Project Engineer

Project Engineer | Manufacturing | Capital Projects

Location: Derbyshire
Salary: Up to £46,000 per annum DOE + bonus
Working Pattern: Mon – Friday Days Only
Sector: Advanced Manufacturing

Elevation Recruitment Group are working with a well-established manufacturing business that is investing heavily in its site, equipment and production capability. They are looking for a proactive Project Engineer to join their engineering team and take responsibility for delivering a varied portfolio of capital and improvement projects.

This is a hands-on project engineering role where you’ll have the opportunity to influence safety, reliability, capacity and continuous improvement, whilst managing projects from relatively small investments through to potentially £1m+ programmes.

You’ll work closely with wider teams, giving you genuine ownership and visibility across the business.

As the Project Engineer you will be:

• Managing multiple engineering and capital projects simultaneously, from concept through to completion
• Developing project plans, budgets, schedules and risk registers
• Preparing capital expenditure proposals and supporting ROI/business case calculations
• Obtaining and evaluating supplier and contractor quotations
• Managing contractors, suppliers and external engineering partners
• Monitoring project costs, timescales and progress against agreed plans
• Providing regular project updates to key stakeholders
• Supporting procurement and installation of new equipment and services
• Managing commissioning, implementation and final project handover
• Identifying opportunities to improve plant safety, reliability, efficiency and manufacturing capacity
• Working with site engineering and operations teams to deliver practical, sustainable solutions
• Producing and working with engineering drawings, including AutoCAD

Experience we are looking for:

• A Mechanical or Electrical Engineering qualification
• Around 5 years’ experience within an automated or semi-automated manufacturing environment
• Proven experience delivering capital investment projects
• Experience working with site infrastructure and manufacturing equipment
• Strong understanding of Health & Safety requirements within an industrial environment
• Experience using or creating AutoCAD drawings
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office
• Strong commercial awareness, including budgets, quotations and cost control
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
• A structured, organised approach to managing multiple projects
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making abilities
• A proactive approach and genuine continuous improvement mindset

Is the Project Engineer Role right for you?

This is a great opportunity for a Project Engineer who wants to move beyond simply managing individual engineering tasks and take genuine ownership of capital projects and site improvement initiatives.

You’ll be joining an established engineering function with a strong pipeline of investment and the opportunity to work on projects ranging from smaller improvements through to significant capital expenditure programmes.

There is also scope for occasional travel to suppliers, exhibitions and other relevant locations as part of project delivery.