Location: Moodiesburn, UK
Package: Competitive with benefits
Position Type: Permanent / full time

About us:

We are one of the world’s leading manufacturers of collagen products for the food industry. We supply high quality edible films and coatings to over 1,000 customers in more than 100 countries, delivering our purpose of ‘Creating the Added Layer of Value’.

Primarily used by customers in the production of a wide variety of sausage and meat products, our aspirations reach way beyond our current products and services, and appeal to our natural curiosity to improve what we do.

As a global organisation, we currently employ around 2,000 people spanning the Americas, UK/EMEA and Asia-Pacific regions. We offer careers in research and development, science and food technology, manufacturing and supply chain operations, engineering, sales, and a range of other business support functions. We are always seeking talented people to join the amazing colleagues we have, to keep growing our business.

Our mission is to sustainably utilise technology and biomaterial science-based solutions, to delight our customers. We are a business committed to the pursuit of better. The constant pursuit of what’s next, what’s needed, what’s possible now, and in the future. Do you want to be part of our journey?

About the role

To plan and execute innovation projects and ensure they are delivered on time, within budget and are aligned with our business goals. If you have experience delivering on technically complex projects, with a collaborative, flexible and results-driven approach, this could be the role for you.

As a Project Manager in the Innovation Acceleration Team, you will manage and oversee explorative projects with the objective to discover new technologies or products through experimentation on a lab and pilot scale. You will also be responsible for product or technology development projects with the objective to launch or implement new products or technologies.

Responsibilities

• Define project scope, objectives and deliverables
• Manage budgets, timelines and project resources effectively
• Coordinate and manage cross-functional project teams
• Communicate with stakeholders, providing updates on progress, risks, and issues
• Identify and manage risks
• Ensure project deliverables meet quality requirements and stakeholder expectation

About you

• Degree qualified in a related field e.g. chemical or process engineering, food technology, physics, chemistry biotechnology is required
• Professional project management certificate is desirable but not essential e.g. APM, PMP or PRINCE2
• Extensive end to end project management experience and with a proven track record in successfully delivering on technically complex projects
• Familiar with agile methodology or other PM methodologies
• Must have a collaborative, organised and results-driven approach
• Excellent problem solving and time management skills
• Stakeholder management experience with excellent communication skills

What next?

If this sounds like a role that you would be interested in, then we would love to hear from you. To apply, please email a copy of your CV, along with a cover letter explaining the key attributes that you could bring to the role.

Email address for applications: recruitment@Saria-foodpharma.com

Closing Date: 29/5/2025

*Please note, closing dates are subject to change and, at time of high volume of applications, this may be brought forward.

Other important information:

We believe it takes diversity of thought, culture, background, and perspective to create a truly innovative company. So if you share our values, purpose and drive for growth and sustainability, then we want to hear from you. If you require any adjustments to be able to pursue an application with us, please let our Recruitment team know.

Information Security is paramount at Devro, so your application and any personal data you share with us will be processed and stored in line with our Candidate Privacy Notice which you can view here https://www.devro.com/careers.