Project Manager
Location: Renfrew, Scotland, United Kingdom, PA4 8XJ
Company: Chart Industries
About the role
As Project Manager at Howden, you’ll be at the heart of our special projects - coordinating activity, solving problems, and ensuring every project moves smoothly from handover to final payment.
You’ll work closely with internal teams, taking ownership of schedules, budgets, risks, and documentation. Travel is minimal and always planned in advance.
If you thrive on variety, enjoy digging into root cause issues, and like working with people across engineering, operations, procurement, and quality, this role gives you the exposure, challenge, and influence to make a real difference.
About Us
Howden has a range of compressors, blowers, fans, steam turbines, and rotary heat exchangers, and has been at the forefront of developing engineered solutions for the needs of industrial processes since 1854. In 2023, Howden joined forces with Chart Industries, a global leader in engineered equipment for clean energy and industrial gas markets.
Together, we operate over 64 manufacturing sites and 50+ service centres worldwide, with 11,700+ employees driving innovation in hydrogen, carbon capture, energy recovery, nuclear, water treatment, mining, and LNG. As part of the Nexus of Clean™, we are advancing a sustainable future—helping customers improve efficiency and reduce emissions across clean power, water, food, and industrial sectors.
Join us and be part of a purpose-driven team shaping the future and tackling some of the planet’s most urgent challenges, all while growing your career in a dynamic global environment.
What you will do
Manage projects from sales handover through to delivery and final payment.
Act as the main internal point of contact, coordinating closely with Project Managers and cross functional teams.
Lead Root Cause & Corrective Action (RCCA) activities - driving investigations, ensuring timely resolution, and communicating outcomes clearly.
Create accurate project datasheets, load project information into MRP and document control systems, and maintain up to date schedules.
Monitor project progress, identify risks or delays early, and work with teams to recover to baseline.
Report project status, risks, financials, and forecasts to management.
Manage budgets, cashflow forecasting, invoicing, and margin improvement opportunities.
What do you bring?
An ideal candidate would likely have the following profile:
Experience managing projects or working closely within project delivery in a manufacturing or engineering environment.
Strong commercial awareness and confidence dealing with internal stakeholders and customer related issues.
A proactive, solutions focused mindset - able to think laterally, resolve issues, and drive corrective actions.
Evidence of leadership, influencing, negotiation, and strong interpersonal skills.
Proven ability to deliver against time, cost, and quality targets.
Competence with Excel, Word and Outlook.
Desirable
Knowledge of compressors or rotating machinery.
Experience in petrochemical, oil & gas, refrigeration, heat pump, biogas, or vapour recovery sectors.
Project Management qualifications.
HNC or higher in a relevant technical discipline.
Working style and pattern
Our Benefits
This is a permanent position based at our office in Renfrew, including an early finish on Friday. Our range of fantastic benefits includes:
Generous holiday entitlement package totalling 33 days annual leave
Howden Pension Plan with a maximum employer contribution of 7%
Company electric vehicle scheme through salary sacrifice
Enhanced Maternity, Paternity, shared parental and adoption leave pay
Free onsite parking
Healthcare cash plan
Group Life Assurance plan at 3x salary
Group Income Protection plan
Access to My Howden Benefits & Wellbeing Portal - Cycle2Work programme, range of discounts across various retailers, employee assistance programme, wealth of information to support health & wellbeing
Dedicated Spark Service - free counselling, physiotherapy, financial support, medical second opinion, remote GP, personal training, nutrition consultations etc
Financial planning & mortgage support
Opportunity to be involved in our ESG ‘Bright Future’ initiatives - STEM ambassador & volunteering
Chart Industries is an equal employment opportunity (EEO) employer and will not discriminate against any employee or applicants because of his or her race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, military status, marital status, genetic information or any other reason prohibited by law. Additionally, it is and shall continue to be our policy to provide promotion and advancement opportunities in a non-discriminatory fashion.
Chart complies with applicable local, state, and federal statutes governing “equal employment opportunity” and nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfers, leave of absence, compensation and training.
