Software Project Engineer

Rise Technical Recruitment Ltd; Warrington; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Rise Technical Recruitment Ltd in Warrington is seeking a Senior Project Engineer with a software background to own customer projects from planning through to go-live and handover. This site-based role includes one day of home working per week after probation and occasional travel to customer sites.

You must be PRINCE2 certified and bring strong governance, risk and change-control skills, with experience delivering software-enabled projects.

Qualifications

• PRINCE2 certification and proven project management in software delivery.
• Experience delivering customer projects from planning to handover.
• Strong governance, risk and change control skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage customer projects from order handover through development and handover.
• Establish project plans, milestones and review cadence.
• Lead governance with risks, decisions and actions.
• Coordinate internal teams and third parties, including site readiness and training.
• Support transition to ongoing support and capture lessons learned.

Skills

Project management

Governance

Stakeholder management

Software background

Education

PRINCE2 certification

Job description

Warrington | Site based, with 1 day working from home per week after probation

£65,000 to £80,000 depending on experience + Great Benefits Package

Excellent opportunity for a PRINCE2-qualified Project Engineer with a software background to take ownership of customer projects from initial planning through to implementation, go-live and handover.

This well-established engineering and technology business develops software and integrated systems for manufacturing customers. They are looking for a Senior Project Engineer to bring strong project management fundamentals, clear governance and a consistent delivery cadence to their customer projects.

In this role, you will coordinate software, technical and installation teams, acting as the main customer contact throughout delivery. You will establish project plans and regular reviews, manage risks and dependencies, control changes and maintain visibility of costs, resources and milestones. You will also contribute to pre-order reviews, ensuring delivery requirements and risks are understood before commitments are made.

The ideal candidate will have a software background and experience managing customer projects through the full delivery lifecycle. PRINCE2 certification is essential, alongside strong planning, governance and stakeholder management skills. You will be comfortable challenging unclear requirements, holding teams accountable for actions and keeping projects moving without direct line management authority.

This is a fantastic opportunity to take a visible role within an established technology business, delivering projects that make a practical difference to customers’ operations.

The Role:

• Manage customer projects from order handover through development, installation, commissioning and close-out.
• Establish project plans, milestones, resource requirements and a regular cadence of reviews and updates.
• Lead project governance, maintaining clear records of risks, decisions, actions and dependencies.
• Control scope changes and track their impact on costs, resources and delivery commitments.
• Coordinate internal teams, customers and third parties, including site readiness, training and acceptance.
• Manage transition into support and capture lessons learned.
• Site based, with customer travel as required and 1 day working from home per week after probation.

The Person:

• Experienced Project Engineer or Project Manager with a software background.
• PRINCE2 qualified, with strong project management fundamentals.
• Experience delivering customer projects from planning through implementation and handover.
• Confident managing governance, risk, change control and project costs.
• Strong communicator who can coordinate multiple teams and challenge unrealistic commitments.
• Experience in automation, systems integration or manufacturing environments would be beneficial.
• Able to commute to Daresbury and travel to customer sites when required.