Project Engineer

Rees Technical; Greater London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering recruitment firm is seeking a Project Engineer for a global client in the Food and FMCG sector located in Brent, London. The role involves managing capital projects, proposing innovations, and ensuring project quality within a blue-chip environment. Candidates should hold a relevant engineering degree and have experience managing budgets of at least £100K. This position offers excellent career progression and generous benefits.

Benefits

Excellent career progression

Generous salary and benefits

Qualifications

• Experience managing capital projects within a Food and FMCG environment.
• Manage budget responsibility of at least £100K.

Responsibilities

• Capex Control, prioritization, and delivery of end-to-end projects.
• Proposing new projects and identifying areas for innovation and improvement.
• Work closely with Project Management Team and Factory Management to deliver projects efficiently.
• Manage the delivery of various capital projects ensuring complexity, cost, and time are managed.
• Continually monitor progress to ensure meeting of specific deadlines.
• Responsible for all stages of projects from development to delivery.
• Support project development through Engineering capability.
• Ensure projects are delivered to a high quality of engineering and technical standard.

Skills

Project management

Mechanical Engineering

Electrical Engineering

Chemical Process Engineering

Education

Degree HND, HNC, NVQ 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 thier flagship sites and would bean excellent opportunity for a Project Engineer to take the next step in thier career by joing 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, prioritization and delivery of end to end projects
• Proposing new projects and identifying area's for innovation and improvement
• Work Closely with Project Management Team and Factory Management to deliver projects efficiently.
• Manage the delivery of various capital projects ensuring the complexity, cost, time‑constraints are fully understood and managed.
• Continually 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 Lifecyle 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 be Degree HND, HNC, NVQ in an Engineering related discipline (Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical Process etc)
• Experience managing capital projects within a Food and FMCG environment
• Manage budget responsibility of at east £100K

This role offers the chance for the successful candidate to work on a large portfolio of diverse multidisciplinary capital projects and link up with senior stake older across the global within a 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