Interim Project Manager - Engineering
Posted on November 4th, 2025
Bedfordshire
£500 - £600 per day
Type of Job: Contract
1. Job Role: Interim Project Manager - Engineering
2. Job Type: Contract - outside scope option – Ltd company services most welcome!
3. Client: Global FMCG
4. Location: Bedfordshire, Northamptonshire & Buckinghamshire areas
5. Client: Category Market leader in FMCG Manufacturing
6. Reward: Up to £600 per day, expenses, OUTSIDE SCOPE, Limited Company, skill set will dictate the rate
7. Contract Term: 3 months minimum ongoing contract
8. Onsite Monday-Friday days based
9. Factory/Plant Process working environment – focus is cooking and or refrigeration-based projects support to product launches
Are you an Interim Project Engineer / Engineering Manager with strong Project Management skills in CAPEX? Ready to lead projects, engineering standards, capital projects and engineering operational excellence on an interim basis? Are you available for this assignment quickly?
Can you lead and ENGAGE with impact and a world-class engineering toolbox? Are you an engineering Subject Matter Expert for projects in a manufacturing environment?
Role Responsibilities – Interim Project Manager - Engineering
10. Manage the planning and implementation of capital and revenue projects, covering factory equipment, process, packing lines, site services, process engineering as well as construction design management
11. Driving line installations and BAU engineering projects
12. Plan, execute and lead project activities for feasibility studies, equipment specifications, supplier selections, equipment commissioning and validation within demanding timescales
13. Reporting directly into the Project Engineering Manager, you will have complete autonomy to deliver pragmatic, value-engineered projects to cost and time specification
14. You will coach, mentor, and develop your multi-functional teams of engineers and designers / contractors to ensure successful delivery of projects
15. The projects will cover factory equipment including packaging, processing, and site activities
16. Engineering Compliance Champion: Ensure all engineering activities meet industry standards
17. You will lead engineering and production teams during equipment installation and start up, supplier selection, feasibility and justification analysis, equipment commissioning
18. Liaise with departments cross functionally to ascertain requirements and define project scopes
19. Preparing specifications/briefs which will go to external suppliers for tender
20. Managing tender processes including supplier selection exercises
21. Managing external suppliers throughout project lifecycle
22. Lead, monitor and review projects internally across departments
23. Co-ordinating all contractors in accordance with our policies
Qualifications & Requirements – Interim Project Manager - Engineering
24. Mechanical or Electrical Engineering backgrounds will be considered, ideally in a regulated environment, from high FMCG volume manufacturing
25. Experience developing technical engineering solutions in automated environments
26. An experienced Project Engineer from FMCG manufacturing, food preferred including bakery, meals, snacks, good to go, chilled or frozen
27. Ideally A degree in Engineering or time served Engineering qualifications with a further education qualification in project management
28. High level of IT literacy (and ideally fully conversant with MS Project)
29. Proven Leadership and senior stakeholder management: Significant experience in a senior engineering management role within the manufacturing FMCG related sector
30. This could include Food, Drink, Pharma and related consumer goods manufacturing, encompassing process and packaging
31. Mechanical/electrical qualification or equivalent, ideally a degree even better if you are chartered!
32. 5+ years of Engineering leadership experience; with exposure to FMCG environments ideal
33. Excellent People leadership skills to motivate, lead and drive projects
What’s on Offer – Interim Project Manager - Engineering
34. Competitive day rate
35. Control and exposure to budgets
36. Strategic planning and capital expenditure delivery
37. Impactful Work: Play a key role in the company’s success and making a tangible difference
38. Collaborative Environment: Be part of a team that values innovation and creativity
39. If you’re a career interim or a senior engineering capital projects leader becoming available that is a strategic thinker, a natural inclusive people leader, with a passion for driving engineering projects and maintenance excellence, we want to hear from you! IMMEDIATELY
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