Project Manager – Engineering

Project Manager

Salary: to £55k

Permanent: Essex

Hybrid working

Join a global engineering organisation delivering complex capital equipment projects across critical infrastructure sectors.

Reporting to the Head of Projects, you will be responsible for delivering multiple projects valued at £1m+, managing schedules, budgets, contractual requirements and project performance from handover through to installation, commissioning and completion.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and manage project schedules, ensuring key milestones and deliverables are achieved.
• Manage project budgets, forecasts and profitability.
• Act as a focal point for project communication between internal teams and external stakeholders.
• Coordinate activities across departments to ensure projects are delivered to schedule.
• Manage project risks, issues, variations and change control.
• Review contracts, specifications and commercial documentation.
• Produce project reports and contract cost reviews.
• Monitor performance against agreed cost, schedule and delivery targets.
• Support installation, construction and commissioning activities as required.
• Ensure projects are delivered in accordance with contractual requirements and company safety standards.

Experience Required

• Delivering complex projects with responsibility for schedules, budgets and project outcomes.
• Strong project scheduling, planning and programme management expertise.
• Managing costs, forecasts and commercial performance.
• Read, analyse and interpret contracts and specifications.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience coordinating multidisciplinary teams and stakeholders.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and delivery challenges.
• Track record of delivering projects to agreed time, cost and quality targets.

Desirable

• Experience working on projects involving large capital equipment.
• Experience within water, construction, process engineering or similar project-led environments.
• NEC contract experience.

If you are an experienced Project Manager with the skills and experience outlined above and are seeking a hybrid position within a global engineering organisation, we would like to hear from you.