Technical Project Engineer/Manager

Location: Reading / Hybrid
On-site: 2 days per week (50% minimum)
Rate: £70-£80 per hour inside IR35 (bill rate)
Contract: 6-month rolling contract
Clearance: Active SC Clearance mandatory; DV Clearance highly desirable

We are currently recruiting for four Technical Project Engineer positions supporting sensitive MOD and aerospace programmes. The roles sit within Digital Engineering and cover:

• Synthetics
• ITEA
• TLS
• Process & Integration

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Project Engineer / Technical Project Engineer with a background in Defence, Aerospace or Defence Digital environments.

You will be responsible for the technical execution and delivery of projects and engineering work packages, acting as a key interface between engineering teams and Delivery Management.

• Coordinate technical activities across engineering teams and stakeholders.
• Plan and track technical projects, milestones, dependencies and critical paths.
• Manage technical risks, issues, assumptions and changes.
• Provide technical leadership and first-level technical decision-making.
• Act as an escalation point for engineering issues.
• Manage technical interfaces across customers, suppliers and internal teams.
• Support project reporting, forecasting and performance monitoring.
• Develop and maintain project plans and technical roadmaps.
• Facilitate technical reviews and milestone assessments.
• Provide and manage inputs into artefact and deliverable lifecycle management.
• Support effort estimation, resource planning and workload prioritisation.
• Track delivery against project objectives, schedules and quality criteria.
• Ensure compliance with engineering governance, processes and standards.
• Support configuration and change management.
• Communicate project status, risks and mitigation plans to key stakeholders.
• Collaborate closely with architects, engineers and delivery teams.

We're looking for candidates with:

• Minimum 3 years' experience within the Aerospace or Defence industry.
• Demonstrable experience delivering complex technical projects or engineering work packages.
• Experience with project planning, scheduling, critical paths and milestones.
• Strong understanding of dependency, interface and integration planning.
• Experience managing risks, issues, assumptions and change.
• Experience with estimation, resource and capacity planning.
• Strong progress measurement, forecasting and reporting skills.
• Excellent stakeholder coordination and facilitation skills.
• Experience working across complex engineering environments.
• A background in MOD, Defence Digital or UK aerospace programmes.
• A Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related technical discipline.

• Digital Engineering, testing, simulation or through-life support lifecycles.
• Regulated Aerospace, Defence or Automotive environments.
• Multi-partner, supplier and cross-functional delivery.
• Experience with APM, PRINCE2, PMI, Agile or scheduling methodologies.
• DV Clearance.

Active SC Clearance is mandatory due to the requirement to access restricted data and documentation. DV Clearance is highly desirable and may be required for certain programme activities.

This is a hybrid role based in Reading, with a minimum requirement of 50% on-site working (typically 2 days per week).

£70-£80 per hour inside IR35
6-month rolling contract
Reading - Hybrid / 50% on-site
SC Clearance mandatory | DV preferred

If you're a Technical Project Engineer with strong Defence or Aerospace experience and are looking for your next contract opportunity, we'd be keen to hear from you.