Project Engineer

Wallace Hind Selection; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 43,000 - 53,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Overtime

Annual bonus

Job summary

Wallace Hind Selection is seeking a Project Engineer to join a factory-based role in the Bedford area. You will take projects from order through to installation, coordinating with clients and internal teams to ensure delivery on time and on budget.

The role requires a proven track record in manufacturing or capital equipment, with engineering qualifications and strong communication skills. Commutable locations include Cambridge and nearby towns.

Qualifications

• Proven track record as a Project Engineer in manufacturing, industrial or capital equipment sectors.
• Packaging machinery or food/chemical/pharma experience would be advantageous but not essential.
• Qualified engineer with relevant project management or engineering qualifications.
• Good communicator capable of liaising with clients.

Responsibilities

• Lead projects from order to installation, liaising with clients and internal teams to ensure on-time, on-budget delivery.
• Coordinate with sales, design, manufacturing and service teams throughout project lifecycle.

Skills

Project management

Client liaison

Manufacturing experience

Education

Engineering degree

Job description

Project Engineer

BASIC SALARY

up to £48,000 Base

BENEFITS

Overtime and Company annual bonus to earn £50,000+

LOCATION

Factory based in Bedford

COMMUTABLE LOCATIONS

Bedford, Milton Keynes, Cambridge, Northampton, Huntingdon, Biggleswade, Stevenage

JOB DESCRIPTION

A classic Project Engineer role taking over from the incumbent who is retiring but staying on to train and conduct a thorough handover. Working within the Project Management team you will take projects from order through to installation liaising with clients and the companies sales, design, manufacturing & service teams to ensure projects are delivered on time and on budget.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

• You will have a proven track record as a Project Engineer working for a manufacturing, industrial or engineering company that makes and sells capital equipment or a technical solution.
• Any packaging machinery or food, chemical & pharmaceutical market experience would be advantageous but is not essential.
• You will be a qualified engineer with relevant project management or engineering qualifications.
• You will be a good communicator comfortable liaising with clients.

THE COMPANY

A very well established and profitable British manufacturer of bespoke packaging machinery and turnkey lines selling to the food, chemical & pharmaceutical markets in the UK and Worldwide. They have doubled their T.O in the last 12 months and have a loyal and long serving team with low staff turnover. A genuinely nice place to work with good people from the board down to the shop floor. A good client that I have worked with for over 15 years.