Project Engineer

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

Benefits offered by this job

Overtime pay

Annual bonus

Job summary

Wallace Hind Selection is seeking a Project Engineer for a factory-based role in Bedford. You will take projects from order through to installation, coordinating with sales, design, manufacturing and service teams to ensure timely, on-budget delivery.

The ideal candidate has a proven Project Engineer background in manufacturing or engineering, with strong communication skills and the ability to liaise with clients. Packaging machinery market experience is a plus.

Qualifications

• Proven track record as a Project Engineer in manufacturing, industrial or engineering.
• Experience with packaging machinery or related markets is advantageous.
• Qualified engineer with relevant project management or engineering qualifications.
• Strong communication and client liaison skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage projects from order through to installation, liaising with clients and internal teams.
• Coordinate with sales, design, manufacturing and service teams to deliver projects on time and on budget.
• Ensure projects are delivered on time, on budget and meeting quality expectations.

Skills

Project management

Client liaison

Manufacturing/engineering background

Communication

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.