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UK Project Manager - Engineering

🏢 Bakkavor 📍 Spalding, England 💼 Company - Public
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£75,000 - £75,000
£6,250 - £6,250 / mo
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Location Base
Spalding, England
Tier-1 UK Economic Zone
Est. Take-Home Pay
68% - 74% (After PAYE & NI)
Single tax filer baseline
Transatlantic Parity
1.0 GBP ≈ $1.28 USD Living Standard
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Position Overview & Specifications

UK Project Manager - Engineering
Remote working travel to project sites across the UK
Shift – Monday to Friday 8.30 – 17.00
Up to £75,000 per annum, based on experience
£8,400 Car Allowance
Up to 20% Bonus
Private Healthcare
Life Assurance
Highly competitive rewards package including Group Pension
Excellent career progression prospects across the Bakkavor group

We’re proud to be able to offer careers with real scope for development. To reward your hard work and ambition, as a talented Project Manager in Engineering, you will be given support and opportunities to empower you to drive your own success - creating a career you can be proud of.


We're the biggest name you've never heard of. You've probably eaten our food- you just didn't realise it. Because as global leaders in the fresh prepared food industry with over 19,000 employees, we create innovative products, including meals, soups, dips, salads, desserts, pizzas and bread for customers including Tesco, M&S, Sainsbury's and Waitrose in the UK. Our customers include Harris Teeter and Home Chef in the US, and in China, we make food for Starbucks, Yum! and Pret. We're ambitious. We're full of ideas. And we're ready for more people who share our passion for quality to join us.

The Role.

We have a fantastic new opportunity for a UK Project Manager to join our expanding team. You will be working on Multiple Projects across a number of sites across the UK therefore must be happy to travel.

Job Accountabilities.
  • Responsible to the project sponsor for the end-to-end delivery of projects.
  • Establish a structure and plan for managing the requirements of CDM, Safety, Health & Environment, and contractor control throughout the duration for the project.
  • Develop a group of direct and sub-contract resources into a coherent team that delivers the project objectives.
  • Lead the delivery of the project with defined objectives and manage stakeholder expectations.
  • Preparation of scope briefing documentation, selection of the professional team and Principal Contractor including commercial terms and contractual engagement documentation.
  • Develop and maintain an effective and accurate project cost plan, regularly provide updates to stakeholders, value engineer and provide cash flow forecasts.
  • Develop a database of contractors having carried out a due diligence exercise to establish that the contractor has a suitable SHE record, relevant insurances, and meets the values expected of a contractor to Bakkavor.
  • Lead the installation and commissioning of food and drink processing and packaging equipment, services and facilities in line with food and health & safety principles.
  • Develop and maintain an effective and accurate project timeline, understand how the project interfaces with other projects or the business operation to maintain both the declared project delivery and the business expectations.

Experience/Skills/Qualifications.

  • Engineering apprenticeship (C&G / EAL NVQ Level 3 / 4 or OAL FDEM Diploma).
  • NEBOSH General Certificate
  • IOSH Managing Safely
  • Project delivery, governance and cost control experience
  • Contractor control
  • CDM
  • Planning works, writing reports and preparation of presentations
  • Commercial, contract and change management

What you can expect from us.

When joining us you can expect a highly competitive rewards package including group pension, bonus, private medical insurance, and other flexible benefits - alongside excellent career progression prospects across the Bakkavor group.
Proud to be Bakkavor.
We’re proud to be the leading UK provider of innovative, high-quality, fresh prepared food. We’re proud to be driven by the hard work and passion of our people. And we’re proud to offer a wide range of careers full of support and opportunity. Join our team and we’ll make you proud too.
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Candidate Selection & Onboarding Process

1

Application & Resume Screening

Submit your tailored CV/Resume directly to the talent acquisition portal.

2

Technical & Competency Interviews

Virtual interviews with the hiring manager and multidisciplinary team.

3

Formal Offer & Benefits Negotiation

Written agreement outlining compensation, equity, retirement vesting, and relocation allowances.

4

Onboarding & Corporate Integration

Equipment provisioning, team orientation, and commencement of duties.

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