Global Engineering Project Analyst

CHEP helps move more goods to more people, in more places than any other organization on earth via our 347 million pallets, crates and containers. We employ approximately 13,000 people and operate in 60 countries. Through our pioneering and sustainable share-and-reuse business model, the world’s biggest brands trust us to help them transport their goods more efficiently, safely and with less environmental impact.
What does that mean for you? You’ll join an international organization big enough to take you anywhere, and small enough to get you there sooner. You’ll help change how goods get to market and contribute to global sustainability. You’ll be empowered to bring your authentic self to work and be surrounded by diverse and driven professionals. And you can maximize your work-life balance and flexibility through our Hybrid Work Model.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities May Include:

• Support the planning and execution of projects, ensuring key milestones are met by collaborating with multi-functional teams and providing regular progress updates.
• Assist in defining governance structures, managing risks, and ensuring decision-making processes are followed.
• Support to track and manage project dependencies and BAU work, ensuring timely completion of tasks to meet targets.
• Help define and implement appropriate project delivery methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid).
• Assist with change management initiatives, including training, employee communications, and managing the change agent network.
• Gather data and insights from the project team to support reporting, and provide updates to the Project Manager or Program Manager.
• Support the coordination of regular project and portfolio management meetings, tracking progress and managing interdependencies between projects.
• Assist with closing project activities, including financial management, resource release, and the formal handover of responsibilities to business-as-usual support.
• Ensure compliance with PMO governance, maintaining standardized tools, methodologies, and processes to align with best practices.
• Assist in maintaining compliance with organizational policies and quality control processes throughout the project lifecycle.

Global Engineering Project Analyst
Location: UK (Remote / Hybrid) 
Type: Full Time, Permanent

Help shape the future of global automation deployment and manufacturing innovation. 

CHEP is looking for a Global Engineering Project Analyst (internally known as a Global Project Analyst) to join our Global Engineering team and support the deployment of next-generation automation technologies across our worldwide network. Working as part of the Service Centre of the Future (SotF) programme, you'll help deliver engineering projects that will transform how CHEP operates across multiple regions. 

This is an excellent opportunity for someone with a project management and engineering background who enjoys working with global stakeholders and supporting complex technology deployments. You'll partner with engineering, operations and leadership teams to turn innovative concepts into operational reality.

What We're Looking For 

• Experience supporting engineering, manufacturing or automation projects.

• Project management experience within industrial, manufacturing, logistics or supply chain environments.

• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills.

• Project planning, governance, risk and dependency management experience.

• Technical credibility and confidence working with engineering teams.

• Experience coordinating multiple project workstreams and stakeholders.

• Excellent communication and presentation skills.

• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment.

• Comfortable working across different cultures and time zones.

• PRINCE2, APM, PMP or equivalent project management qualification desirable.

• Engineering, Manufacturing, Operations or Supply Chain background preferred.

Key Responsibilities 

• Support the planning and deployment of automation and engineering projects globally.

• Coordinate project governance, reporting, milestones and stakeholder communications.

• Manage project risks, dependencies and action plans.

• Partner with regional engineering and operations teams to drive project delivery.

• Support deployment planning, business cases and implementation readiness activities.

• Provide project updates and performance reporting to programme leadership.

• Facilitate cross-functional meetings and governance forums.

• Support continuous improvement and future deployment programmes.

Why Join CHEP? 

• Work on one of CHEP's most significant global engineering and automation programmes.

• Collaborate with engineering and operations teams across multiple regions.

• Play a key role in deploying emerging technologies across a global network.

• Gain exposure to senior leaders and high-profile transformation initiatives.

• Excellent career development opportunities within a global organisation.

What's In It For You? 

• Certified Top Employer

• Annual bonus opportunity (typically 10%)

• Private healthcare

• Competitive pension scheme

• Flexible and hybrid working arrangements

• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays

• Option to buy and sell annual leave

• Share scheme opportunities

• Life assurance

• Employee Assistance Programme

• Learning, development and global career opportunities

About CHEP 

CHEP helps move more goods to more people, in more places than any other organisation on earth. As a global leader in supply chain solutions, we work with many of the world's leading brands to create smarter, more sustainable supply chains. 

Join CHEP as an Engineering Project Analyst and help deliver the next generation of automation technologies that will shape the future of our operations worldwide. 

Remote Type

Hybrid Remote

Skills to succeed in the role

Adaptability, Change Management, Empathy, Experimentation, Issue Management, Project Delivery, Project Management, Risk Management, Taking Ownership, Teamwork, Understand Customers

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, and we are committed to developing a diverse workforce in which everyone is treated fairly, with respect, and has the opportunity to contribute to business success while realizing his or her potential. This means harnessing the unique skills and experience that each individual brings and we do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state, or local protected class.