Project Manager – Capital Equipment

Project Manager – Capital Equipment

Base salary up to £55K + Healthcare, Company Pension, Life Assurance & Benefits

Are you an experienced Project Manager or Project Engineer with a background in machinery, capital equipment or complex engineered systems?

This is an opportunity to join an established engineering business delivering projects ranging from approximately £100,000 to £10 million, from individual pieces of equipment through to fully integrated production lines.

You could be managing up to five projects at different stages of the lifecycle, with typical project timescales ranging from 4 to 12 months.

THE ROLE

As Project Manager, you will take ownership of projects from order handover through to final completion.

You’ll establish the project programme, agree realistic timescales and milestones, and coordinate the internal and external teams responsible for delivering each stage.

Projects can involve a combination of:

• Internal engineering and design teams
• Subcontract manufacturers
• Third-party equipment suppliers
• Procurement and commercial teams
• Installation and commissioning teams
• Customers and other project stakeholders

You won’t have direct line-management responsibility for all the people involved, so your ability to influence, coordinate and gain buy-in will be key.

At any one time, one project could be progressing through design, another with a subcontract manufacturer and another approaching installation or commissioning.

Your role will be to maintain the bigger picture, understand what needs to happen next and ensure each project remains on programme, within budget and aligned with the customer’s requirements.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Manage multiple capital equipment projects valued from approximately £100K to £10M
  Take ownership from order handover through to completion
  Develop project programmes, timescales, milestones and priorities
  Coordinate engineering teams, suppliers, subcontractors and other project stakeholders
  Maintain regular communication with customers throughout the project
  Monitor progress, costs, risks and changing requirements
  Identify potential delays or issues early and drive actions to resolve them
  Ensure technical, commercial and delivery requirements remain aligned
  Support improvements to project delivery processes and ways of working

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

We’re looking for someone with project delivery experience gained within capital equipment, machinery, automation, process equipment or another complex engineering environment.

You may already be working as a:

• Project Manager
• Project Engineer
• Contracts Engineer
• Contracts Manager

For an experienced Project Engineer, this could be an excellent next step if you are already coordinating engineering projects, managing suppliers and customers, controlling timescales and taking increasing ownership for project delivery.

You’ll ideally have:

• Strong project management or project engineering experience
• Experience delivering machinery, capital equipment or complex engineered systems
• Experience managing several projects or workstreams concurrently
• The ability to create and manage project programmes, milestones and priorities
• Strong coordination and influencing skills
• The confidence to challenge constructively and keep projects moving
• The ability to read and interpret engineering drawings
• Strong customer and stakeholder management skills
• Good commercial awareness and an understanding of project costs
• A proactive and practical approach to problem solving

Most importantly, you’ll be able to see how all the different elements of a project fit together, establish what needs to happen next and bring the right people together to keep delivery moving.

TRAVEL

Occasional travel will be required, typically equating to approximately 3–5 weeks over a six-month period.

PACKAGE

• £45,000–£55,000 basic salary, depending on experience
• Healthcare Scheme
• Company Pension
• Life Assurance
• Additional company benefits