Howden, A Chart Industries Company
Project Manager
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Project Manager Location: Renfrew, Scotland, United Kingdom, PA4 8XJ
About the Role
As Project Manager at Howden, you’ll coordinate special projects—ensuring smooth execution from handover to final payment. Key responsibilities include:
- Overseeing schedules, budgets, risks, and documentation.
- Working closely with internal teams across engineering, operations, procurement, and quality.
- Minimising travel with well-planned schedules where necessary.
This role is ideal for those who thrive on variety, enjoy resolving root cause issues, and excel in cross-functional collaboration. You’ll gain exposure, influence, and the opportunity to drive meaningful impact.
About Howden
Howden, now part of Chart Industries, specialises in:
- Compressors, blowers, fans, steam turbines, and rotary heat exchangers.
- 169 years of engineering excellence, addressing industrial process needs.
- 64+ manufacturing sites and 50+ service centres worldwide.
Our focus? Advancing sustainability—helping customers improve efficiency and reduce emissions across:
- Clean energy
- Water treatment
- Nuclear, mining, and LNG markets
- Hydrogen, carbon capture, and energy recovery.
Join us and contribute to global challenges while growing in a dynamic, purpose-driven environment.
Responsibilities
Core Duties
- Manage projects end-to-end: from sales handover through delivery to final payment.
- Serve as the main internal contact, coordinating with Project Managers and cross-functional teams (e.g., engineering, operations, procurement, quality).
- Lead Root Cause & Corrective Action (RCCA) activities:
- Investigate issues thoroughly.
- Implement timely resolutions.
- Clarify outcomes to stakeholders.
- Ensure accurate documentation:
- Create project datasheets.
- Populate MRP and document control systems.
- Maintain updated schedules.
- Monitor progress, identify risks/delays, and align recovery plans with timeline/cost benchmarks.
- Report on status, risks, financials, and forecasts to management.
- Manage:
- Budgets.
- Cashflow forecasting.
- Invoicing.
- Margin improvement opportunities.
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Requirements
Essential Skills & Experience
- Project or project delivery experience (ideal in manufacturing or engineering environments).
- Demonstrated commercial awareness—comfortable handling internal/investor issues.
- Proactive, solutions-focused mindset:
- Lateral thinking.
- Issue-resolution skills.
- Driving corrective actions.
- Strong leadership, influencing, negotiation, and interpersonal skills.
- Track record of meeting budget/time/quality goals.
- Proficiency in Excel, Word, and Outlook.
Desirable but Not Mandatory
- Knowledge of compressors or rotating machinery.
- Experience in sectors:
- Petrochemical, oil & gas.
- Refrigeration, heat pumps.
- Biogas, vapour recovery.
- Project Management qualifications.
- HNC or higher in a technical discipline.
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Working Style & Pattern
- Flexible hybrid model: Minimum 2 days/week in the Renfrew office.
- Occasional domestic/international travel to suppliers or customers.
Benefits
This permanent position includes an early Friday finish and a suite of exceptional benefits:
- 33-day annual leave.
- Pension plan with 7% max employer contribution.
- Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme.
- Enhanced maternity/paternity/shared parental/adoption leave pay.
- Free onsite parking.
- Healthcare cash plan and group life assurance (3x salary).
- Group Income Protection plan.
- Access to:
- My Howden Benefits & Wellbeing Portal:
- Cycle2Work.
- Discounts with global retailers.
- Employee assistance programmes.
- Health/wellbeing resources.
- Dedicated Spark Service:
- Free sessions for counselling, physiotherapy, financial support, remote GP, personal training, etc.
- Financial/mortgage support.
- My Howden Benefits & Wellbeing Portal:
- Opportunity to engage in ESG ‘Bright Future’ initiatives:
- STEM ambassador roles.
- Volunteering programmes.
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