Project Manager - BEL Engineering

British Engines (UK) Limited; Newcastle upon Tyne; Presencial; GBP 55.000 - 75.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Wellbeing app

Holiday buy & sell

Competitive pay

Enhanced pension

Descripción de la vacante

British Engines in Newcastle upon Tyne is seeking a Project Manager to oversee from customer order through manufacture, delivery and close-out. You will coordinate purchasing, suppliers, and internal teams, ensuring contractual requirements and delivery dates are met.

You will review specifications, maintain project plans, monitor costs and margins, and lead meetings and site visits as required. A relevant engineering degree is preferred, with willingness to travel and uphold safety standards.

Formación

• Experience in project planning and coordination within manufacturing.
• Strong communication and relationship-building abilities.
• Understanding of machine-shop environments and manufacturing processes.
• Engineering degree preferred or time-served machining experience.
• Full UK driving licence and willingness to travel to sites.

Responsabilidades

• Manage and expedite projects from order to close-out, ensuring delivery and outputs.
• Coordinate purchasing, suppliers, subcontractors, and internal teams.
• Maintain project plans, meetings, progress reports and ERP data.
• Monitor costs, budgets, forecasts, margins and report variances.
• Lead project meetings, site visits, and variation orders where needed.
• Ensure compliance with Health, Safety & Environmental policies.

Conocimientos

Project planning

Coordination

Communication

Relationship building

Manufacturing knowledge

Educación

Engineering degree

Herramientas

ERP systems

Descripción del empleo

The job requirements are detailed below. Where applicable the skills, qualifications and memberships required have also been included.

Job details

Job reference REQ000961 Date posted 01/10/2026 Application closing date 20/11/2026 Location Newcastle upon Tyne - BEL Engineering Contractual hours 37 Basis Full Time Job category/type Projects Attachments Blank

Project Manager - BEL Engineering

As a Project Manager, you’ll manage and expedite projects from receipt of the customer order through manufacture, delivery and close-out, ensuring contractual requirements, agreed delivery dates and expected outputs are met. You’ll coordinate purchasing, suppliers, subcontractors and internal teams, while building strong relationships with customers and stakeholders across the business. Reviewing specifications, drawings and revisions, you’ll help clarify requirements, coordinate with the Project Quality Engineer and maintain effective project plans, meetings and progress reports. You’ll monitor costs, forecasts, margins, risks and delivery commitments; manage changes and negotiate variation orders; and identify opportunities to improve cost control and profitability while protecting customer relationships. You’ll also maintain accurate project information in the ERP system, lead lessons-learned activities where appropriate, and work in line with company policies and health, safety and environmental requirements.

What you'll be doing

• Manage & expedite assigned projects from receipt of customer order through manufacture, delivery and close-out, ensuring purchase-order requirements, agreed delivery dates and expected outputs are met.
• Expedite all direct purchasing activities required for assigned projects, including raw material and subcontract activities; coordination of suppliers and subcontractors, monitor commitments and expedite activity as needed.
• Build & maintain effective working relationships with customers, suppliers and relevant internal stakeholders.
• Coordinate project activity across the business, working collaboratively with colleagues and project contributors who do not report directly to the role.
• Coordinate project delivery with the relevant Project Quality Engineer, sharing project information and aligning activities as required.
• Review customer specifications, engineering drawings and revisions to understand project executables, and coordinate clarification of any discrepancies with relevant stakeholders.
• Use and maintain agreed project-planning tools.
• Arrange, chair and/or attend project meetings, including customer meetings and site visits where required.
• Create, submit, maintain and circulate project plans, progress updates and other status reports where required.
• Monitor actual and committed costs against the project budget or baseline, maintain forecasts, and report live margin and profitability. Highlight variances, risks and opportunities to the relevant stakeholders.
• Manage changes to project requirements and prepare, submit and negotiate variation orders.
• Identify and report project risks, track progress and take appropriate action to help mitigate delays or other issues affecting delivery. Maintain accurate project, purchasing and cost information in the company ERP system.
• Seek opportunities to manage project costs and improve profitability while protecting and developing customer relationships.
• Lead lessons-learned workshops where applicable, to ensure key learnings are recognised within the business, to support continuous improvement.
• Work in a safe manner and comply with the company’s Health, Safety & Environmental Policy.
• Follow relevant company policies, procedures and practices.
• Carry out any other duties not listed above that may reasonably be expected of the role, including but not limited to, providing business cover for your associated Project Quality Engineer counterpart during leave / absence, to support business continuity.

Who we're looking for

We’re looking for someone with project planning and coordination experience, strong communication and relationship-building skills, and a solid understanding of manufacturing—particularly machine-shop environments. Experience in sectors such as aerospace, civil nuclear or defence would be valuable. You’ll be confident interpreting customer specifications and engineering drawings, using ERP systems, and monitoring project costs, margins and profitability. You’ll also bring strong commercial awareness, analytical and problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and the ability to adapt, meet tight deadlines and influence colleagues across the business. A relevant engineering degree is preferred, though candidates with an engineering apprenticeship or time-served machining experience will also be considered. A full UK driving licence is required, as the role involves occasional travel to customer and supplier sites.

Wellbeing app (Employee Assistance Program)

Holiday buy & sell

Competitive pay

Enhanced pension

Successful candidates will be required to undergo BPSS clearance as part of the onboarding process.