We are recruiting a Project Director to join our Industrial & Manufacturing team and lead a 100M multiyear capital programme for a global FMCG client. This role offers the opportunity to shape major strategic assets and work on hyperscale industrial projects within a collaborative and ambitious team.
Your mission: deliver a futureready facility offering sustainable cost advantage operational resilience strong ESG performance and advanced digital capability.
Your Key Responsibilities
Strategic Leadership:
You own the business case and CAPEX roadmap support ExCom/Board decisions and lead the masterplanning technology and digital strategy for a futureready facility.
Programme Delivery:
You steer multidisciplinary teams across engineering construction automation digital quality HSE and operations ensuring seamless delivery from design to commissioning and startup. You manage EPC/EPCm partners OEMs and technology suppliers applying strong programme controls to keep the project on track.
Financial & Commercial Management:
You oversee a 100M CAPEX budget define contracting strategies lead major negotiations and drive value engineering to optimise lifecycle costs.
Regulatory Safety & Quality:
You ensure compliance with HSE food safety regulatory approvals and ESG commitments while leading HAZOP/HAZID design reviews validation and audit readiness.
Operational Readiness:
You design the future operating model build and mobilise operational teams and lead a structured vertical startup through SOPs training and line qualification.
Digital & Automation Enablement:
You integrate MES automation data cybersecurity and ERP systems embedding analytics and predictive maintenance to create a digitally enabled facility.
Stakeholder Engagement:
You manage relationships with regulators authorities communities and sustainability partners while leading communication and change management across the programme.
Qualifications :
You have
- 15 years of experience leading largescale capital programmes (50M200M) in FMCG food or similar processdriven industries.
- Strong technical grounding in engineering design construction utilities foodsafety systems commissioning and validation.
- Proven expertise delivering EPC / EPCm programmes managing complex contract strategies and multivendor environments.
- A solid understanding of digital manufacturing platforms including MES automation data and control systems
You are
- A confident leader with executive presence able to engage effectively at Board/ExCom level.
- Experienced in steering complex multiyear programmes in demanding environments.
- Skilled at managing diverse suppliers and stakeholders.
- Strong in building and mobilising operations teams for new industrial assets.
You know how to
- Manage large CAPEX budgets with discipline and strategic insight.
- Lead highvalue contract negotiations and handle commercial risks.
- Apply strong programme controls to ensure delivery on time on budget and on scope.
Additional Information :
Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.
We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.
Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.
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Join our social media conversations for more information about Turner & Townsend and our exciting future projects:
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It is strictly against Turner & Townsend policy for candidates to pay any fee in relation to our recruitment process. No recruitment agency working with Turner & Townsend will ask candidates to pay a fee at any time.
Any unsolicited resumes/CVs submitted through our website or to Turner & Townsend personal e-mail accounts are considered property of Turner & Townsend and are not subject to payment of agency order to be an authorised Recruitment Agency/Search Firm for Turner & Townsend there must be a formal written agreement in place and the agency must be invited by the Recruitment Team to submit candidates for review.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Full-time
We are recruiting a Project Director to join our Industrial & Manufacturing team and lead a 100M multiyear capital programme for a global FMCG client. This role offers the opportunity to shape major strategic assets and work on hyperscale industrial projects within a collaborative and ambitious team...
We are recruiting a Project Director to join our Industrial & Manufacturing team and lead a 100M multiyear capital programme for a global FMCG client. This role offers the opportunity to shape major strategic assets and work on hyperscale industrial projects within a collaborative and ambitious team.
Your mission: deliver a futureready facility offering sustainable cost advantage operational resilience strong ESG performance and advanced digital capability.
Your Key Responsibilities
Strategic Leadership:
You own the business case and CAPEX roadmap support ExCom/Board decisions and lead the masterplanning technology and digital strategy for a futureready facility.
Programme Delivery:
You steer multidisciplinary teams across engineering construction automation digital quality HSE and operations ensuring seamless delivery from design to commissioning and startup. You manage EPC/EPCm partners OEMs and technology suppliers applying strong programme controls to keep the project on track.
Financial & Commercial Management:
You oversee a 100M CAPEX budget define contracting strategies lead major negotiations and drive value engineering to optimise lifecycle costs.
Regulatory Safety & Quality:
You ensure compliance with HSE food safety regulatory approvals and ESG commitments while leading HAZOP/HAZID design reviews validation and audit readiness.
Operational Readiness:
You design the future operating model build and mobilise operational teams and lead a structured vertical startup through SOPs training and line qualification.
Digital & Automation Enablement:
You integrate MES automation data cybersecurity and ERP systems embedding analytics and predictive maintenance to create a digitally enabled facility.
Stakeholder Engagement:
You manage relationships with regulators authorities communities and sustainability partners while leading communication and change management across the programme.
Qualifications :
You have
- 15 years of experience leading largescale capital programmes (50M200M) in FMCG food or similar processdriven industries.
- Strong technical grounding in engineering design construction utilities foodsafety systems commissioning and validation.
- Proven expertise delivering EPC / EPCm programmes managing complex contract strategies and multivendor environments.
- A solid understanding of digital manufacturing platforms including MES automation data and control systems
You are
- A confident leader with executive presence able to engage effectively at Board/ExCom level.
- Experienced in steering complex multiyear programmes in demanding environments.
- Skilled at managing diverse suppliers and stakeholders.
- Strong in building and mobilising operations teams for new industrial assets.
You know how to
- Manage large CAPEX budgets with discipline and strategic insight.
- Lead highvalue contract negotiations and handle commercial risks.
- Apply strong programme controls to ensure delivery on time on budget and on scope.
Additional Information :
Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.
We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.
Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.
#LI-PC2
Join our social media conversations for more information about Turner & Townsend and our exciting future projects:
Twitter
Instagram
LinkedIn
It is strictly against Turner & Townsend policy for candidates to pay any fee in relation to our recruitment process. No recruitment agency working with Turner & Townsend will ask candidates to pay a fee at any time.
Any unsolicited resumes/CVs submitted through our website or to Turner & Townsend personal e-mail accounts are considered property of Turner & Townsend and are not subject to payment of agency order to be an authorised Recruitment Agency/Search Firm for Turner & Townsend there must be a formal written agreement in place and the agency must be invited by the Recruitment Team to submit candidates for review.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Full-time
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