Project Manager

London, England, United Kingdom

7/23/2025

Job Title

Project Manager

Job Description

Reports to IT portfolio Lead

Location Heathrow – London (Hybrid)

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 Airport & Parcel Solutions, the Project Manager will

execute the delivery of complex automation system projects into dynamic, evolving and challenging airport and 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
• Take ownership for packages of work, by planning, coordinating and leading individuals, groups, or external suppliers to deliver for the benefit of the project.
• 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
• Work with departments to solve problems and ensure the project is performing as expected (to cost, time and quality).
• Identify deviations in projects, analyse potential problems, propose solutions and share with stakeholders
• 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
  
  

Role Qualification And Skills

• Demonstrable evidence of delivering projects of up to £10m
• Demonstrable evidence of delivering IT projects
• Formal project management qualification e.g. APM PMQ
• Formal contract management qualification e.g. NEC3 or NEC4 Formal health, safety & environment qualification e.g. CDM, IOSH, NEBOSH, SMSTS
• Knowledge of PLC or SCADA systems
• Knowledge of IT infrastructure, cloud, service delivery
• Adept in the use of MS SharePoint, MS Teams and MS Office applications
• Experience of airport baggage handling or parcel systems (note training will be given in these disciplines)
  
  

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
• 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. Qualified 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.