Project Engineer

Recruit Mint Ltd; Towngate; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 61,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

On-site 6 months then flexible working

25 days annual leave

Company pension scheme

Private medical insurance

Life assurance

Employee reward and recognition scheme

Employee assistance programme & Well‑l

Job summary

Recruit Mint Ltd is seeking a Project Engineer to keep complex technical projects on track from requirements through delivery on mission-critical products for aviation and defence sectors. You will coordinate activities, steer development teams, manage documentation, risk and prototypes, and work with technical authorities and third-party providers to maintain momentum.

The role requires an organised, technically-minded engineer capable of managing multiple projects and aligning them with the

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical subject required or preferred.
• Strong interpersonal and negotiation skills across all levels.
• Experience in design engineering and embedded software desirable.

Responsibilities

• Coordinating and organising project activities to ensure delivery within agreed timeframes
• Generating and maintaining essential project documentation
• Monitoring and reporting project status in collaboration with the technical authority
• Assisting in project requirement generation and documentation
• Scheduling activities to keep projects aligned with the product roadmap
• Identifying and documenting project risks and implementing mitigation strategies
• Managing prototypes and ensuring equipment availability
• Organising and leading project review meetings
• Handling multiple concurrent projects and keeping operations running smoothly
• Building strong relationships with third-party providers to ensure timely coordination

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Negotiation skills

Embedded software

CAD for mechanical

Education

Bachelor's degree in relevant technical subject

Job description

Project Engineer

Keep complex technical projects on track, from requirements through to delivery, on products that have to work when it matters.

This is a Project Engineer role with an established manufacturer, coordinating project delivery across a busy product engineering team.

As a Project Engineer you will coordinate project activities and help steer development teams to deliver both internal and external projects on time, for an established manufacturer of mission-critical communications equipment for the aviation and defence sectors. Working within the product engineering department, you will keep projects aligned to the wider roadmap, manage documentation, risk and prototypes, and work closely with technical authorities and third-party providers to keep everything moving. It is a role that suits an organised, technically-minded engineer who can hold several projects at once and bring order to complexity. If you want genuine ownership of project delivery in a technical environment, this is a role with real scope to grow.

Job Responsibilities

• Coordinating and organising project activities to ensure delivery within agreed timeframes
• Generating and maintaining essential project documentation
• Monitoring and reporting project status in collaboration with the technical authority
• Assisting in project requirement generation and documentation
• Scheduling activities to keep projects aligned with the product roadmap
• Identifying and documenting project risks and implementing mitigation strategies
• Managing prototypes and ensuring equipment availability
• Organising and leading project review meetings
• Handling multiple concurrent projects and keeping operations running smoothly
• Building strong relationships with third-party providers to ensure timely coordination

Skills and Experience

To succeed as a Project Engineer you will need:

• A degree, ideally a 1st or 2:1, in a relevant technical subject
• A good understanding of the full product development lifecycle
• Strong interpersonal and negotiation skills, able to communicate effectively across all levels
• The ability to anticipate challenges and plan strategically to meet long-term objectives
• Experience in a design engineering role, which is desirable
• Knowledge of any of the following, which is desirable: communications modulation techniques, electronic circuit design and prototyping, FPGA firmware design, digital signal processing, or CAD for mechanical components
• Programming experience in languages such as C, C#, C++, Python, HTML or JavaScript, which is desirable
• Proven capability in embedded software design and implementation, which is desirable

Pay and Benefits

As a Project Engineer you will receive:

• A salary of up to £55,000
• On-site full-time for the first 6 months, with flexible working thereafter
• Monday to Friday
• 25 days annual leave
• Company pension scheme
• Private medical insurance
• Life assurance
• Employee reward and recognition scheme
• Employee assistance programme and wellbeing services
• Continued professional development, including professional memberships and registration where applicable