Project Engineer

Boeing Co.; Yeovil; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

BUPA Medical Plan

Pension Plan

Holiday allowance

Well Being Program

Job summary

The Boeing Company is seeking a Project Engineer based primarily in Yeovil with a secondary Bristol location, offering hybrid working. You will support the Rotary Wing Enterprise (RWE) programme, coordinating engineering teams, managing SOWs, and applying systems engineering best practices to ensure quality, traceability, and timely delivery.

Responsibilities include planning resources, reporting to VL leadership, and coordinating changes to deliverables, costs, and schedules while maintaining

Qualifications

• Degree in Engineering, Systems Engineering or related field with experience in requirements management.
• Knowledge of Chinook and/or Apache rotorcraft platforms.
• Experience in Project Planning and Management; strong SE skills and good IT, plus customer-facing abilities.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate engineering teams across multiple disciplines and with external resources and customers.
• Develop and maintain Statements of Work (SOWs) for RWE programme requirements.
• Champion systems engineering best practice and ensure traceability of requirements across tiers.
• Collaborate with leadership to obtain approvals ensuring business continuity for RWE delivery.
• Support RWE milestones, proposal development, and status reporting to VL leadership.
• Identify metrics and report on functional performance against baselines.
• Plan resources and manage changes to SOWs, costs, and schedules.

Skills

Requirements mgmt

Systems engineering

Project planning

Customer facing

Rotorcraft knowledge

IT skills

Education

Engineering degree

IEng/CEng preferred

Engineering Council registration

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Job Description

At Boeing, we innovate and collaborate to make the world a better place. We're committed to fostering an environment for every teammate that's welcoming, respectful and inclusive, with great opportunity for professional growth. Find your future with us.

This post is for a Project Engineer reporting to the BDUK Vertical Lift (VL) Project Engineering Manager.

The role will assist the BDUK VL Chief Programme Engineers (CPEs) by supporting the delivery of the Rotary Wing Enterprise (RWE) programme objectives, ensuring that assigned activities are appropriately coordinated, managed and reported.

This role is primarily based at Yeovil, with Bristol offered as a secondary work location.

The role will involve occasional travel to other BDUK and customer sites, and options exist for hybrid working.

Position Responsibilities

• Providing coordination to engineering teams representing multiple skill areas, which may include internal and external resources and customers.
• Developing and maintaining internal and external Statements of Work (SOWs) to satisfy current and emerging RWE programme requirements.
• Championing systems engineering best practice in the management of the RWE programme requirements hierarchy, ensuring that requirements are of a good quality with an associated compliance verification strategy, are allocated appropriately, and have adequately traceability between the different requirement tiers.
• Working with programme leadership to obtain required approvals to ensure business continuity for tasks relating to the proposed delivery of the RWE contracted service.
• Coordinating RWE future state and 'additional tasking' project proposal development activities, and ensuring the engineering leadership team are aware of associated proposal gate milestones and objectives.
• Identifying metrics and reporting to VL programme leadership to provide a status of functional performance.
• Comparing actual results to baseline plans to assess project performance, efficiencies, productivity and lessons learned.
• Planning, identifying, and coordinating resources required to support the RWE programme through the management of functional resource requirements and reporting into status reviews.
• Responding to changes to SOWs, assessing the impact and negotiating proposed changes to determine modifications to deliverables, resources, costs and schedules.
• Providing technical coordination for the development and execution of the project deliverables.
• The tailoring and application of engineering initiatives, best practices and quality processes.
• Contributing to Continuous Improvement.
• Risk, Issues and Opportunities management.

Employer will not sponsor applicants for employment visa status.

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience)

• A Degree level (or equivalent) qualification in Engineering, Systems Engineering, or an engineering related field, with experience in requirements management for systems and / or services.
• Knowledge of the Chinook and/or Apache rotorcraft platforms.
• Experience in Project Planning and Management; Excellent SE knowledge and skills, Good IT skills; Excellent Customer Facing Skills

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience)

• Registration with the Engineering Council as an Incorporated or Chartered Engineer (IEng or CEng), or the ability to demonstrate a credible route to IEng or CEng accreditation.
• Knowledge of Military Airworthiness Authority (MAA) Regulatory Articles.

Relocation

This position does not offer relocation. Candidates must live in the immediate area or relocate at their own expense.

What Boeing offers you:

• Competitive salary and annual incentive plans
• Continuous learning - you'll develop the approach and skills to navigate whatever comes next
• Success as defined by you - we'll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way
• An inclusive culture - you'll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs
• Excellent Adoption and Parental leave options
• 23 days plus UK public holidays and a Winter Break between Christmas and New Year
• Pension Plan with up to 10% employer contribution
• Company paid BUPA Medical Plan
• Short Term Sickness: 100% pay for the first 26 weeks
• Long Term Sickness: 66.67% of annual salary from 27th week
• 6x annual salary life insurance
• Learning Together Programme to support your on-going personal and career development
• Access to Boeing's Well Being Programs, tool and incentives

Applications for this position will be accepted until Jan. 31, 2027

Export Control Details

Non - US based job

Relocation

Relocation assistance is not a negotiable benefit for this position.

Security Clearance

This position requires the ability to obtain United Kingdom Security Check.

Visa Sponsorship

Employer will not sponsor applicants for employment visa status.

Shift

Not a Shift Worker (United Kingdom)

Equal Opportunity Employer

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not accept unlawful discrimination in our recruitment or employment practices on any grounds including but not limited to; race, color, ethnicity, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military and veteran status, or other characteristics covered by applicable law.

We have teams in more than 65 countries, and each person plays a role in helping us become one of the world's most innovative, diverse and inclusive companies. We are a Disability Confident Committed employer and welcome applications from candidates with disabilities. Applicants are encouraged to share with our recruitment team any accommodations required during the recruitment process. Accommodations may include but are not limited to: conducting interviews in accessible locations that accommodate mobility needs, encouraging candidates to bring and use any existing assistive technology such as screen readers and offering flexible interview formats such as virtual or phone interviews.