Senior Project Manager

Ford & Stanley Select; Shirebrook; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Ford & Stanley Group in Shirebrook seeks a Senior Project Engineer to lead engineering delivery on a major rail project. You will own delivery across the lifecycle and interface between design, production and the customer to ensure compliance and on-spec delivery.

This hands-on, high-visibility role requires rail/rolling stock experience and a proven track record delivering complex projects while coordinating across multi-disciplinary teams.

Qualifications

• Experience in rail or rolling stock engineering.
• Proven ability to own engineering delivery across lifecycle.
• Strong interface skills between design, production and customer.
• Ability to interpret engineering drawings and specifications.

Responsibilities

• Own engineering output across projects, ensuring safe, timely, and compliant delivery.
• Act as the central link between design, production and customer teams.
• Manage activities from concept through build, test, validation and delivery.
• Produce and review technical reports and risk assessments.
• Resolve engineering and production issues quickly to maintain momentum.
• Ensure solutions meet regulatory, safety and customer standards.

Skills

Delivery leadership

Technical coordination

Problem solving

Communication

Organised & proactive

Hands-on

Education

Engineering degree or HND (or equivalent)

Job description

Senior Project Engineer | Shirebrook | £60,000–£75,000 | Permanent

The Opportunity

This role places the Senior Project Engineer at the centre of a major, business‑defining rail project that will shape the organisation’s next phase of growth.

You’ll take full ownership of engineering delivery across the entire lifecycle, acting as the key interface between design, production, and the customer to ensure solutions are robust, compliant, and delivered to specification.

This is a highly visible, hands‑on position where you’ll solve real‑time engineering challenges, support manufacturing teams, and influence how complex rail products are built, tested, and delivered. If you want to play a defining role in a flagship programme that will shape the company’s future, this is the opportunity to step into a role with genuine impact and accountability.

Senior Project Engineer Key Responsibilities

• Engineering Delivery Leadership: Own engineering output across assigned projects or work packages, ensuring safe, timely, and compliant delivery.
• Technical Coordination: Act as the central link between design, production, and customer engineering teams.
• Lifecycle Ownership: Manage engineering activities from concept through build, test, validation, and final delivery.
• Documentation & Compliance: Produce and review technical reports, risk assessments, and engineering documentation.
• Problem Solving: Resolve engineering and production issues quickly and effectively to maintain project momentum.
• Technical Governance: Ensure solutions meet regulatory, safety, and customer standards.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Communicate clearly with internal teams, suppliers, and customer representatives.

Ideal Senior Project Engineer

• Experienced: Proven background in rail or rolling stock engineering, with strong understanding of systems such as bogies, braking, or mechanical/electrical assemblies.
• Technically Strong: Confident interpreting engineering drawings, specifications, and technical documentation.
• Delivery Focused: Demonstrable track record managing engineering delivery across complex projects.
• Qualified: Degree or HND in Engineering (or equivalent).
• Problem Solver: Able to react quickly to production and engineering challenges.
• Clear Communicator: Comfortable working across design offices, shop‑floor teams, and customer stakeholders.
• Organised & Proactive: Capable of managing multiple priorities and technical interfaces.
• Hands‑On: Willing to engage directly with production issues and practical engineering tasks.

Location

Shirebrook (Full‑time on‑site due to the nature of the role).

Senior Project Engineer Salary

£60,000–£75,000 depending on experience.

About Ford & Stanley Group

Ford & Stanley Talent Services Group Ltd is a Disability Confident employer that is committed to a policy of equal opportunities for all opportunity seekers. We shall adhere to such a policy at all times and will review on an on‑going basis all aspects of recruitment to avoid unlawful or undesirable discrimination. We will treat everyone equally irrespective sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, age, disability, colour, race, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief or political beliefs and we place an obligation upon all staff to respect and act in accordance with the policy.

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