Manufacturing Systems Project Manager - Glasgow
Posted 4 days ago by Lorien
£700 Per day
Inside
Hybrid
Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Summary: The Manufacturing Systems Project Manager role in Glasgow involves leading the delivery of ERP, MES, and PLM systems for a new manufacturing facility. This 12-month contract position requires managing complex system integrations and vendor relationships while ensuring timely delivery under aggressive timelines. The role is hands-on and focuses on critical day-one operations, contributing to a significant manufacturing transformation program. The position is hybrid, requiring approximately two days on-site each week.
Key Responsibilities:
- Own end-to-end delivery of manufacturing systems across ERP, MES and PLM
- Lead vendor selection, engagement and multi-vendor delivery
- Partner closely with systems integrators and consulting teams
- Coordinate global delivery teams across the UK, India and Middle East
- Drive delivery under aggressive timelines, prioritising MVP for go-live
- Manage risk, dependencies and complex system integration
- Lead and support significant change management in a manufacturing environment
- Act as a pragmatic counterbalance to "gold-plated" solutions
Key Skills:
- Proven experience delivering manufacturing systems (ERP/MES/PLM)
- Background in manufacturing, industrial, or engineering environments
- Experience with greenfield sites or major plant start-ups highly desirable
- Comfortable working within fixed ERP guardrails
- Strong vendor and integrator management experience
- Confident operating in global, offshore delivery models
- Pragmatic, delivery-focused, and comfortable challenging partners and stakeholders
Salary (Rate): £700 per day
City: Glasgow
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Manufacturing Systems Project Manager - Glasgow
12-Month Contract | Inside IR35 | £550-£700 per day
Glasgow based | Hybrid (approx. 2 days onsite per week)
An opportunity to play a lead role in the greenfield build of a world-class manufacturing facility that will become the global blueprint for future operations.
This contract role will sit at the heart of a major manufacturing transformation programme, responsible for delivering the core manufacturing systems landscape under a tight timeframe while ensuring scalability for future smart-manufacturing capabilities.
The RoleYou will lead the delivery of ERP, MES and PLM systems for a newly established manufacturing site, working in parallel with physical site build activity. The focus is on what is critical for day-one operations, not over-engineering - with architecture designed to evolve over time.
The ERP platform is fixed (Infor), and the programme is currently partnered with a leading global consultancy, moving into vendor selection and multi-vendor delivery. You will act as the central point between partners, vendors, internal technical teams and global stakeholders.
This is a hands-on manufacturing systems delivery role, not a pure IT PM position.
Key Responsibilities- Own end-to-end delivery of manufacturing systems across ERP, MES and PLM
- Lead vendor selection, engagement and multi-vendor delivery
- Partner closely with systems integrators and consulting teams
- Coordinate global delivery teams across the UK, India and Middle East
- Drive delivery under aggressive timelines, prioritising MVP for go-live
- Manage risk, dependencies and complex system integration
- Lead and support significant change management in a manufacturing environment
- Act as a pragmatic counterbalance to "gold-plated" solutions
About You
- Proven experience delivering manufacturing systems (ERP/MES/PLM)
- Background in manufacturing, industrial, or engineering environments
- Experience with greenfield sites or major plant start-ups highly desirable
- Comfortable working within fixed ERP guardrails
- Strong vendor and integrator management experience
- Confident operating in global, offshore delivery models
- Pragmatic, delivery-focused, and comfortable challenging partners and stakeholders
Contract Details
- Duration: 12 months
- IR35: Inside IR35
- Rate: £550-£700 per day (dependent on experience)
- Location: Glasgow based, hybrid working with approx. 2 days per week onsite
This role would suit an experienced Manufacturing Systems Project Manager who thrives in high-pressure, build-from-scratch environments and wants to leave a long-term Legacy rather than deliver incremental change.
Guidant, Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.