Project Development Engineer

Experis (Austria); Lancaster; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Our client in Lancaster is seeking a Project Development Engineer to lead the delivery of innovative products across sectors. You will manage projects from concept through to final production, ensuring on-time, on-budget delivery while contributing hands-on design work.

This project-led role involves roughly 80% management and 20% design work, with a strong emphasis on cross-functional collaboration and stakeholder management. A degree in engineering is preferred.

Qualifications

• Proven experience managing engineering or product development projects.
• Good understanding of Design for Manufacture (DFM) principles.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, including customer facing experience.
• Degree qualified in Engineering, Product Design, or a related discipline.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of innovative products across sectors from concept to production.
• Manage projects from initial brief to on-time, on-budget delivery while maintaining high standards.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and contribute hands-on design input.
• Drive projects in a structured way, ensuring manufacture readiness and quality.

Skills

Project management

DFM principles

Stakeholder management

Customer facing

Education

Engineering degree

Tools

SolidWorks

3D CAD

Job description

Project Development Engineer

Our client, a leading manufacturer with over 30 years of industry expertise, is seeking a Project Development Engineer to join their growing team in Lancaster. You'll lead the delivery of innovative products across a range of sectors.

This is a project led role, with around 80% of your time spent managing projects and 20% on hands on design. You'll take ownership of projects from initial concept and customer brief through to final production, making sure they're delivered on time, on budget and to the highest standards, while still contributing your engineering expertise to the design work itself.

This role would suit an engineer with proven experience in a project-based role, who enjoys working with cross functional teams and seeing products through from concept to manufacture.

Essential Experience

• Proven experience managing engineering or product development projects
• Good understanding of Design for Manufacture (DFM) principles
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, including customer facing experience
• Degree qualified in Engineering, Product Design, or a related discipline

Desirable

• Engineering design background with working knowledge of SolidWorks, 3D CAD or similar design software