Role Overview
Reporting to the Group Project Controller, the role is responsible for planning and executing the Capital portfolio plan for UK Drinks sites and contributing to forward strategy for the defined sector. The role is based at a Drinks Site and is expected to be flexible to support growth opportunities across the UK and overseas.
Dimensions
- Responsible for a number of sites where necessary.
- Capital budget of up to c£10 million, dependent on sector and plans, as part of an overall budget of c£54 million.
- Review and authorization of up to 50 capital papers annually from designated sites.
- Deliver major and strategic capital projects up to £5 m in value across multiple sites within the Princes group.
- Responsibility for site project teams, contractors and consultants as and when required.
Key Relationships
- Responsible to the Group Project Controller for Drinks.
- Working across a number of departments with a number of operational peer groups at Manager level.
- Critical interfaces with site-based roles: Factory General Manager, Chief Engineer/Engineering Manager, Manufacturing Manager, Technical/Quality Manager.
- Critical interfaces with group-based roles: Legal managers, IT Managers, Finance, Sales and Marketing, Manufacturing Director.
Key Responsibilities
- Plan and execute the Capital portfolio plan for UK Drinks sites, contributing to forward strategy for the defined sector.
- Work with site engineering and production teams to manage the implementation of capital projects from initial concept, Capex paper creation through to successful conclusion and sign‑off, including preparation, installation, commissioning, training and performance trials.
- Collaborate with the project sponsor and steering team to define project business drivers, objectives, and success criteria.
- Create budget plans within the post holder's area of responsibility.
- Manage and motivate engineering teams to ensure they have the appropriate skills, knowledge and experience necessary to carry out engineering projects effectively.
- Undertake technical and equipment benchmarking to maintain competitive edge.
- Develop a culture of ownership within the team for ongoing development of the facilities.
- Promote a proactive approach to change and improvement in site performance.
- Ensure compliance with Group Engineering standards, legislation and best practice regarding health & safety and CDM regulations.
- Partner with purchasing in procurement management and liaise with contractors and suppliers to negotiate best value for money.
- Assist with the development and implementation of Group Engineering standards and ensure compliance at all times.
- Develop designs, technical specifications and layout drawings for procurement of process and production equipment.
- Evaluate tender submissions and challenge the status quo to drive continuous improvement and elimination of waste.
- Raise and approve capital purchase orders, authorise payment of invoices through SAP, ensuring project costs are managed within agreed budgets.
- Issue monthly reports detailing progress against budget, cost, schedule and performance for live capital projects.
- Maintain product food safety, legality, integrity, authenticity and quality standards by ensuring policies and procedures are adhered to.
Experience Required
- Graduate or graduate calibre, ideally with a further engineering qualification, and hands‑on experience with a demonstrable track record of success.
- Demonstrable track record of achieving results and managing change.
- Strong operational grounding within a complex fast‑moving manufacturing environment.
- Familiar with implementation of principles of World Class Manufacturing environments and continuous improvement methodologies.
- Track record of leadership in planning and implementing capital investment in production facilities.
- Excellent understanding of project management systems.
- Experience delivering results against financial targets, service levels and safety standards.
- Good working knowledge of operating systems such as SAP, AutoCAD, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Project.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Benefits
- Cash Car Allowance
- 25 Days Annual Leave plus Birthday off
- 14.5% Pension – 5% employee opt‑in / 9.5% employer
- Flexible Holiday Option – buy 5 additional days
- Enhanced Family Friendly & Carers Policies
- Life Assurance Cover
- Private Medical Insurance
- Critical Illness Cover
- Learning & Development Opportunities
Location and Business Area
Country: United Kingdom
Location: Cardiff
Business Area: Operations
Workplace Type: Onsite
About Princes
The Princes Group has over 7,000 employees with offices and production sites in the UK, Netherlands, Italy, Poland, France and Mauritius. Princes manufactures 350 different food and drink products responsibly sourced and enjoyed by consumers every day. None of this would be possible without striving to be an employer of choice, where our colleagues are proud to represent our business.
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