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Project Manager

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Summary

Location

Birmingham, United Kingdom

Work

Full-time

Key Benefits
Aviva Pension
28 Days PTO
Bupa Medical Cover
Childcare Salary Exchange
Training in Automation
YuLife Wellbeing
Key Skills
Contract Negotiation Stakeholder Management HMI / SCADA PLC Programming Commissioning Project Management
Job Classification
Robotics Product & Project Management Logistics & Warehousing

About this Job

  • Job Title
  • Project Manager
  • Job Description
  • *Reports to:**Project Execution Manager
  • Location:* Birmingham - Travel to UK & I sites
  • Contract Type:* Permanent
  • Introduction to role*
  • Vanderlande is the global market leader in Airport & Parcel Solutions, and sorting systems for Warehouse Solutions. Working within the Project Delivery team for Parcel Solutions, the Project Manager will execute the delivery of complex automation system projects into dynamic, evolving and challenging parcel environments.
  • Role Responsibilities*
  • The Project Manager will be flexible, self-reliant, driven, and will provide ownership in managing and leading activities in the delivery of each project from customer order through to final acceptance. These activities could be (but not limited to), planning, procurement, commercial, contractual, financial, documentation, stakeholder management and risk & issue management. This is an ideal role for those looking to develop into more senior project management roles.
  • Your responsibilities and activities will include:
  • Support a safe working environment by championing, encouraging and leading by example, a safety-first culture
  • Through effective leadership and motivation, drive project teams, internal support functions and sub-contractors to deliver high quality solutions as per the project requirements and deliverables
  • Using best practice, develop realistic, challenging and robust project plans to ensure the project delivery is a success.
  • Support the development of any business case or bids, whilst ensuring that the plan will realise project and business benefits
  • Manage project uncertainty through risk planning and issue management. Establish and act on appropriate mitigations and contingency plans.
  • Use standard project management methodologies and tooling to improve the quality of work and delivery process.
  • Continuously improve upon own and others project management disciplines, community development and best practices to help support better individual and collective project delivery.
  • Achieve high performance on all facets of project delivery such as HSEQ, project controls, commercial, contractual, legal, design, engineering, construct & install, commission, test, handover and benefits realisation, within the triple constraints of (cost, time and quality).
  • Monitor and control the project, whilst facilitating accurate forecasting and reporting on all project performance variables including resourcing requirements. Ensure commercial and contractual elements are managed accurately and in a timely manner and realise potential opportunities for change/ variations
  • Motivate the team to complete project deliverables safely, on time, to budget and to the required quality standards.
  • Encourage and construct good coherent relationships and partnerships with project teams, external suppliers and subcontractors, internal business support functions and wider stakeholders - promoting project engagement and successful delivery against the project requirements and deliverables.
  • Contribute to helping the business to comprehend our customers’ business activities and logistic processes as fully as possible, so that we can provide solutions that help them to succeed and improve their competitiveness.
  • Be a trusted partner with our customers through effective and good working relationships.Ensure that customer expectations are met or exceeded, whilst maintaining strong partnerships with our customer’s primary contractors.
  • Role Qualification and Skills*
  • Essential:
  • Formal contract management qualification e.g. NEC3 or NEC4.
  • Formal project management qualification e.g. APM PMQ.
  • Formal health, safety & environment qualification e.g. CDM, IOSH, NEBOSH, SMSTS
  • Demonstrable evidence of delivering projects of up to £30m.
  • Exceptional organisational skills, with the ability to coordinate and prioritise multiple projects within a fast-moving environment.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Adept at negotiation, diplomacy and conflict resolution.
  • Solid analytical skills.
  • Desirable:
  • Knowledge of PLC or SCADA systems.
  • Adept in the use of MS SharePoint, MS Teams and MS Office applications.
  • Experience of parcel systems or other automated systems such as airport baggage handling (note training will be given in system automation for the respective discipline).
  • Please note that UK travel will be necessary along with a valid UK driving licence.Some occasional overseas travel may be required.
  • What we offer*
  • 28 days annual leave (excluding public holidays)
  • Bupa Medical Cover
  • YuLife – Wellbeing membership with fast access to GP appointments, promotion of health and wellbeing along with daily quests to gain Yucoins that can be swapped for shopping vouchers
  • A challenging work environment with lots of opportunities of career progression.
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Yellow Nest is a salary exchange scheme that reduces childcare costs for parents and employers
  • Pension with Aviva
  • Access to Achievers an award-winning recognition platform that inspires to recognise your coworkers Where points are awarded that can be exchanged for a range of goods and discounts
  • Diversity & Inclusion*
  • Vanderlande is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. Qualifies applicants will be considered without regards to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age marital status or disability status. If you feel there is a barrier that potentially prevents you from applying, we are always happy to discuss or explore, any reasonable adjustments can be made to support your application.

About the Company

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Vanderlande

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Logistics & WarehousingSystem IntegrationRobotics Software & AI

Vanderlande is a market-leading, global partner for future-proof logistic process automation in the warehousing, airports and parcel sectors. Its extensive portfolio of integrated solutions – innovative systems, intelligent software and life-cycle services – results in the realisation of fast, reliable and efficient automation technology. The company focuses on the optimisation of its customers’ business processes and competitive positions. Through close cooperation, it strives for the improvement of their operational activities and the expansion of their logistical achievements. Established in 1949, Vanderlande has more than 11,000 employees and a turnover of 2.3 billion euros. Toyota Industries Corporation (TICO) acquired Vanderlande in 2017 to cement its global leading position within material handling. It aims to achieve this by increasing its presence in all integrated and automated projects, and capitalising on the synergies between the organisations and the added value they offer to the market. TICO therefore launched the Toyota Automated Logistics Group (TALG), which consists of Toyota L&F, Bastian Solutions, Vanderlande and viastore. TALG is a global partner for integrated logistic process automation, with its group companies collaborating under the guiding principle: for every challenge, a reliable solution. In May 2025, Vanderlande completed the acquisition of Siemens Logistics' operations outside the USA and in doing so welcomed more than 2,000 new employees. The acquisition supports the company’s strategic ambition to accelerate its growth in automated logistics, particularly strengthening its capacity to deliver baggage, cargo and digital airport solutions.

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