Engineering Project Manager

JR United Kingdom; Bedford; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

JR United Kingdom is seeking an Engineering Project Manager to join its growing team. The successful candidate will manage innovative product development from concept to market, collaborating across disciplines to ensure quality and visibility. This pivotal role emphasizes communication and strategic planning, with ample career development opportunities and a supportive work culture.

Benefits

Career development opportunities

Work-life balance

25 days of annual leave, plus bank holidays

Pension contributions of 8%

Private Medical Insurance

Qualifications

• Significant experience in project or delivery management within a technical environment.
• Understanding of multi-disciplinary product development.
• Familiarity with physical product lifecycles.

Responsibilities

• Support the full product development lifecycle.
• Build and maintain transparent project plans.
• Collaborate with commercial and operational stakeholders.

Skills

Project Management

Communication

Facilitation

Organizational skills

Tools

Project Planning Tools

Job description

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EA Technology is a well-established, positive culture-based company with innovation and creativity at our core. We are a forward thinking business and we live by our values: Collaboration, Creativity, Integrity and Impact. This ensures employee wellbeing is always at the forefront and our amazing people have the autonomy to do their best work.

We encourage and cultivate individual creativeness, understanding that every person at EA Technology is critical to achieving our company goals. This spirit impacts our internal culture and the positive way we interact which is why so many of our employees stay with us long term.

Due to significant growth and expansion, we have a new vacancy for an Engineering Project Manager to join us so, if you’re experienced Project Manager and are well established in the engineering arena and want to work with a great team of people, we’d love to hear from you!

***This role requires you to be on-site in Capenhurst near Chester (CH1 6ES), please apply ONLY if you live within a reasonable commuting distance***

About the role:

The Engineering Project Manager (EPM) plays a central role in helping EA Technology bring great products to market. Acting as a key integrator between Engineering, Product, Marketing, Commercial and Operational teams, the EPM ensures that initiatives progress smoothly from concept to customer.

• Support the full product development lifecycle, helping align technical teams with business goals and ensuring roadmap items are delivered with quality, visibility and market readiness
• Focus on collaboration, removing blockers and driving continuous improvement; all in support of building impactful, successful products
• Whilst initially focused on our rapidly growing VisNet Monitoring product family, the EPM role may expand to support projects across the wider business
• Build and maintain transparent project plans that support roadmap execution
• Work with Engineering Leads and Product Management to clarify scope, align timelines and sequence deliverables
• Identify and manage risks, dependencies and changes constructively to maintain momentum
• Collaborate with commercial and operational stakeholders to ensure engineering outputs are market-ready
• Facilitate smooth handoffs between disciplines (hardware, firmware, software, infrastructure)
• Support product readiness across go-to-market functions including documentation, pricing, compliance and customer onboarding
• Provide regular, transparent updates to internal and external stakeholders
• Contribute to planning and review sessions that keep teams aligned and motivated

What we’ll need from you:

• Significant experience in project or delivery management within a technical environment
• Understanding of multi-disciplinary product development (hardware, embedded software, SaaS, etc.)
• Strong communicator and facilitator, comfortable working across departments
• Confident using project planning tools (Gantt, Kanban, or equivalent)
• Organised and pragmatic, with a track record of delivering value
• Familiarity with physical product lifecycles, including supply chain and manufacturing aspects would be distinctly advantageous
• Exposure to AI-based tools for project support would also be an advantage

What we can offer you:

At EA Technology, we believe in growing with our people. In addition to a great working environment, we offer you:

• Up to £60,000 p.a.
• Career development opportunities: We offer genuine pathways for growth within our company.
• Work-life balance: With flexible working options, we support our employees in balancing their professional and personal lives.
• Holidays: 25 days of annual leave, plus bank holidays, with an extra day for every three years completed (up to a maximum of 30 days). Ability to buy an additional 5 days.
• Pension contributions of 8% from the employer (or cash equivalent).
• Comprehensive benefits, including Group Life Insurance, Income Protection, and Critical Illness cover (or cash equivalents).
• Private Medical Insurance (single cover or cash equivalent).
• A truly collaborative and supportive work environment where amazing colleagues inspire each other every day.