Head of Project Management & Engineering

Job Title: Head of Project Management & Engineering

Location: Abingdon, Oxfordshire

Salary: Up to £85,000

Shift: Monday – Friday

A great opportunity has come to market for a Head of Project Management & Engineering to join a highly respected and fast-growing engineering business with a strong reputation within the automotive sector.

You will be responsible for leading all customer and R&D projects from concept through to delivery, managing a team of Project Engineers, and ensuring full alignment between engineering, manufacturing, quality, and commercial functions.

This is a senior leadership role within the Management Team, where you will play a key part in driving technical delivery, project execution, and continuous improvement across complex engineering programmes.

Sector – Automotive / Advanced Manufacturing / Composites

· 10–15+ years’ experience in automotive, composites, aerospace, or advanced manufacturing environments
· Strong engineering project management leadership experience
· Proven experience managing technical engineering teams

· Strong understanding of engineering design, manufacturing, and project delivery processes
· Experience working with ERP systems and structured project controls
· Strong commercial awareness including quotations and project costing
· Experience working with customers and senior stakeholders
· Understanding of manufacturing environments and production planning

· Experience within composites or high-performance automotive/aerospace environments
· Knowledge of FEA and design tools (CATIA V5, Femap, Altair, HyperWorks)
· Experience working to AS9100 quality standards
· Background in low-volume, high-complexity engineering programmes

· Joining a highly respected and growing engineering business
· Senior leadership position with real influence across the organisation
· Opportunity to work on cutting-edge automotive and composite engineering programmes
· Excellent salary of up to £85,000
· Monday to Friday working pattern

If you are interested in this role and feel that you have the right skills, then please click apply at the bottom of this advert.

For further details contact Mike Lester at Pioneer - (phone number removed)

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