About us
At Plexus, our vision is to help create the products that build a better world. By embracing an innovative culture of excellence, we pride ourselves on designing, manufacturing and servicing some of the world’s most transformative products. From life-saving medical technology and mission-critical defense solutions to sophisticated industrial automation, we’re proud to partner with our customers to bring their complex ideas to market.
Visit Plexus.com to learn more about our unwavering commitment to our vision.
Living Our Values
With a vision rooted in the wellbeing and inclusive engagement of our team members, our customers, their end users and our communities, people are the heart of what we do and who we are. Our values unite and guide us in everything that we do.
Our values include: Growing our People, Building Belonging, Innovating Responsibly, Delivering Excellence and Creating Customer Success.
As part of our team, you’ll do impactful work within an inclusive environment where everyone works together to achieve extraordinary outcomes. You’ll be empowered to reach your full potential through managing your own personalised development plan and access to our learning and development programs.
At our Livingston Design Centre, we are looking for a dynamic Senior Project Manager - Team Lead who isn’t just focused on deliverables, but thrives on leading, inspiring, and developing high-performing teams.
In this role, your primary impact will be your people. You will provide strong, direct leadership to cross-functional engineering and project management talent through the full product development lifecycle. You won't just keep projects on schedule—you will set the standard for team culture, empower your engineers, and align talent directly with high-stakes customer goals.
Direct Team Leadership & Empowerment: Serve as a dedicated leader and coach for multi-disciplinary teams. Define clear operational targets, foster accountability, clear roadblocks, and build a high-trust, high-performance team culture.
Talent Development & Mentorship: Actively recruit, line-manage, and mentor engineering and project management professionals. Build robust succession plans, champion continuous personal development, and shape the next generation of leaders.
Strategic Business Development: Lead customer development processes to win new business, using your team’s collective capability to build high-value, long-term partnerships.
Complex Project Execution: Take full command of project delivery across the complete value stream—balancing budget, scope, quality, and risk management with a sharp focus on team bandwidth and resource optimization.
Cross-Functional Orchestration: Partner closely with engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain managers to ensure seamless product introductions across Global Manufacturing Solutions sites.
Work-Sharing & Global Collaboration: Champion global teamwork by matching international project opportunities with team capabilities, fostering knowledge exchange, and balancing local workload with global resources.
Operational Excellence & Continuous Improvement: Act as a catalyst for change by refining processes, breaking down organizational silos, and raising the bar for operational efficiency across the Livingston site.
You are an inspiring, people-first leader who knows how to get the absolute best out of a technical team. You bring a strong blend of emotional intelligence, operational discipline, and technical credibility, using your leadership presence to align, motivate, and guide diverse teams through high-pressure environments.
Leadership Track Record: Demonstrated experience directly managing, mentoring, and scaling engineering or project management teams, with a focus on talent retention and performance management.
Education: Bachelor’s Degree (required).
Experience: 8+ years of experience within engineering or project management environments.
Technical Depth: Detailed understanding of at least one core engineering discipline (e.g., analog, digital, mechanical, software, or PCB).
Process & Delivery Mastery: Strong grasp of end-to-end product development and NPI (New Product Introduction) realization processes.
People Operations: Exceptional skills in direct line management, performance feedback, conflict resolution, and team alignment.
Communication & Influence: Master communicator who can build trust internally with direct reports and externally with senior customer executives.
Stakeholder Management: Ability to navigate complex matrices, aligning technical teams, regional leadership, and external partners toward a single, cohesive vision.
Mobility: Willingness to travel to customer sites as needed to represent the team and drive strategic partnerships.
At Plexus, we solve the hardest problems for the world’s most demanding industries—and we know our success starts with our people. As a Senior Project Manager - Team Lead in Livingston, you won't just oversee projects; you will build, guide, and champion the world-class team that brings world-changing innovations to life.
Ready to lead our people and shape the future of engineering? Apply today.
Your Rewards and Wellbeing
We believe in rewarding your contribution with a comprehensive package designed to support your life both inside and outside of work.
-
Growth: Bespoke development plans and volunteer time off
-
Health: Private medical insurance, Employee Assistance Program and vision care
-
Wealth: Enhanced pension contributions, life assurance, and group income protection
-
Lifestyle: Electric Vehicle and Cycle to Work schemes, plus 33 days of annual leave
Application Process
At Plexus, we don't look for culture fit, we look for culture add. We value the unique perspectives you bring and review every candidate holistically, balancing professional experience, education and individual journey.
Accessibility and Accommodations
As a Disability Confident employer, we recruit purely on the basis of skills and merit, ensuring an equitable process for everyone. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities or special requirements. If you require support during the application process, please contact us at [email protected] with your contact information and a description of your needs.
Note: This inbox is dedicated to accommodation requests; please note that application status updates cannot be provided via this address.
