Senior Mechanical Project Lead

REACT Engineering Limited; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

React Engineering is seeking a PROJECT ENGINEERING MANAGER – MECHANICAL to lead multidisciplinary delivery from its West Cumbria office. You will set the engineering delivery strategy, own the technical baseline and interfaces, and act as the senior engineering contact for clients, authorities and suppliers.

This role requires around 10 years post‑graduation experience in a comparable PM/Engineering Manager role within a regulated or complex industrial environment, plus Chartered Engineer status

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent professional qualification in Mechanical Engineering or a closely related discipline.
• Around 10 years post-graduation experience in a comparable Project Engineering Manager/Engineering Manager/Lead Project Engineer role.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary engineering delivery and accountability for technical quality in a regulated or complex industrial environment.
• Strong understanding of the engineering lifecycle, requirements, design maturity, verification, configuration, change and assurance.

Responsibilities

• Set the engineering delivery strategy, plan, team and priorities from client needs, project objectives and technical requirements.
• Lead and integrate mechanical, process, CE&I, civil/structural, safety and other discipline inputs.
• Own requirements, the technical baseline, interfaces, deliverables, reviews, decisions and engineering dependencies.
• Make or secure timely decisions and chair key technical reviews with evidence.
• Maintain oversight of progress, risk, assumptions, change, resources and constraints; intervene early when delivery is at risk.
• Set governance, configuration control, verification and approval arrangements.
• Align technical, safety, cost, schedule and commercial considerations with project, planning and commercial colleagues.
• Act as the senior engineering contact for clients, technical authorities, suppliers and delivery partners.
• Apply mechanical engineering judgement and constructive challenge to complex issues.
• Lead and develop engineers while strengthening methods and capability.

Skills

Project leadership

Multidisciplinary delivery

Stakeholder communication

Regulated environment experience

Engineering lifecycle knowledge

Education

Degree in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

NEC contracts

CDM

Job description

React Engineering is seeking a PROJECT ENGINEERING MANAGER – MECHANICAL to lead multidisciplinary delivery from its West Cumbria office. You will set the engineering delivery strategy, own the technical baseline and interfaces, and act as the senior engineering contact for clients, authorities and suppliers.

This role requires around 10 years post‑graduation experience in a comparable PM/Engineering Manager role within a regulated or complex industrial environment, plus Chartered Engineer status