Project Manager (Engineering CAPEX)

ATA Recruitment; London Borough of Newham; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Holiday purchase scheme

Private medical insurance for employee

Company pension contribution up to 7%

4x death in service cover

Job summary

ATA Recruitment Ltd is seeking a Project Manager to deliver a diverse CAPEX portfolio at our client's engineering site in East London. Leading projects from concept to integration, you will manage large budgets and coordinate multiple contractors to improve site performance.

The role requires hands-on engineering experience, strong cost control, and robust stakeholder engagement. You will ensure adherence to CDM, safety, and quality standards while reporting progress to senior management.

Qualifications

• Project management experience in industrial/manufacturing environments.
• Proven track record delivering CAPEX projects.
• Engineering background in manufacturing, process plant, utilities, chemical, or heavy industry.
• Strong cost control, contractor management and stakeholder engagement.
• Good understanding of CDM Regulations and project governance.
• Experience using MS Office and project planning tools.

Responsibilities

• Deliver a range of engineering/CAPEX projects from feasibility through to completion.
• Develop project scopes, budgets and schedules.
• Produce accurate cost estimates for projects and manage cost against scope.
• Coordinate sub-contractor engineering, ground works and labour on projects.
• Identify and mitigate risks; maintain safety, quality and CDM compliance.
• Provide regular project reporting on programme performance and milestones; mentor project engineers.

Skills

Project management

CAPEX projects

Engineering background

Cost control

Contractor management

Stakeholder engagement

CDM Regulations

MS Office

Project planning tools

Tools

Microsoft Project

Microsoft Office

Job description

Project Manager (CAPEX Engineering)

East London

£65,000 – 75,000

We're recruiting for a Project Manager to deliver a diverse portfolio of CAPEX projects across continuous improvement and replacement of major assets at our clients engineering site. With annual project expenditure of approximately £5 million, you'll be responsible for leading a wide variety projects from initial concept through to integration of new equipment into our customers site.

This is a fantastic opportunity for a hands‑on engineering professional who enjoys managing multiple stakeholders, contractors and technical projects while making a visible impact on site performance and future growth.

The Role

As Project Manager, you'll be responsible for delivering a range of engineering and infrastructure projects typically valued between £50,000 and £1 million. Projects may include:

• Replacement of large industrial tank systems
• New pipeline installations
• Upgrades and replacements to heating and cooling equipment at site
• New utilities for the site

Key responsibilities on projects will include:

• Reviewing initial project feasibility and benefit to site
• Produce accurate cost estimates for projects
• Develop project scopes, budgets and schedules.
• Identifying and mitigating for risks in projects
• Manage engineering CAPEX projects from feasibility through to completion.
• Control of cost and budget against project scope
• Managing changes and variations to scope during project lifecycle
• Coordination of sub contract engineering, ground works and labour on projects
• Ensure compliance with CDM, health & safety and quality standards.
• Provide regular project reporting on programme performance, costs and milestones.
• Mentoring and development of project engineers at site

The Candidate

For this Project Manager (Engineering CAPEX) role we're looking for:

Essential

• Project Management experience within an industrial or manufacturing environment.
• Proven experience delivering CAPEX projects
• Engineering background within manufacturing, process plant, utilities, chemical, oil & gas, bulk storage, logistics, energy or heavy industrial sectors.
• Strong cost control, contractor management and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Good understanding of CDM Regulations and project governance.
• Experience using Microsoft Office and project planning tools.

Desired

• Experience working with tanks, pipelines, pumps, valves or process equipment.
• Knowledge of COMAH, API or EEMUA standards would be advantageous.

Salary & Benefits

For this Project Manager (Engineering CAPEX) role you will receive:

• £65,000 - £75,000 basic salary
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Holiday purchase scheme
• Private medical insurance for employee and family
• Company pension contribution up to 7%
• 4x death in service cover

ATA is committed to creating a diverse workforce and is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of age, disability, gender, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation