Senior Engineering Project Manager - Control & Instrumentation

Location: Southwestern Ontario

Senior Engineering Project Manager
- Control & Instrumentation

Your Manager: Engineering Manager
- Electrical/OT

Team: Global Engineering
- Distillation & Maturation, UK & I

Location: Miltonduff, Elgin, UK

Contract Type: Permanent

Travel requirement
:
Regularly across local geography, and across UK&I as needed and occasional to other regions

Pernod Ricard is a worldwide leader in the spirits and champagne industry, blending traditional craftsmanship, state-of-the-art brand development, and global distribution technologies. Our prestigious portfolio of premium to luxury brands includes Absolut vodka, Ricard pastis, Ballantine’s, Chivas Regal, Royal Salute, and The Glenlivet Scotch whiskies, Jameson Irish whiskey, Martell cognac, Havana Club rum, Beefeater gin, Malibu liqueur, and Mumm and Perrier-Jouët champagnes.

Our mission is to ensure the long-term growth of our brands with full respect for people and the environment, while empowering our employees around the world to be ambassadors of our purposeful, inclusive, and responsible culture of authentic conviviality.

Pernod Ricard’s Gold Brand Unit is the Group’s Aged Spirits & Champagne division, bringing together the prestigious portfolios of Irish Distillers, Chivas Brothers, Martell Mumm Perrier-Jouët and North American Distillers. With a global team operating across 40 sites and brands spanning Irish, Scotch and American Whisk(e) y, Cognac, Champagne and wine, the division unites exceptional craftsmanship and deep expertise across iconic terroirs in Ireland, Scotland, France and North America.

Its portfolio, rooted in heritage and provenance, embodies Pernod Ricard’s commitment to excellence from Premium to Ultra-Prestige, delivering some of the world’s most celebrated and enduring spirits and champagnes.

About the role

We are currently looking for an experienced Senior Engineering Project Manager to be responsible for leading major capital expenditure (Capex) projects and delivering agreed project outcomes safely, effectively and within agreed timelines and budgets. This role also includes Capex management of the projects under its governance, ensuring budgets are correct, maintained and correctly phased from a cash perspective, working closely with Engineering Managers to provide technical guidance, expertise and support across the region.

What

you will do Project Management

• Lead strategic or high-spend projects from initiation to completion.
• Build and support project teams with the skills, expertise and resources required for successful project delivery.
• Coordinate all technical activities, including design packages, specifications. Assist in Request for Proposal (RFP) processes, vendor selection and constructability reviews.
• Ensure Capex requirements are supported by executed studies (FEED, detailed design).
• Ensure seamless integration of global technology experts in design discussions.
• Arrange asset testing in cooperation with startup leads and ensure contractual performance compliance.
• Manage internal and external communication for project execution. Oversee reporting and meeting cadence with senior management and steering committees.
• Support continuous learning and professional development for yourself and others within the project team.
• Act as Senior Project Engineer, providing technical expertise, guidance and support throughout project delivery.
• Ensure compliant handover to Operations in all areas: technology, safety, quality.

Capex Management

• Track progress, monitor and steer costs of ongoing projects.

Your skills and background

• Degree qualified with substantial Controls and Instrumentation and experience required to become chartered
• Substantial engineering project management experience delivering projects in a process environment.
• Experience in risk management, stakeholder engagement and financial planning within project environments.
• Commercial awareness and the ability to manage budgets and project expenditure effectively.
• Strong communication skills, including the ability to work collaboratively with a range of stakeholders.

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