Senior Engineering Projects Lead (Multimillion-£)

WR Engineering; Knutsford; On-site; GBP 72,000 - 88,000; Full time

Job summary

WR Engineering in Knutsford is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead complex, high-value engineering programmes from inception to delivery. You will steer multidisciplinary teams, manage multimillion-pound budgets and engage clients to ensure delivery on time and to specification.

The role requires a degree in Engineering and a track record of 10+ years delivering large-scale projects, with strong leadership, commercial awareness and proactive process improvement.

Qualifications

• Degree-qualified in Engineering or equivalent.
• 10+ years in project management within an engineering environment.
• Experience delivering large-scale engineering projects.
• Strong leadership and client management.
• Commercial awareness with budgets and risks.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop project teams, ensuring projects are delivered safely, efficiently and to the required quality standards.
• Manage multiple engineering projects from inception to completion, overseeing programmes, budgets, resources and milestones.
• Oversee the delivery of multimillion-pound projects, managing costs, risks and changes throughout the project lifecycle.
• Support tendering activities, reviewing project requirements and identifying the resources needed for successful delivery.
• Contribute to technical design reviews and project planning.
• Build strong relationships with clients, internal teams and key stakeholders.
• Identify opportunities to improve processes, productivity and profitability.
• Drive effective communication and information flow across project teams.

Skills

Leadership

Budget management

Stakeholder management

Project delivery

Risk management

Education

Engineering degree

Job description

WR Engineering in Knutsford is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead complex, high-value engineering programmes from inception to delivery. You will steer multidisciplinary teams, manage multimillion-pound budgets and engage clients to ensure delivery on time and to specification.

The role requires a degree in Engineering and a track record of 10+ years delivering large-scale projects, with strong leadership, commercial awareness and proactive process improvement.