Project Engineer

Your role

Bring your curiosity to work as our next Project Engineer, reporting to the Project Lead. Your mission is to take ownership and responsibility of custom engineered orders within the Process Vacuum Systems & Solutions business of the Industrial Vacuum Division of the company.

Your day-to-day

• Assisting and supporting the Project Lead and Business Manager.


• To effectively handle all aspects of a contract from receipt of the order into the contracts department to commissioning, ensuring that the projects are delivered as sound engineering solutions produced on time, to specification, within budget and in accordance with the agreed delivery terms and conditions.


• Managing the change process throughout the contract to ensure the negotiation of price and delivery changes are carried out whenever possible maximising revenue and OPR and negating the application of liquidated damages. Close liaison with Sales, Project Lead and Contracts manager will be required to achieve this.


• Preparing and maintaining the Project Workbook cost spreadsheet for each project, monitoring costs to ensure overspends on contracts are minimised and that OPR is maximised.


• Estimating product lead times and preparing detailed production/resource plans and progress reports to follow the project to an on-time delivery.


• Preparing or overseeing the preparation of technical and commercial documents, drawings, material requisitions, quality plans, production / documentation schedules and the like, throughout the contract ensuring the content is accurate, on time and of a consistently high quality.

Your skills and experience

• Experience in Project Management.


• Experience of systems engineering preferably gained in a process / chemical engineering background, technically minded. 


• Demonstrated ability to be self managing and motivated and lead resources successfully whilst working well in a team environment and demostrating good customer / peer / supplier relationships.


• Knowledge of working with engineering contractors, knowledge of vacuum technology would be an added advantage.


• Knowledge and working experience of international design standards and codes is preferred.


• Ability to travel and communicate effectively with internal and external customers on a professional level.


• Other requirements (Fluent written and spoken English language; expected travel requirements ~ 15% of time (% depending where the candidate is geographically located).

We encourage you to apply even if you don't meet every single requirement. We value diverse experiences and perspectives and are excited to see what you bring to the role.

Your job location

This position is based at our office based in Bolton, United Kingdom.