Senior Project Engineer: High-Performance Racing Parts

McLaren Racing Ltd; Woking; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 72,000; Full time

Job summary

McLaren Racing Ltd seeks a Senior Operative, Project Engineer to manage and deliver a portfolio of race car components and tooling, coordinating across in-house and external manufacturing routes. You will build production plans, balance capacity, and drive risk management to meet race, test and programme schedules.

The role requires experience in project engineering or operations within high-performance manufacturing, with strong planning, problem-solving and stakeholder skills.

Qualifications

• Experience in project engineering, production planning or operations within a high-performance manufacturing environment.
• Strong understanding of manufacturing processes in low-volume, high-complexity environments, with the ability to interpret engineering drawings and BOM data.
• Experience using planning systems and digital tools to support programme delivery.
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills to manage priorities and deadlines.
• Stakeholder management experience; Motorsport or high-precision manufacturing exposure is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Manage and deliver a portfolio of race car components, tooling and validation activities across in-house and external manufacturing routes.
• Develop and maintain detailed production plans, reconciling demand across programmes to support on-time delivery.
• Lead capacity planning and support make-or-buy decisions balancing cost, capability, risk and delivery.
• Collaborate with Engineering, Production, Technical Purchasing, Quality and Supply Chain teams to manage suppliers and mitigate risks.
• Drive continuous improvement across project engineering and operational planning processes while maintaining planning data.

Skills

Project engineering

Production planning

Operations management

Planning systems

Risk management

Job description

McLaren Racing Ltd seeks a Senior Operative, Project Engineer to manage and deliver a portfolio of race car components and tooling, coordinating across in-house and external manufacturing routes. You will build production plans, balance capacity, and drive risk management to meet race, test and programme schedules.

The role requires experience in project engineering or operations within high-performance manufacturing, with strong planning, problem-solving and stakeholder skills.