Capital Projects Engineering Lead | Site Portfolio Owner

Michael Page; Hessle; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car allowance

Performance related bonus

International environment

Career development opportunities

Job summary

Michael Page is recruiting on behalf of a leading global industrial group for a Capital Project Manager - Engineering at our Kingston upon Hull site. You will own the site capital programme from concept through commissioning, acting as the engineering authority to deliver safe, reliable and high-performing assets aligned to site objectives.

You will lead the on-site project engineering team, provide technical governance, manage contractor performance and drive lifecycle thinking, with

Qualifications

• Leading capital programmes end-to-end
• Strong process safety knowledge and risk management
• Experience as engineering authority or technical governance
• Proven leadership of engineering teams
• Ability to influence stakeholders on safety or reliability
• Delivery-focused balanced cost, performance and asset integrity
• Experience delivering a complex portfolio of projects simultaneously

Responsibilities

• Lead and prioritise the site capital portfolio, aligning investment with safety, risk, reliability and value
• Act as the final technical authority, owning key engineering decisions and standards
• Provide hands-on leadership, mentoring and development to the on-site project engineering team
• Create a high-performance engineering culture through coaching, challenge and technical guidance
• Retain full accountability for contractor performance and EPC oversight
• Oversee project execution, including construction, contractor management and SIMOPS risk
• Drive high standards in process safety, ensuring risks are identified, mitigated and controlled
• Own commissioning, start-up and handover to ensure assets are operable and maintainable
• Embed reliability and lifecycle thinking into all engineering and design decisions
• Collaborate with operations, maintenance and EHS to support site performance
• Maintain accountability for capital cost control, forecasting and value-based decision making

Skills

Capital project leadership

Process safety

Engineering governance

Leadership

Job description

Michael Page is recruiting on behalf of a leading global industrial group for a Capital Project Manager - Engineering at our Kingston upon Hull site. You will own the site capital programme from concept through commissioning, acting as the engineering authority to deliver safe, reliable and high-performing assets aligned to site objectives.

You will lead the on-site project engineering team, provide technical governance, manage contractor performance and drive lifecycle thinking, with