Project Engineer

Forbo Group; Waingroves; On-site; GBP 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in flooring solutions seeks a Project Engineer at their Ripley site to lead project management for Flotex products. The role involves driving projects from concept to testing, ensuring on-time, on-budget delivery while supporting capital investments and technical requirements. Candidates are expected to have a strong mechanical or electrical engineering background and project management experience to deliver high-impact projects effectively.

Benefits

Stakeholder Pension Scheme with death in service benefit

34 days holiday including bank holidays

Cash plan Scheme

Occupational Health provision

Employee Assistance Programme

Free on site parking facilities

Qualifications

• Time-served engineer with experience in a production facility.
• Proven project management track record.
• Hands-on skills in Mechanical or Electrical disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Manage projects through initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, and closure.
• Coordinate installation with contractors and relevant departments.
• Ensure compliance with key specifications through FAT and SAT testing.

Skills

Project management

Digital proficiency

Continuous improvement mindset

Clear communication skills

People and resource management

Education

Mechanical or Electrical engineering qualification

Tools

MS Office

CMMS

AutoCAD

Project management software

Job description

The Flooring Systems division offers a broad and attractive range of environmentally friendly natural linoleum, high-quality vinyl floors, entrance matting systems for cleaning and drying shoes, carpet tiles, needle felt, and Flotex, the washable high-tech textile flooring. Thanks to their excellent technical properties and attractive design, these flooring products are invariably the first choice for public buildings, department stores, hospitals, and other healthcare facilities, schools, libraries, commercial and office spaces, leisure centers, shops, hotels, restaurants, and cafeterias as well as for applications in the residential market. With a market share of about 70 percent, Forbo is the world leader in linoleum.

Flooring Systems also provides ready-made adhesives for floor covering installations, parquet flooring, and ceramic tiles, leveling compounds for the construction industry as well as liquid floors under the trade name Eurocol.

Location : Ripley, Derbyshire

The Ripley site produces a range of flocked floor coverings in sheet, tile and plank formats. With a manufacturing footprint of 12000sqm and a 9000sqm warehouse, Ripley’s manufacturing processes include polyamide yarn cutting, dyeing, drying, electrostatic flocking, rotary and digital printing, backing application and final cutting/conversion. The Ripley site has ISO14001, ISO9001, ISO45001 and ISO 5001 (the first manufacturing site in the UK to achieve this) quality accreditations

Project Engineer

The Role

We’re seeking a Project Engineer to join our current team of two, to take the lead on all phases of project management for our Flotex product at the Ripley site. In this pivotal role, you'll drive projects from initial concept through to successful Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT) and Site Acceptance Testing (SAT), ensuring delivery is on time, on budget, and aligned with business objectives.

This full-time role (40 hours/week) is central to delivering high-impact projects that drive operational excellence. You will support capital investment plans, specify technical requirements for new equipment, and align with our long-term asset management life-cycle strategies and systems.

Key Responsibilities For The Position Include

• Managing projects through 5 phases:
• Initiation - Interact with Engineering management to interpret requirements for the relevant strategy, provide a technical overview & guidance, complete project Cost Time Resource (CTR) and feasibility study
• Planning - Work with the relevant departments to complete basic design concept and understand user requirements, communicate with a multitude of equipment OEM’s (Both National & International), provide a clear and concise case for capital investment with project documentation completed & submitted for approval.
• Execution - Being the principal point of contact throughout the tendering process, co-ordinate installation preparation with relevant departments & external contractors, services & utility requirements to be completed (where possible) prior to equipment installation with plans & timelines to be agreed with relevant parties to ensure continuity throughout the install process.
• Monitoring and controlling. Regular update meetings held to monitor progress with key suppliers & stakeholders. FAT & SAT testing procedures followed to ensure compliance to all specifications.
• Closure - Snagging list to be monitored and resolutions checked and signed off accordingly.
• Contractor management and network building
• Parts and servicing requesting using internal systems and ensuring the site has critical parts and service contracts set up following a project install
• Weekly updates and monthly reports
  
  

The Successful Candidate Must

• Be Mechanical or Electrical specialist with a hands-on skilled background in either discipline.
• Time served engineer with experience in a production facility environment (apprenticeship minimum) having achieved mechanical/electrical engineering focused qualification.
• Have project management ability, with a proven track record of delivering projects through structured phases
• Be competent in managing priorities, timelines, and budgets independently.
• Have a continuous improvement mindset, actively seeking ways to optimise and innovate, be proactive
• Have clear communication skills, both written and verbal, for effective cross-functional collaboration
• Have excellent People and resource management, including the ability to influence and coordinate teams
• Have Digital proficiency, with experience using MS Office, CMMS, AutoCAD, and project management software
  
  

Salary: £46,400

Bonus target: £2,800

Fully site based

Stakeholder Pension Scheme, with death in service benefit

34 days holiday [including bank holidays]

Cash plan Scheme

Occupational Health provision

Employee Assistance Programme

Free on site parking facilities

To apply, please forward on a cover letter explaining how you meet the above requirement along with a current CV detailing your current & expected salary/benefits package to Sarah McMasters, HR Business Partner (Ripley site)

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