Technical Project Manager: Complex Engineering Programs

Holt Engineering; Hurn; On-site; GBP 57,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Pension 8%

Private healthcare

Health cash plan

27 days holiday

Cycle to Work Scheme

Professional development

Job summary

Holt Engineering in Christchurch, Dorset, is seeking a Technical Project Manager to lead complex engineering programmes from kick-off through design, build, integration and final closure. You’ll act as the main interface for customers, coordinating multidisciplinary teams across systems, hardware, software and production.

Role requires credibility with engineering teams, strong stakeholder management and the ability to drive projects through engineering lifecycle gates.

Qualifications

• Experience managing complex engineering, equipment or technology projects.
• Strong customer-facing experience as the main project interface.
• Able to lead multidisciplinary teams within a matrix organisation.
• Good technical understanding of complex electrical, electronic, software-controlled or electromechanical systems.
• Familiarity with engineering lifecycles including requirements, design reviews, manufacture, verification and acceptance.
• Experience managing scope, schedule, resources, quality, risk and cost.
• Commercial awareness including forecasting, cost-to-complete and margin protection.
• Confident handling change control, difficult conversations and project recovery activity.
• Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills.
• Willingness to travel occasionally within the UK and internationally.

Responsibilities

• Lead customer and internal project kick-off meetings.
• Own project plans, schedules, milestones, resources and governance.
• Act as the principal interface with customers throughout delivery.
• Lead multidisciplinary engineering and operational project teams.
• Manage risks, opportunities, actions and recovery plans.
• Track revenue, expenditure, cost to complete, margin and resource demand.
• Control scope changes, variations and customer requests.
• Coordinate requirements, design reviews, manufacture, integration and acceptance activity.
• Challenge whether engineering solutions are mature enough to progress to the next stage.
• Support FAT, SAT, installation, commissioning and warranty activity.
• Work with Procurement and Engineering on external suppliers and subcontractors.
• Support bids and proposals with realistic schedules, risks, costs and delivery plans.
• Escalate technical, commercial or resource issues where required.
• Maintain accurate project information within ERP and financial systems.

Skills

Complex engineering projects

Customer interface

Matrix organisation leadership

Electrical/electromechanical systems

Lifecycle management

Budget and cost control

Change control

Stakeholder management

Travel UK/international

Communication skills

Job description

Holt Engineering in Christchurch, Dorset, is seeking a Technical Project Manager to lead complex engineering programmes from kick-off through design, build, integration and final closure. You’ll act as the main interface for customers, coordinating multidisciplinary teams across systems, hardware, software and production.

Role requires credibility with engineering teams, strong stakeholder management and the ability to drive projects through engineering lifecycle gates.