Recruitment of a Project Manager for a West Midlands based Food Processing Company
| Ref | C2020 |
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| Position | Project Manager | |
| Sector | Food Processing | |
| Location | UK, West Midlands |
About the Client
Our client is one of the UK's leading suppliers of chilled, ambient and frozen cakes, components and dessert products to the multiple retail and food service sectors. The company has a tradition of supplying superior quality products, meeting the highest standards of customer service, since its incorporation over 25 years ago. Based on three production sites in the West Midlands, our client has a continual programme of product innovation and development and is constantly improving its production standards and efficiencies.
Following a successful period of interim and project management work for this customer, we were asked to source a project manager who could handle the on-going capital equipment procurement and installation programme.
The Role
The project management role is to focus on the development of equipment layouts within the three factories, to secure safe and hygienic operating conditions, incorporating the latest technology for production at a level of operating efficiency consistent with quality and production costs KPIs, including:
- Layout development, in co-ordination and consultation with sales, production and maintenance / facility management, and equipment suppliers
- Specification of new equipment to meet production/sales planning forecasts and provision for routing/connection of services and utilities to new equipment
- Budget and schedule control for new capital plant and facilities upgrades
- Procurement of new equipment and building/utilities changes in consultation with preferred contractors, including preparation and issue of tender documents, evaluation of quotations and negotiation/placing of contracts.
- Supervision of site work, with particular attention to site safety and maintaining of existing production in a clean/isolated environment.
- Administration of contracts, approval of variation orders/payments, holding site meetings, preparing and issue of management reports
Resourcing Solution
We identified a project manager who met the client's requirements. In all, three interviews were held to establish experience and capabilities profile, leading to a successful engagement by the customer.
