Project Engineer: Layout & Multi-Discipline Delivery

ALTEN LTD - UK; East Midlands; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private Medical Insurance

Cycle & Tech Scheme

Employee assistance programme

Life insurance & Pension Scheme

Job summary

ALTEN LTD - UK is seeking a Project Engineer to lead the planning, coordination, and delivery of a complex Layout Engineering scope within a multidisciplinary programme. The role focuses on plant/layout experience with a strong technical insight to build credible schedules and manage work packages.

The ideal candidate will have 5–10 years in Project Engineering or Delivery, experience with large-scale infrastructure, and a background in engineering governance and risk management.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in plant/layout engineering, facility layout, equipment arrangement, 3D design integration, or multi-discipline design coordination.
• Experience managing layout engineering activities through concept, preliminary, and detailed design phases.
• 5–10 years' experience in Project Engineering, Engineering Management, Project Coordination, or Technical Programme Delivery.
• Knowledge of engineering planning and scheduling principles.
• Ability to provide planners with credible engineering delivery assumptions and logic.

Responsibilities

• Lead the coordination and delivery of Layout Engineering activities across complex engineering programmes.
• Act as the focal point between Layout Engineers, Project Managers, Planners, and external stakeholders.
• Develop and maintain engineering work breakdown structures for layout scope.
• Define technical deliverables, key interfaces, dependencies, and engineering milestones.
• Support planners by providing accurate sequencing, assumptions, resource requirements, and delivery logic.
• Coordinate design integration activities across multiple engineering disciplines.
• Monitor progress and support delivery against schedule, cost, quality, and scope objectives.
• Identify and manage technical risks associated with design integration and layout development.

Skills

Plant layout

Facility layout

Equipment arrangement

3D design integration

Multi-discipline design coordination

Project engineering

Scheduling/Planning

WBS

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering

Equivalent military experience

Tools

BIM

Job description

ALTEN LTD - UK is seeking a Project Engineer to lead the planning, coordination, and delivery of a complex Layout Engineering scope within a multidisciplinary programme. The role focuses on plant/layout experience with a strong technical insight to build credible schedules and manage work packages.

The ideal candidate will have 5–10 years in Project Engineering or Delivery, experience with large-scale infrastructure, and a background in engineering governance and risk management.