Aerospace Mechanical Design Project Manager

Quest Global Services; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Quest Global Services in the United Kingdom seeks a technically minded Project Manager to lead aerospace projects from initiation through delivery. You will work with internal and customer stakeholders, engineering teams, and management to ensure programs are delivered on time, within budget, and to quality standards.

You will manage project schedules, cost tracking, and reporting, ensuring compliance with EASA/FAA requirements and AS9100.

Qualifications

• Proven project management experience in a technical discipline.
• Strong grasp of engineering processes and deliverables.
• Ability to interpret engineering documentation (design requirements specs, statements of work, compliance reports).
• Familiarity with design process life cycle (V-model, gated reviews, configuration management).
• Demonstrable stakeholder and supplier management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate delivery of aerospace gas turbine engineering projects, ensuring milestones, budgets, and certification requirements are achieved.
• Translate engineering and technical detail into project plans, risk registers, and management reports.
• Act as the bridge between engineering teams and non-technical stakeholders.
• Manage project schedules, cost tracking, and reporting in line with aerospace program standards.
• Ensure compliance with aerospace standards and frameworks (e.g., EASA/FAA requirements, AS9100).
• Facilitate design reviews, specialist inputs, and milestone gates.
• Identify risks, dependencies, and resource requirements early and coordinate mitigation strategies.
• Manage subcontractor deliverables and performance for deliverables.
• Support bid preparation and project proposals, contributing to technical-commercial alignment.

Skills

Project management

Engineering processes

Regulatory compliance

Stakeholder management

Lifecycle models

Job description

Quest Global Services in the United Kingdom seeks a technically minded Project Manager to lead aerospace projects from initiation through delivery. You will work with internal and customer stakeholders, engineering teams, and management to ensure programs are delivered on time, within budget, and to quality standards.

You will manage project schedules, cost tracking, and reporting, ensuring compliance with EASA/FAA requirements and AS9100.