Customer-Focused Engineering Project Manager | Global Travel

Yolk Recruitment Ltd; Shrewsbury; On-site; GBP 47,000 - 63,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company Car

25 days holiday

Job summary

MERITUS is recruiting an Engineering Project Manager to lead bespoke systems integration projects for aerospace, manufacturing and related sectors. You will own projects from order through to installation, commissioning and final acceptance, coordinating internal teams and managing customer expectations.

The role involves travel across the UK and internationally, with a strong emphasis on client satisfaction, budgets and milestones, and collaboration with engineering, manufacturing and sales.

Qualifications

• Proven experience managing engineering, manufacturing or automation projects.
• Strong customer-facing and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience coordinating multidisciplinary teams and managing multiple projects.
• Good commercial awareness and budget management experience.
• Technical understanding of engineering or manufacturing environments.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and MS Project.

Responsibilities

• Manage engineering projects from order through to final acceptance.
• Act as the primary point of contact for customers throughout the project lifecycle.
• Coordinate Engineering, Manufacturing, Sales and Customer Support teams.
• Manage project schedules, documentation and customer review meetings.
• Monitor project delivery against agreed milestones and budgets.
• Support Factory Acceptance Tests (FAT), installation and commissioning activities.
• Provide regular customer updates and maintain strong stakeholder relationships.
• Travel to customer sites across the UK and internationally.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

MS Project

Budget management

Tools

Microsoft Office

MS Project

Job description

MERITUS is recruiting an Engineering Project Manager to lead bespoke systems integration projects for aerospace, manufacturing and related sectors. You will own projects from order through to installation, commissioning and final acceptance, coordinating internal teams and managing customer expectations.

The role involves travel across the UK and internationally, with a strong emphasis on client satisfaction, budgets and milestones, and collaboration with engineering, manufacturing and sales.