Princes Group is one of the UK’s largest food and drink manufacturers, trusted by millions of households for high‑quality, responsibly sourced products. The Group Engineering Project Management Officer will be a pivotal force in elevating project delivery performance across the Engineering function. This role drives disciplined governance, analytical decision‑making, and cross‑functional alignment to ensure that strategic initiatives are executed with clarity, pace, and measurable impact.
Acting as a strategic partner to Engineering, Finance, Operations, and Supply Chain, the Project Management Officer will embed consistent project standards, strengthen portfolio visibility, and enable the business to deliver capital investments, transformation programmes, and operational improvements that enhance competitiveness and long‑term value.
Key Responsibilities
Governance & Standards
- Lead the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of Princes Group project management frameworks, ensuring it is robust, scalable, and aligned with the needs of Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain, Finance, and Commercial teams.
- Champion governance discipline across all projects, including capital expenditure, operational excellence initiatives, and business change programmes.
- Provide independent quality assurance on business cases, project documentation, and governance compliance, ensuring decisions are data‑driven and aligned with strategic priorities.
To maintain product Food Safety, Legality, Integrity, Authenticity and Quality standards by ensuring all associated policies and procedures are adhered to.
Portfolio & Programme Leadership
- Own and maintain the Group-wide project portfolio, ensuring full transparency of progress, risks, interdependencies, and resource requirements across all sites and functions.
- Partner with Finance and Operations to support project prioritisation, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives, investment plans, and operational capacity.
- Lead portfolio review cycles with senior leadership, delivering clear insights, scenario analysis, and recommendations that support informed decision‑making.
Project Delivery Support
- Provide guidance to project managers and functional leads, enabling them to structure, plan, and deliver projects with clarity and control.
- Support project initiation, scope definition, risk assessment, scheduling, and stakeholder engagement, ensuring strong alignment across Engineering, Finance, and Operations.
- Drive delivery of cross-functional initiatives, including supply chain optimisation, digital transformation, sustainability programmes, and site‑level operational improvements.
Reporting, Analytics & Communication.
- Produce high‑quality dashboards, KPIs, and performance reports for senior stakeholders, ensuring accurate, timely visibility of project health, milestones, financial forecasts, and risks.
- Translate complex project and portfolio data into clear, actionable insights tailored for operational, financial, and executive audiences.
- Enforce consistent reporting standards across all business units and sites, ensuring data integrity and comparability.
Resource & Capacity Management
- Support flexible project resource planning across the project portfolio, identifying constraints and partnering with functional leaders to optimise capacity and capability.
- Maintain and report accurate resource utilisation and forecasting models to support strategic workforce and investment decisions.
- Drive continuous improvement in project delivery by streamlining processes, enhancing tools, and strengthening governance discipline.
- Promote a culture of structured project management across Princes Group through coaching, training, and best‑practice sharing.
- Support the adoption of digital tools and data‑driven reporting to enhance visibility, efficiency, and decision quality.
