The Role At Notpla we’re at the leading edge of sustainable innovation, creating natural alternatives to single-use plastic packaging  that’s carefully engineered to create a healthier planet. Founded on the belief that nature knows best, we’re an innovative, ideas and action-oriented scale-up who develop and manufacture uncompromisingly natural packaging solutions from seaweed and plants.We are currently looking to bring in a Technical Project Manager to work on the technical category management of our flagship Ooho product and the rest of our edible packaging solutions. This is an exciting time to join Notpla, right on the brink of a record-breaking year for revenue and on-track for major growth in the next 18-24 months. Bolstering confidence in our financial performance, we have just secured a Series A+ fundraise for £20million, enabling us to scale our growth and environmental impact faster than ever.  The Technical Project Manager will work directorly with our Chief Technology Officer to help define the technical direction of our range of edible packaging solutions. You will work with the Category owner to ensure that we are able to deliver the technical specifications required to meet our partners requirements, liaising with the technical team to ensure that everything is delivered on time and in full. Led by strong values,  all Notpla employees are encouraged to take responsibility for their domain, giving a high level of autonomy. Our aim is to build an inspiring culture that's reflected in our working policies,environment and employees.Besides offering exciting roles and a great working environment, Notpla provides competitive salaries, the potential for EMI Share Options, a zero-carbon pension scheme, discounts with local businesses, and subsidised social activities. Our office first hybrid working policy allows you to work in the manner that maximises your productivity, while still creating a vibrant and collegiate work environment.. We are a social business with regular clubs and events, and we are proud of how our diverse workplace has created a community that is all pushing towards the common goal of making plastic disappear. Your profile We are looking for a Technical Project Manager with a desire and the experience to continue to work on hands-on maintenance and development of machinery. You will need to come from a mechanical or process engineering background, whilst having experience of running large, multi partner technical projects. As well as this you will need to have excellent communication and stakeholder management skills. This is a rare opportunity for a passionate and hands-on engineer, to take ownership of both project management pieces but also the development of processes and manufacturing techniques, whilst continuing to work hands-on with our bespoke in-house machinery. As well as the above your day to day responsibilities will include:<ul><li>Technical project management of our edible packaging range.</li><li>Working with external suppliers and manufacturing partners to develop processes and manufacturing techniques.</li><li>Liaising with our in house technical team to ensure technical delivery of all of our projects.</li><li>Being the link between the formulation and ingredient requirements and the manufacturing process needs.</li><li>Maintenance both planned and reactive of our in house manufacturing machinery.</li><li>Working with the category owner to define the technical road map of the products.</li><li>Working with the category owner to assist in the commercial development of the products.</li><li>Identify and assess technical risks, ensuring proactive mitigation and resolution strategies.</li><li>Chair dedicated technical meetings with technical resources, separate from standard project updates, to discuss technical progress against agreed milestones, challenges, and improvements.</li><li>Foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement within the technical community.</li><li>Ensure technical standardization and best practices are consistently applied across the category (SOPs, Project &amp; Trial planning, reporting).</li></ul> Salary £40,000 - £55,000 + EMI Share Options

We are a combination of designers and chemists, engineers and entrepreneurs. We’re hard to define because what we’re doing hasn’t been done before. We create advanced packaging solutions that disappear, naturally.


Technical Project Manager

The Role At Notpla we’re at the leading edge of sustainable innovation, creating natural alternatives to single-use plastic packaging &nbsp;that’s carefully engineered to create a healthier planet. Founded on the belief that nature knows best, we’re an innovative, ideas and action-oriented scale-up who develop and manufacture uncompromisingly natural packaging solutions from seaweed and plants.We are currently looking to bring in a Technical Project Manager to work on the technical category management of our flagship Ooho product and the rest of our edible packaging solutions. This is an exciting time to join Notpla, right on the brink of a record-breaking year for revenue and on-track for major growth in the next 18-24 months. Bolstering confidence in our financial performance, we have just secured a Series A+ fundraise for £20million, enabling us to scale our growth and environmental impact faster than ever.&nbsp; The Technical Project Manager will work directorly with our Chief Technology Officer to help define the technical direction of our range of edible packaging solutions. You will work with the Category owner to ensure that we are able to deliver the technical specifications required to meet our partners requirements, liaising with the technical team to ensure that everything is delivered on time and in full.&nbsp;Led by strong values, &nbsp;all Notpla employees are encouraged to take responsibility for their domain, giving a high level of autonomy. Our aim is to build an inspiring culture that's reflected in our working policies,environment and employees.Besides offering exciting roles and a great working environment, Notpla provides competitive salaries, the potential for EMI Share Options, a zero-carbon pension scheme, discounts with local businesses, and subsidised social activities. Our office first hybrid working policy allows you to work in the manner that maximises your productivity, while still creating a vibrant and collegiate work environment.. We are a social business with regular clubs and events, and we are proud of how our diverse workplace has created a community that is all pushing towards the common goal of making plastic disappear. Your profile We are looking for a Technical Project Manager with a desire and the experience to continue to work on hands-on maintenance and development of machinery. You will need to come from a mechanical or process engineering background, whilst having experience of running large, multi partner technical projects. As well as this you will need to have excellent communication and stakeholder management skills. This is a rare opportunity for a passionate and hands-on engineer, to take ownership of both project management pieces but also the development of processes and manufacturing techniques, whilst continuing to work hands-on with our bespoke in-house machinery. As well as the above your day to day responsibilities will include:<ul><li>Technical project management of our edible packaging range.</li><li>Working with external suppliers and manufacturing partners to develop processes and manufacturing techniques.</li><li>Liaising with our in house technical team to ensure technical delivery of all of our projects.</li><li>Being the link between the formulation and ingredient requirements and the manufacturing process needs.</li><li>Maintenance both planned and reactive of our in house manufacturing machinery.</li><li>Working with the category owner to define the technical road map of the products.</li><li>Working with the category owner to assist in the commercial development of the products.</li><li>Identify and assess technical risks, ensuring proactive mitigation and resolution strategies.</li><li>Chair dedicated technical meetings with technical resources, separate from standard project updates, to discuss technical progress against agreed milestones, challenges, and improvements.</li><li>Foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement within the technical community.</li><li>Ensure technical standardization and best practices are consistently applied across the category (SOPs, Project &amp; Trial planning, reporting).</li></ul> Salary £40,000 - £55,000 + EMI Share Options

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