Project Engineer

Wallace Hind Selection; Milton Keynes; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Overtime

Annual bonus

Job summary

Wallace Hind Selection is seeking an experienced Project Engineer for a factory-based role in the Bedford area. You will manage projects from order to installation, coordinating with sales, design, manufacturing and service teams to meet time and budget targets.

The ideal candidate will have a proven track record in manufacturing or engineering, with relevant project management qualifications and strong client communication skills.

Qualifications

• 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.
• Experience with packaging machinery or food/chemical/pharmaceutical markets 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.

Responsibilities

• Manage projects from order through to installation, liaising with clients and internal teams (sales, design, manufacturing & service) to ensure on-time, on-budget delivery.
• Take over from the retiring incumbent and conduct thorough handover training to ensure continuity.

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.