Job Title: Construction Project Manager
Location: Witney
Salary: £40,000 basic. £50,000 - £70,000 OTE (via project completion bonus)
Hours: 40 hours/week | Monday to Friday
Contract Type: Permanent
Role Summary:

We are seeking an experienced Construction Project Manager to oversee and manage key in-house projects, including the redevelopment of existing buildings, new build developments, and mixed-use schemes. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in project management, budgeting, and analysis, with Quantity Surveying (QS) skills considered an advantage. While a RICS qualification is preferred, it is not essential.

Reporting directly to the Managing Director, the Construction Project Manager will lead projects from inception to completion, ensuring delivery is on time and within budget. The role involves building strong relationships with third-party suppliers and contractors, as well as ensuring compliance with all relevant regulations and standards. This position offers a unique opportunity to gain hands-on experience in every aspect of development projects while contributing to the organisation’s ongoing growth and success.

Key Responsibilities:
· Coordinate internal resources, third-party suppliers, and contractors for key projects, ensuring flawless execution.
· Ensure timely, in-scope, and on-budget delivery of all projects.
· Develop project scopes for commercial new build or refurbishment projects, including clear objectives and technical feasibility plans for stakeholders.
· Manage resource availability, allocation, and oversee project progress comprehensively.
· Utilise verification techniques to handle changes in scope, schedule, and costs.
· Measure project performance, report to management, and escalate issues as necessary while maintaining strong relationships with all involved parties.

Benefits:
· Car mileage allowance.
· Employee discount schemes.
· Internal progression opportunities.
· Free on-site parking.
· £250 reward for employee referrals.

Requirements:
· Proven track record in construction, fit-out, refurbishment, and building project management.
· Experience in new build steel portal frame buildings.
· Experience leading projects from cradle to grave.
· Knowledge and experience with appropriate project management software (e.g., (url removed)).

All applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK. Visa sponsorship is not available for this role.

Barker Ross Group values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are more than happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.

For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business

Salary: Competitive salary

Benefits: Company share save scheme, Pension up to 8% matched, Life insurance up to 4x salary

Location: Pizza and Bread Aston, Nantwich, CW5 8DL

Ways of Working: Site Based

Hours of work: 4on 4off Rotating Days and Nights : 06:00am-18:00pm / 18:00pm-06:00am

Contract Type: Permanent

Why Greencore?

Following the combination with Bakkavor in January 2026, we’re one of the UK’s leading creators of convenience food, driven by a simple purpose: to make everyday taste better.

As a vibrant and fast-moving business, we’re proud to employ over 28,000 talented colleagues across 36 manufacturing sites and 21 distribution depots in the UK and the US. Together, we bring delicious food to life. Our products cover every meal occasion from breakfast through to dinner and dessert, with lunch and snacking in between. In FY25, our shared passion helped us achieve combined revenues of approximately £4bn.

Our extensive direct to store (DTS) network, with 17 depots across the UK, allows us to deliver fresh and frozen food both our own and from trusted partners to thousands of stores every day, ensuring consumers enjoy the very best, whenever and wherever they shop.

Our site in Nantwich, Aston, is a vibrant facility producing chilled speciality breads, including sliced baguettes, flatbreads, and dough balls. The site employs around 270 people and delivers high-quality products to a dedicated customer base.

What you’ll be doing

Take the lead in a dynamic engineering role where you’ll ensure production assets run at peak performance.

You’ll drive planned, predictive, and reactive maintenance, support machinery setups and changeovers, and collaborate across teams to deliver continuous improvement.

With a focus on fault diagnosis, technical leadership, and hands-on problem solving, this role offers the chance to make a real impact in a fast-paced food manufacturing environment.

Role Accountabilities:

• Perform planned, predictive, and reactive maintenance on production assets
• Diagnose and resolve faults across electrical, mechanical, and automation systems
• Support machinery setups, changeovers, installations, and removals
• Manufacture and repair components for processing and packaging equipment
• Lead and contribute to continuous improvement projects
• Maintain accurate engineering documentation and asset records
• Mentor and support technical development of team members
• Ensure tools and equipment are available and functioning
• Act as point of contact during weekends or manager absence
• Escalate issues to senior engineering management when required
• Participate in internal and external audits

What we’re looking for

• Strong people management experience

• A multi skilled background

• Experience completing both reactive and planned maintenance activity and small installations

• Strong communication skills both written and verbal

• Appropriate professional mechanical or electrical engineering qualifications and training

• Thorough understanding of common mechanical and electrical systems

• Professional attitude with plenty of drive and enthusiasm

• Good IT skills including Word, Excel and Outlook

At Greencore we put our people at the core. We celebrate their differences and help everyone to be themselves at work. Together we make everyday taste better.

If this sounds like you, join us and grow with Greencore, and be a part of driving our future success.

What you’ll get in return

• Competitive salary and job-related benefits
• Holidays
• Pension up to 8% matched
• Life insurance up to 4x salary
• Company share save scheme
• Greencore Qualifications
• Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform
• Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform
• Enhanced parental leave and menopause policies

Throughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on-the-job training and development opportunities to further your career.

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