Engineering Project Manager, Gousto
Recipe boxes delivered to your door
Posted today
Recipe boxes delivered to your door
1001+ employees
Posted today
1001+ employees
Company mission
To be the most-loved way to eat dinner.
Role
Who you are
- You’ll be a Strategic thinker who can balance short- and long-term goals while assessing risk, with a focus on sustainable, high-impact results. A true Project Manager you will oversee site activities and prioritise. You will use your communication skills to engage and influence, as well as network to build key relationships. You will also have:
- Practical knowledge of food hygiene standards in installations and machine design
- Extensive experience of leading multi-functional projects within the FMCG industry
- Understanding of HACCP principles backed by certification or prior experience
- Familiarity with lean manufacturing practices and the ability to implement efficiency improvements
- CDM knowledge
- Contractor management experience
- Financial analysis capability
- Strong knowledge of HSE regulations, including PUWER, CE, COSHH, and machinery safety standards
- Engineering qualifications
What the job involves
- Based in Warrington with frequent travel to other sites including Spalding, this team work remotely sporadically. Office hours working pattern
- Reporting into Head of Engineering Projects and Innovation, this role forms part of our Engineering team in the UNBOX tribe. Unbox’s responsibility is delivering boxes to customers; the goal here being a high quality unboxing experience that is sustainable. We strive to ensure quality, accuracy and scale through automation and innovation
- The Engineering Project Manager will bring a wealth of Automation and Fulfilment experience to the Projects team. With a proven background in launching Innovative projects and seeing them through to delivery
- A subject matter expert in electrical, mechanical automation, systems, AutoCAD drawing understanding, proposals and designs. A strong cross-functional communicator. You will deliver and implement projects; responsible for plans, budgets and execution
- Conduct Capital Engineering feasibility studies to evaluate potential improvement projects
- Develop initial and detailed design solutions for engineering problem statements
- Lead cross-functional teams to successfully execute projects while ensuring safety, engineering, and food standards compliance
- Ensures adherence to HSE, ISO, and food safety standards throughout project lifecycles
- Act as Subject Matter Expert (SME) for engineering disciplines, defining and enforcing industry standards
- Manage contractors and internal supply chain customers, ensuring project expectations are met
- Work with suppliers to propose capital proposals and automation solutions and lead feasibility discussions
- Provide technical direction, identify risks and opportunities, and develop solutions during project implementation
- Track and communicate project progress, risks, and deliverables to stakeholders
- Execute performance trials, review outcomes, and drive solutions for continuous improvement
Our take
There is an accelerating consumer need to eat healthily, sustainably, and at value. Gousto aims to meet this need with its meal-kit delivery service, which offers pre-packaged ingredients and recipe instructions. It sets itself apart with more than 200 different recipes to choose from each week - a third of which are customisable.
In 2021, Gousto sold more than 90 million meals, amounting to three meals every second, a figure that is on the rise. It is part of the UK Plastics Pact, which advocates for 100% reusable, recyclable and compostable plastic. As a member, Gousto has committed to eliminating problematic plastics, stimulating innovation and helping to build a stronger recycling system in the UK.
Gousto became a B Corp certified company for its sustainability efforts. Following huge investments in 2023, the company is now a unicorn and is sure to continue its growth over the coming years as more consumers switch to convenient online grocery shopping.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Meet the team
4 people
Adam Harris, Director of New Markets
Our mission
To take Gousto to more markets beyond the UK.Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 13 rounds)
Feb 2023
$66.9m
LATE VC
Jan 2022
$100m
LATE VC
Total funding: $377.3m
Company benefits
- Life assurance
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Interest free loan to spend on the latest tech
- Referral scheme
Company values
- Dream - We’ve got huge ambition and believe everything is possible - Curious, bold and resilient, we’ve got an insatiable appetite to learn and grow
- Deliver - We work at pace and focus on impact, taking ownership of the solution and raising the bar every step of the way
- Care - We obsess over our customers, doing the right thing for them and for the planet. We are one team, supporting and celebrating one another
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Leadership
Timo Boldt
(Founder & CEO)Spent 4 years in Finance at Rothschild and a hedge fund before founding Gousto in 2012. Sits on the Digital Advisory Board at Unilever.
People progressing
Joined as Operations Development Director, being promoted to EVP Operations after 1 year, and has since become Chief People Officer.
Joined as a Customer Care Agent in 2014, and is now Head of Customer Care.
Joined as PR Manager, being promoted to Senior Brand and PR Manager after 1 year and again to Head of Brand Marketing and PR after 3 years.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Gousto
- Whether it’s creating diversity in our recipes or building new teams, we care about our people and the opportunities they have at Gousto. Across our business we lead with inclusivity and strive for equality in all we do; working hard to ensure Gousto is an environment where you can be totally yourself.
- Our Inclusion Communities are employee-led groups that connect people with shared identities, lived experiences, and passions. They champion each other, raise awareness of what matters most, and help us build a workplace where everyone belongs. Whether it’s Pride Sports Day, an Eid feast, learning from disability advocates, or providing free period products across our sites, our communities help turn care into action and they’ve driven meaningful change, shaping policies that support our people through key life moments, from enhanced parental leave to menopause, fertility and baby loss support. They’re powerful platforms for connection, celebration and progress, and we’re always striving to do better.
- We currently have nine active communities: Gousto Mind, Gousto Women, Gousto Muslim, Gousto Black, Gousto Asia, Gousto Pride, Gousto Neuro & Gousto Parents.
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