Senior Engineering PM | Large-Scale Steel Projects

SmartRecruiters, Inc.; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Personalised career path

Diversity of engineering projects

Private Medical Insurance

Employee assistance programme

Life insurance and pension

Team gatherings and social events

Flexible working

Job summary

ALTEN is a global engineering and technology consultancy delivering innovative solutions across aeronautics, energy, rail, IT and more. We seek a Senior Project Manager to drive complex engineering programmes in regulated environments, coordinating plans, resources and schedules across multiple projects.

Ideal candidates will have 4+ years leading engineering programmes, strong stakeholder skills, and experience with Primavera P6.

Qualifications

• Minimum 4+ years’ project management experience in engineering or related sectors.
• Experience managing complex engineering programmes at programme level.
• Experience producing and managing detailed project schedules.
• Strong understanding of resource planning and load vs capacity management.
• Experience with Primavera P6.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Background in steel frame structures or large-scale engineering projects.
• Experience supporting V&V activities.
• Experience within highly regulated industries.
• Exposure to major infrastructure or capital projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and integration of detailed programme plans across multiple engineering projects.
• Own and manage resource planning, including load vs capacity for engineering teams.
• Create and maintain integrated Level 4 schedules with dependencies and critical paths.
• Coordinate with engineering and project teams for realistic delivery plans.
• Support programme governance, reporting, and risk management activities.
• Drive best practice in project controls, scheduling and planning processes.
• Challenge assumptions to reflect engineering scope and delivery requirements.
• Facilitate cross-discipline collaboration to deliver key project milestones.
• Monitor programme performance and propose recovery actions.
• Provide leadership and guidance on Primavera P6 planning methodologies.

Skills

Project leadership

Stakeholder management

Schedule planning

Resource planning

Strong communication

Risk management

Agile / Waterfall

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering

Military equivalent experience

Tools

Primavera P6

Job description

ALTEN is a global engineering and technology consultancy delivering innovative solutions across aeronautics, energy, rail, IT and more. We seek a Senior Project Manager to drive complex engineering programmes in regulated environments, coordinating plans, resources and schedules across multiple projects.

Ideal candidates will have 4+ years leading engineering programmes, strong stakeholder skills, and experience with Primavera P6.