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James Fisher and Sons plc

James Fisher is a global engineering services company operating across Energy, Defence, and Maritime Transport. With a strong heritage in maritime operations, we now deliver innovative solutions in challenging environments. Our One James Fisher strategy is focused on building a unified, sustainable business within the Blue Economy, driving progress through technology, expertise, and collaboration.

James Fisher Defence (JFD), part of the James Fisher Group, is a global leader in underwater capability, delivering cutting-edge diving, submarine rescue, and hyperbaric solutions to both commercial and defence markets. Operating worldwide, JFD is the foremost provider of submarine rescue services and a trusted name in submarine escape training. We're also at the forefront of hyperbaric rescue innovation and a leading supplier of advanced diving equipment and saturation systems across the industry.

At James Fisher and Sons, we are committed to taking positive action on diversity and strongly encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds. We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and recognise that our success is driven by the talent and diversity of our workforce.

## Interim Head of PMO

**Location:** Inchinnan, Glasgow – Hybrid, 3 days per week in office

**Contract Type:** Full-time, 6 Month Fixed-term

**Note:** This role requires security checks.

### The Role

This is a high-impact global role focused on embedding PMO best practice across JFD's Project Operations to drive consistent, transparent and customer-focused delivery. Working cross-functionally, you will ensure projects are well-supported, governed and aligned to key business processes, while acting as an escalation point for project challenges. Joining at a pivotal stage of growth, you will strengthen delivery capability, influence stakeholders across regions and functions, and deliver meaningful, scalable improvements.

You will be tenacious, pragmatic and commercially aware, bringing credibility, calm authority and a structured approach, with the confidence to challenge constructively. Resilient under pressure, you will take ownership and drive the delivery and embedding of change to elevate project management standards across a complex global organisation.

This is a hybrid role with frequent travel between Glasgow and Aberdeen and some national and international travel to support global operations and stakeholder engagement.

### What you'll be doing

- Lead the global PMO, embedding best practice in governance, processes and ways of working.
- Identify and deliver high-impact improvement opportunities aligned to business objectives.
- Implement clear, engaging and effective project reporting that reflects true performance.
- Champion safety and strengthen safety leadership within project management.
- Build digital capability across the project management community in line with strategy.
- Drive the shift from reactive delivery to stable, controlled and repeatable practices.
- Aligning with IMS and ERP transformation, ensuring governance evolves alongside system change.
- Develop improvement capability across operations while managing and forecasting project resources.

### What we're looking for

- Demonstrated expertise in PMO best practice, ideally within manufacturing, defence or similar environments.
- Proven ability to deliver measurable improvements in complex operational settings.
- Experience leading large, complex projects.
- Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence at senior levels and present confidently to diverse audiences.
- High level of data and performance literacy, using metrics to drive insight and track impact.
- Experience implementing and embedding changes within delivery-focused organisations.
- Background in defence, engineering, marine, aerospace or other regulated sectors is desirable.

### Why join us

- Early finish on Fridays
- Competitive salary and benefits package aligned with experience (Private Medical Insurance, Life Assurance, Cycle to work scheme, Company Pension, etc.)
- Clear pathways for career development and organisational visibility
- Inclusive and supportive culture that values individual contributions
- Meaningful work with impact across safety, innovation, and global operations


	Interim Head of PMO in Inchinnan - James Fisher and Sons plc


Stakeholder Management

Head of PMO

James Fisher and Sons is a leading provider of specialist services to the marine, oil & gas, and other high assurance industries worldwide

At James Fisher our aim is to be the supplier of choice in all the industrial sectors we serve. As an innovative and fast-growing organisation, our highly skilled team and 165 year heritage enable us to deliver solutions to the most demanding operational and technical challenges faced by our customers around the world.

James Fisher has developed unparalleled operational expertise in the marine environment, providing comprehensive products, services and support to the oil and gas, marine renewables, shipping and defence industries. On land, James Fisher is increasingly a supplier of choice to the nuclear, construction and transportation sectors, providing specialist knowledge, skills and capabilities in the most safety-critical of engineering environments.

Our core values of delivering excellence and continuous innovation have been the key contributors to our success. By leveraging our global reach, deep operational understanding, breadth of capability, and the enthusiasm and commitment of our staff, James Fisher is a trusted partner of major corporations, government agencies and other valued customers around the world.

The James Fisher group operates in the following market sectors:
- Marine
- Oil & Gas
- Renewable Energy
- Defence
- Nuclear
- Ports & Terminals
- Transport & Infrastructure
- Construction

James Fisher & Sons PLC

James Fisher and Sons is a leading provider of specialist services to the marine, oil & gas, and other high assurance industries worldwide

### **About the Role**

**Head of PMO**  
**Inchinnan, Glasgow – Hybrid, 3 days per week in office**  
**Full-time, 6 Month Fixed-term**

**Please note that this role requires security checks.**

**The Role:**

This is a high-impact global role focused on embedding PMO best practice across JFD’s Project Operations to drive consistent, transparent and customer-focused delivery. Working cross-functionally, you will ensure projects are well-supported, governed and aligned to key business processes, while acting as an escalation point for project challenges. Joining at a pivotal stage of growth, you will strengthen delivery capability, influence stakeholders across regions and functions, and deliver meaningful, scalable improvements.

You will be tenacious, pragmatic and commercially aware, bringing credibility, calm authority and a structured approach, with the confidence to challenge constructively. Resilient under pressure, you will take ownership and drive the delivery and embedding of change to elevate project management standards across a complex global organisation.

This is a hybrid role with frequent travel between Glasgow and Aberdeen and some national and international travel to support global operations and stakeholder engagement.

**What you’ll be doing:**

- Lead the global PMO, embedding best practice in governance, processes and ways of working.
- Identify and deliver high-impact improvement opportunities aligned to business objectives.
- Implement clear, engaging and effective project reporting that reflects true performance.
- Champion safety and strengthen safety leadership within project management.
- Build digital capability across the project management community in line with strategy.
- Drive the shift from reactive delivery to stable, controlled and repeatable practices.
- Aligning with IMS and ERP transformation, ensuring governance evolves alongside system change.
Develop improvement capability across operations while managing and forecasting project resources.  
- **What we’re looking for:**
- Demonstrated expertise in PMO best practice, ideally within manufacturing, defence or similar environments.
- Proven ability to deliver measurable improvements in complex operational settings.
- Experience leading large, complex projects.
- Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence at senior levels and present confidently to diverse audiences.
- High level of data and performance literacy, using metrics to drive insight and track impact.
- Experience implementing and embedding changes within delivery-focused organisations.
- Background in defence, engineering, marine, aerospace or other regulated sectors is desirable.

**Why join us?**

- Early finish on Fridays
- Competitive salary and benefits package aligned with experience (Private Medical Insurance, Life Assurance, Cycle to work scheme, Company Pension, etc.)
- Clear pathways for career development and organisational visibility
- Inclusive and supportive culture that values individual contributions
- Meaningful work with impact across safety, innovation, and global operations

  

**About Us:**

James Fisher is a global engineering services company operating across Energy, Defence, and Maritime Transport. With a strong heritage in maritime operations, we now deliver innovative solutions in challenging environments. Our One James Fisher strategy is focused on building a unified, sustainable business within the Blue Economy, driving progress through technology, expertise, and collaboration.

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James Fisher Defence (JFD), part of the James Fisher Group, is a global leader in underwater capability, delivering cutting-edge diving, submarine rescue, and hyperbaric solutions to both commercial and defence markets. Operating worldwide, JFD is the foremost provider of submarine rescue services and a trusted name in submarine escape training. We’re also at the forefront of hyperbaric rescue innovation and a leading supplier of advanced diving equipment and saturation systems across the industry. Explore more about JFD

If this sounds like the ideal next step in your career, then click ‘apply’ now!

**Due to the volume of applications, we receive for our vacancies, on occasion applications may close before the deadline, so please apply early to avoid disappointment.**

**At James Fisher and Sons, we are committed to taking positive action on diversity and strongly encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds. We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and recognise that our success is driven by the talent and diversity of our workforce.**

**To support an accessible and inclusive recruitment experience in the UK, we partner with Vercida. You can learn more about our approach by visiting our company page:** James Fisher and Sons diversity, inclusion, culture - VERCIDA

Interim Head of PMO

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This is a high-impact global role focused on embedding PMO best practice across JFD's Project Operations to drive consistent, transparent and customer-focused delivery.

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