Project Engineer

European Foundation for Business Qualification (EFBQ); Chester; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading aerospace company is seeking a Project Engineer for the Manufacturing Engineering team in Broughton. This role involves leading improvement projects and ensuring safety and efficiency in aerospace production. Candidates should have strong project management and engineering experience, ideally within a production environment. Join a collaborative workforce that fosters innovation and continuous improvement. Competitive pay at £27.75 per hour PAYE or £36.70 per hour Umbrella.

Benefits

Supportive recruitment process

Access to opportunities in aerospace

Skill development in engineering projects

Qualifications

• Proven experience in project management, preferably in manufacturing or aerospace.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to simplify complex technical information.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support engineering improvement projects.
• Analyze processes and support deployment of changes.
• Manage project risks and ensure budget compliance.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder engagement

Engineering experience

Technical specification production

Tools

LBIP

Agile

Planisware

Job description

Project Engineer - Manufacturing Engineering (Airbus, Broughton)

Location: Broughton (Onsite)

Hours: 35 hours per week, Monday-Friday (4.5-day week, flexible between 7am-7pm)

IR35: Inside

Clearance: BPSS+ (completed by Airbus Security)

Pay: £27.75 per hour PAYE / £36.70 per hour Umbrella

Join Us

Guidant Global is proud to partner with Airbus to recruit a talented Project Engineer within the Manufacturing Engineering (ME) team in Broughton. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in supporting and improving cutting‑edge aerospace production processes—helping keep operations safe, efficient, and continuously evolving.

As part of a collaborative team working closely with shop‑floor colleagues, you’ll deliver meaningful engineering projects that ensure smooth operations and drive real business value.

What You’ll Be Doing

As a Project Engineer, you’ll lead and support a variety of improvement, integration, and engineering projects. Your work will help ensure Airbus meets its safety, cost, quality, and delivery goals.

You Will

• Map processes, define requirements, and support the development of 'as-is' and 'to-be' solutions.
• Analyze, design, integrate and support the deployment of engineering changes and new processes.
• Support crane lifts by creating safe and robust lifting processes.
• Ensure all project activities remain on track against budget, schedule, and resource plans.
• Produce accurate project documentation aligned to agreed governance standards.
• Identify, monitor, and manage risks, dependencies, and inter-project links.
• Contribute to project financial management, including cost-benefit analysis and budget planning.
• Work closely with stakeholders to ensure solutions are clear, achievable, and aligned to operational needs.

What You’ll Bring

We’re looking for someone with solid engineering experience and strong project management capability. The ideal candidate will have:

• Proven experience in project management (LBIP, Agile, Planisware or similar tools).
• Experience in a production, manufacturing, or aerospace environment.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and relationship‑building skills.
• Ability to simplify complex technical information for diverse audiences.
• Experience with lifting & handling operations (advantageous).
• Familiarity with tools such as Click n Buy, FMEA, SWOT, 5 Whys, Fishbone, and flowcharting (advantageous).
• Ability to produce clear technical specifications based on operational requirements.

Experience is valued over formal qualifications for this role.

Why Join Airbus Through Guidant Global?

By joining through Guidant Global, you’ll be supported throughout every stage of your journey—from application to onboarding and beyond. You’ll benefit from:

• A transparent and supportive recruitment process.
• Access to exciting roles within one of the world’s leading aerospace organisations.
• Opportunities to expand your engineering and project management skills.
• A collaborative workplace where continuous improvement and innovation are genuinely encouraged.

Who This Role Would Suit

This role is ideal for someone with a strong engineering foundation who enjoys working end‑to‑end on projects that genuinely make an operational impact. If you like solving problems, working with people, and making processes smoother and safer, you’ll thrive here.

Apply Today

If you’re ready to take on a meaningful engineering challenge with a global leader and want to be part of a supportive, innovative environment, we’d love to hear from you.

Guidant, Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.