Maintaining a visible presence on site during key construction, installation, and commissioning phases.
- Ensuring training, documentation, maintenance readiness, and operational handover are fully planned and delivered.
- Supporting the development of consistent project management standards, templates, and ways of working.
- Sharing lessons learned and helping build project management capability across the business.
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About you
You will be an experienced programme or project leader with a strong track record of delivering significant capital investment projects within manufacturing, FMCG, food and beverage, pharmaceutical, or a comparable industrial environment.
You will be comfortable moving between strategic planning, senior stakeholder engagement, and practical site-based delivery. You will bring structure and discipline to complex programmes while remaining adaptable, approachable, and focused on finding solutions.
We are looking for someone who can demonstrate:
- Successful delivery of complex capital projects from concept through to commissioning and operational handover.
- Experience establishing programme governance, project controls, and reporting frameworks.
- Strong integrated planning skills using Microsoft Project, Primavera P6, or an equivalent tool.
- Effective management of contractors, consultants, equipment manufacturers, suppliers, and delivery partners.
- Strong commercial awareness, including budget management, forecasting, and change control.
- The ability to identify and manage risks, issues, dependencies, and competing priorities.
- Clear, confident communication with senior leaders, operational teams, and external partners.
- The ability to influence and lead cross-functional teams without relying on direct line authority.
- A practical, proactive, and delivery-focused leadership style.
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A degree in Engineering, Construction, Project Management, or a related discipline would be beneficial, as would an APM, PRINCE2, PMP, or equivalent qualification.
Knowledge of CDM Regulations, experience working with principal contractors, and experience developing PMO or capital project governance frameworks would also be advantageous.
We recognize that strong candidates may not meet every requirement listed. We welcome applications from people who can demonstrate relevant transferable experience and the potential to succeed in the role.
How we work
Our values shape how we work together and how we deliver for our customers.
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We’re a Team
We support one another, communicate clearly, encourage different perspectives, and work together to make things happen.
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We’re Proud
We take ownership, maintain high standards, celebrate our achievements, and continually look for ways to improve.
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We Care
We treat people fairly and respectfully, create an inclusive environment, and care deeply about our customers, our communities, and the natural environment around us.
As Programme Manager, you will bring these values to life by setting clear priorities, making confident decisions, involving others in change, and creating an environment where people feel heard, supported, and able to contribute.
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