Senior Project Manager (Automation)

Location: Peterborough, United Kingdom; full-time permanent role with travel to client sites as required.

Salary: Competitive salary based on experience, plus discretionary bonus, pension, health benefits, share scheme, and private healthcare.

Company

Actemium Automation Peterborough provides industrial process and automation solutions, particularly for the food and beverage industry, as part of VINCI Energies UK & ROI.

What you will do

• Lead multidisciplinary teams delivering complex automation, control, and electrical engineering projects from initiation through closure.
• Develop project plans, allocate resources, and manage scope, budgets, schedules, risks, issues, dependencies, and changes.
• Act as the primary contact for clients and internal and external stakeholders, managing communication, meetings, and progress reporting.
• Ensure project quality and compliance with company standards, industry regulations, and client requirements.
• Support junior team members through mentoring, knowledge sharing, and promotion of project management best practices.
• Contribute to the Senior Leadership Team by shaping Business Unit strategy, growth initiatives, operational improvement, and innovation.

Requirements

• Significant experience managing engineering, automation, or control systems projects, ideally in industrial sectors.
• Proven delivery of projects to deadline, budget, and specification.
• Strong leadership, decision-making, team management, communication, negotiation, and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Commercial awareness with the ability to manage contracts, procurement, and project finances.
• Proficiency in project management methodologies such as PRINCE2, PMBOK, or Agile, and in project planning and reporting tools.
• Relevant degree in engineering, project management, or a related technical or business field.
• Full UK driving licence and willingness to travel to client sites.
• Integrity, professionalism, customer focus, adaptability, proactive problem-solving, and the ability to remain calm under pressure.
• Ability to think strategically and contribute to Business Unit planning, growth initiatives, and long-term success.

Culture & Benefits

• 25 days of holiday plus bank holidays.
• Comprehensive pension and health benefits, including private healthcare.
• Supportive, values-driven environment with career development and ongoing training.
• Opportunity to influence the future direction of the Business Unit as a Senior Leadership Team member.
• Access to the scale and global opportunities of VINCI Energies while working with local agility.

Hiring process

• Candidates must have the right to work in the UK; visa sponsorship is not available.