Project Engineer

Rees Technical; City Of London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A global leader in Food and FMCG is seeking a Project Engineer to oversee capital projects at their Brent facility. The role involves managing diverse projects, from packaging lines to factory refurbishments, while ensuring quality and adherence to budgets. The ideal candidate holds a degree in an engineering discipline and has experience in the Food sector. This position offers excellent career progression, salary, and generous benefits.

Benefits

Generous salary and benefits

Qualifications

• Experience in managing capital projects in the Food and FMCG sector.
• Budget responsibility of at least £100k.

Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end delivery of capital projects.
• Propose new projects and identify areas for improvement.
• Monitor progress to meet deadlines.
• Ensure high quality of engineering standards.
• Lead project update meetings.

Skills

Project management

Capex control

Continuous improvement

Stakeholder management

Education

Degree in engineering-related discipline

Job description

Project Engineer - Food & FMCG - Brent - London

I am currently recruiting a Project Engineer for a world renowned global Food and FMCG client at their facility based in Brent. This is one of their flagship sites and would be an excellent opportunity for a Project Engineer to take the next step in their career by joining a blue‑chip business with a vast Project Portfolio and spend over £25m p/a on capital projects.

Projects include:

• New Packaging lines (Flow wrappers, shrink wrappers, labels, cartoners, palletiser etc)
• New Production Lines & Equipment (Mixing Vessels, Heat Exchangers, Ovens, Chillers, CIP Systems)
• New Automation Equipment
• Factory Refurbishment
• Continuous improvement projects

Key Responsibilities

• Capex Control, prioritisation and delivery of end‑to‑end projects
• Proposing new projects and identifying areas for innovation and improvement
• Work closely with the Project Management Team and Factory Management to deliver projects efficiently
• Manage the delivery of various capital projects ensuring the complexity, cost, and time‑constraints are fully understood and managed
• Continuously monitor progress to ensure meeting of specific deadlines
• Responsible for all stages of projects from development through to delivery, including URS creation, tendering and supplier selection, resource, time and cost management, control of contractors with CDM, contract management, FAT, SAT, and formal handback and project closure
• Support project development through Engineering capability as part of full lifecycle project delivery in the capability function
• Ensure projects are delivered to a high quality of engineering and technical standard
• Flawless management of changes to the scope and schedule of the project
• Lead project update meetings and document project status and issues

The successful candidate

• Will hold a Degree, HND, HNC or NVQ in an engineering‑related discipline (Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical Process, etc.)
• Has experience managing capital projects within a Food and FMCG environment
• Has budget responsibility of at least £100k

This role offers the chance to work on a large portfolio of diverse multidisciplinary capital projects and link up with senior stakeholders across a global blue‑chip manufacturing organisation. It offers excellent career progression, salary and benefits which are very generous.

Please apply online or for more information please call Paul.