Role: Senior Project Manager
Location: Oundle, Peterborough
Hours: 37.5 hrs per week
Benefits:
* Competitive Salary
* International travel allowance + overtime
* Holidays – 25 days plus bank holidays
* Private Healthcare
* Discretionary bonus
* Vinci share scheme
* EV car purchase scheme
* Company Pension Scheme (Contributions matched up to 7%)
* Hybrid working options following completion of probationary period
* Disability Benefit Scheme and Death in Service Insurance
* Company Sick Pay
Take your substantial experience in systems integration, combine it with your exceptional leadership skills and customer-focused approach, and you have just what we’re looking for in our Sr. Project Manager position within the Eltek Systems team.
We need someone who adopts a “get it right the first time” approach to projects, faces challenges confidently, and inspires their project team to perform safely and effectively.
About the role
You will work directly with clients in the food and beverage industry, collaborating with their design and management teams. Your knowledge of PLC-based control system architecture, PLC, HMI, and SCADA coding, as well as machine safety and integrated system safety, will be vital in leading projects from initial negotiation to final testing.
Throughout all stages, you will nurture and develop client relationships, applying your strategic and tactical skills to ensure high-quality service delivery and customer satisfaction.
You will be part of our supportive Eltek team in Northamptonshire, reporting to the General Manager of the Eltek Systems business unit.
Main Responsibilities:
* Prepare, review, and present detailed technical proposals and quotations for bespoke control systems, including tendering and cost estimation, negotiating pricing, rework, or variations.
* Liaise directly with customers at all project stages, including their internal design and management teams.
* Provide technical supervision for system design, build, and installation personnel.
* Review design and testing of control systems to ensure compliance with specifications, standards, and legislative requirements.
* Ensure adherence to all relevant Health & Safety procedures.
* Prepare and present project reviews and evaluations, including earned value analysis, to management.
* Lead and support your team’s skill development aligned with business goals.
* Collaborate with other Project Managers to develop existing client relationships and identify future opportunities.
* Personally visit customer sites as needed.
The Person:
* High-level knowledge and experience with:
- control systems for manufacturing environments
- PLC-based control system architecture
- PLC, HMI, and SCADA coding
- system testing of software and hardware
- machinery safety design and standards
- on-site commissioning of control systems
* Proven leadership and team management experience, with a focus on continuous improvement.
* Ability to produce and understand control system design documents.
* Qualifications at HNC/HND/degree level in a relevant discipline, or substantial system integration experience.
* Ability to develop and maintain key customer and internal relationships.
Who are Eltek Systems?
Eltek is a leading independent provider of industrial process and automation solutions within the food and beverage industry, offering services in:
* Conceptual Design and Consultancy
* System Design & Manufacture
* Software Engineering
* Project Management
We support clients in manufacturing various snack products worldwide.
The Wider VINCI Group
Eltek Systems is part of VINCI Energies UK and ROI, operating within Actemium Automation. VINCI has been providing high-quality engineering solutions in the UK since 1907.
Our decentralized business model enables us to offer the resources and strength of a global company while delivering personalized local service. The Actemium Automation family employs over 250 people across 14 UK locations, with VINCI operating in 120 countries globally with 220,000 employees.
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