Role - Project Manager

Location Office Based – Bellshill, Glasgow

Hours Full-Time, 37.5hrs per week, Flexible Hours

Salary Range £40,000 - £60,000 

About the role

Following sustained business growth, exciting opportunities have become available for Project Managers to join our team.

Each of our Project Managers operates with a diverse portfolio of live projects and have full responsibility for leading them to successful outcomes – profitable and exceeding our customers’ expectations. Key to this is developing strong team relationships within Kigtek, our customers and supply chain.

Our Project Managers have full commercial and contractual responsibility and work closely with their technical teams to develop, maintain and execute the overall delivery strategies and project plans.

Project Managers deliver our projects in the most efficient and cost-effective manner whilst complying with our Management Systems for Quality (ISO 9001) and Functional Safety (BS EN 61511/61508).

Main Responsibilities

• Have a clear understanding of the project scope, roles and responsibilities,
• Develop and maintain project plans – incl. quality & development plans & Gantt charts,
• Ensure plans are communicated, understood and agreed,
• Ensure all our work activities are performed in a controlled and safe manner,
• Monitor project costs and update corresponding monthly project reviews,
• Ensure project adherence to our ISO9001 Management Systems,
• Lead teams of internal engineers and subcontracted 3rd parties, to ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget and to quality requirements
• Identify, manage, and mitigate any project risks
• Develop excellent customer relationships leading to ongoing works

The Candidate

What we need from you:

• Be a dynamic and proactive team player who strives to deliver high-quality work at the highest level of customer service.
• Have strong interpersonal, written and communication skills as well as a thirst for knowledge.
• Ideally Degree qualified (or equivalent) in an Engineering related subject.
• Able work autonomously, think outside the box and lead your teams through the typical challenges of project delivery.
• A good working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and Outlook) and Microsoft Project.
• You must be eligible to work in the UK and have a full UK driving licence.

It would be advantageous to have:

• Completed modules or a post-graduate qualification in Project Management.
• An understanding of PLC and SCADA technologies and the underpinning infrastructures
• Experience of leading multi-disciplinary teams delivering PLC/SCADA based projects within manufacturing sites.

Benefits Package

For the right candidates we can offer:

• Salary from £40k to £60k depending on experience
• Holidays – 27 days per year, plus 6 statutory days, rising to 29 days with service
• Mobile Phone & Laptop
• Health Shield – Employee Assistance Scheme
• Share Save Scheme
• EV Car Purchase Scheme
• Company Pension Scheme
• Full-time position, 37.5 hours per week
• Hybrid working options following completion of probationary period

Who Are Kigtek?

Kigtek are an Engineering Projects company who predominantly deliver multi-discipline solutions into the Whisky/Spirits Industry in Scotland. Engineering areas include:

• Process Control & Safety Systems,
• Electrical Design and Installation Works,
• Software Development & Reporting Solutions.

We work with the world’s leading spirits manufacturers helping them to produce many of the world’s best known spirits brands. Our work takes us to some of the largest, most advanced and highest volume drinks production sites in the world.

As part of the worldwide Vinci Group, there are significant opportunities for career progression both within the UK and overseas.

The Wider Vinci Group

Kigtek are part of the VINCI Energies UK and ROI operating within Actemium Automation. Actemium have been providing high quality engineering solutions and services in the UK since 1907.

Vinci’s de-centralised business model allows us to provide our customers with the resources, vitality and strength of a large global company, while still delivering local personalised service. Along with the other business units in the Actemium Automation family, we employ over 250 people at 14 locations across the UK.

Vinci are a world leader in engineering and construction with 220,000 employees operating out of 3,000 offices in 120 countries across the globe.