Highland Spring Group
Project Manager - Engineering & Capital Projects
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About the Role
At Highland Spring, our Engineering & Projects team plays a key role in shaping the future of our operations. We’re looking for an experienced Project Manager – Engineering & Capital Projects to lead the delivery of capital investment projects across the Highland Spring Group.
Based primarily at The Ochils in Blackford, with travel to other Highland Spring sites and suppliers as required, this is a 37.5-hour-per-week role with flexibility around key project milestones, site activity, and commissioning phases.
Responsibilities:
- Lead capital projects through the full project lifecycle.
- Develop project plans, milestones, budgets, forecasts, and schedules.
- Manage risks, issues, dependencies, and change controls.
- Coordinate teams across Engineering, Operations, Procurement, Quality, Finance, and HSE.
- Manage consultants, contractors, OEMs, suppliers, and delivery partners.
- Support site installation, commissioning, and operational handover.
- Resolve delivery challenges while balancing safety, quality, cost, and operational priorities.
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Reporting to the Group Engineering & Projects Manager, you’ll lead projects from concept and design through procurement, installation, commissioning, and operational handover, ensuring they are delivered safely and effectively against agreed scope, cost, schedule, and quality requirements.
What we’re looking for:
- Experience delivering capital investment projects within a manufacturing, FMCG, food and beverage, pharmaceutical, or similar industrial environment.
- Strong project planning and controls experience, commercial awareness, excellent stakeholder management skills, and a practical, proactive approach to delivery.
- A degree in Engineering, Construction, Project Management, or a related discipline would be advantageous, as would an APM, PRINCE2, PMP, or equivalent qualification. Knowledge of CDM Regulations would also be beneficial.
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What you can expect:
- You’ll join a supportive, values-led business where we’re a team, we’re proud, and we care, with the opportunity to make a real impact through significant investment projects.
Benefits include:
- Competitive salary
- 34 days’ holiday
- Company pension with employer contribution rising from 5% to 10%
- Life assurance
- Employee Assistance Platform
- Company sick pay, subject to scheme terms
If you’re looking for an opportunity to take ownership of complex projects and help shape the future of Highland Spring, we’d love to hear from you.
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