Project Engineer

Nova Talent; Market Deeping, Cardiff; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexitime

Enhanced Holiday

Enhanced Pension

Life Assurance

Private healthcare

Free parking

Training

Continuous Learning

Wellbeing services

Cycle to work

Staff canteen

Liberty Days

Long service awards

Holiday buy/sell

Job summary

Nova Talent, partnering with a leading engineering and technology organisation, is recruiting a Project Engineer. This role suits an engineer with product development experience who enjoys coordinating technical projects across multidisciplinary teams.

You will plan, coordinate, and deliver development projects, maintain schedule visibility, and help move ideas from concept to manufacture. Strong communication and problem-solving are essential.

Qualifications

• Degree in Engineering or a related technical discipline.
• Experience in design engineering, product development, or project engineering.
• Understanding of the product development lifecycle from concept to manufacture.
• Strong communication, planning, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and solve problems effectively.

Responsibilities

• Coordinating engineering project activities, schedules, and deliverables.
• Supporting project planning, documentation, and reporting.
• Monitoring project risks, progress, and resource requirements.
• Liaising with engineering teams and stakeholders to ensure successful project delivery.
• Coordinating prototype builds, materials, and development resources.
• Supporting continuous improvement and new product introduction activities.

Skills

Communication

Planning

Stakeholder management

Prioritization

Problem solving

Education

Engineering degree or equivalent qualification

Tools

MS Project

Jira

CAD tools

Programming languages (C, C++, C#, Python, JavaScript)

Job description

Nova Talent is partnering with a leading engineering and technology organisation to recruit a Project Engineer. This is an excellent opportunity for an engineer with product development experience who enjoys coordinating technical projects, working across multidisciplinary teams, and helping bring innovative products from concept through to manufacture.

Working closely with engineering and project leadership teams, you will support the planning, coordination, and delivery of development projects, ensuring activities remain on track and stakeholders are kept informed.

Key responsibilities include:

• Coordinating engineering project activities, schedules, and deliverables.
• Supporting project planning, documentation, and reporting.
• Monitoring project risks, progress, and resource requirements.
• Liaising with engineering teams and stakeholders to ensure successful project delivery.
• Coordinating prototype builds, materials, and development resources.
• Supporting continuous improvement and new product introduction activities.

About You

We are looking for a technically minded engineer who is organised, proactive, and enjoys working across teams to deliver successful projects.

You will ideally have:

• A degree or equivalent qualification in Engineering or a related technical discipline.
• Experience within a design engineering, product development, or project engineering environment.
• An understanding of the product development lifecycle, from concept through to manufacture.
• Strong communication, planning, and stakeholder management skills.
• The ability to manage multiple priorities and solve problems effectively.

Exposure to areas such as electronics development, RF or communications systems, embedded software, FPGA technology, Digital Signal Processing (DSP), New Product Introduction (NPI), manufacturing environments, or project planning tools such as MSProject or Jira would be advantageous. Experience with programming languages including C, C++, C#, Python, or JavaScriptand CAD design tools would also be beneficial.

Applicants are not expected to have experience across all of these areas. A broad technical foundation and a willingness to learn are equally important.

What is on Offer?

• Salary £45,000 - £55,000
• Flexitime and core hours – 37.5 hrs a week, core hrs between 0930-1500
• Enhanced Holiday – 25 days plus bank holidays
• Enhanced Pension Scheme – up to 8% company contribution
• Life Assurance
• Liberty Days - you can request up to 3 days of your annual leave 'on the day'
• Buying and Selling Holidays
• Long service and retirement awards
• Private healthcare
• Flu vaccinations
• Cycle to work scheme
• Subsidised staff canteen
• Free parking
• Training
• Continuous Learning
• Employee Assistance Programme and Wellbeing Services