Engineering Project Manager
Location: Trowbridge
Onsite: A min of 3x days per week unless otherwise required
Travel: required on project sites 2-4 days per month with some travel away from home / overnight during intense install phases
Job Purpose:
The Project Manager is responsible for ensuring the successful planning, execution, and completion of client projects.
This role involves:
- Project and resource planning – Setting the achievable plan that optimises customer outcome with cost and risk
- Activity management – Ensuring that 3rd party sub‑contractors and suppliers are delivering to the plan
- Management and reporting of project budgets, risk and progress
- Maintaining strong communication with stakeholders throughout the project lifecycle
- Working with our suppliers and the supply chain to constantly improve quality, cost and deliver (QCD)
Typical project value is <£1m (total client project value) of which 40‑70% will be within scope of delivery a Project Manager would be expected to manage and control 10‑25 straightforward, low complexity, projects per year.
Key Responsibilities
Project Management:
- Lead end‑to‑end project delivery planning, from initial planning to final handover.
- Develop detailed project plans, including timelines, milestones, and resource allocation.
- Manage project budgets, ensuring cost control and accurate forecasting.
- Identify risks and implement mitigation strategies to maintain project progress.
- Monitor project performance, ensuring objectives are met within agreed timeframes and budgets.
- Identify opportunities to improve client experience and project delivery processes.
- Contribute to the development of best practices for project management.
Client Engagement:
- Support the Operations Director ensuring that timely and accurate information is available for client sites
- Establish strong relationships with the commercial team and our clients to understand their needs, objectives, and expectations.
- Provide regular project updates and ensure any issues are communicated promptly.
- Manage client feedback and ensure concerns are addressed effectively.
- Coordinate the activity of the cross‑functional delivery team to deliver project milestones.
- Assign tasks, track progress, and ensure accountability across project teams.
- Support team development by providing guidance, coaching, and mentoring.
Documentation & Reporting:
- Maintain comprehensive project documentation, including risk registers, action logs, and progress reports.
- Prepare detailed status reports for internal and client review.
- Ensure all project documentation is completed, approved, and stored correctly.
Skills & Experience Required
- Fluent English speaker proficient in project management, construction and engineering vocabulary
- Proven experience in engineering / asset project management, ideally in a client‑facing role.
- Strong understanding of project management methodologies (e.g., PRINCE2, Agile, or PMP).
- Good communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to manage multiple specific project plans as well as the overlapping “master project plan” simultaneously.
- Proficiency in project management tools
- Project procurement (including contracts) and supplier management
- Project budget management and financial reporting.
Desirable Qualifications
- Formal Project Management qualification such as PRINCE2, PMP, or AgilePM.
- Experience in related industries such as waste, engineering or construction
Personal Attributes
- Highly organised with excellent attention to detail.
- Resilient and adaptable in a fast‑paced environment.
- A proactive approach with a focus on delivering results
Benefits
- 25 days annual leave + bank holidays
- Day off on your birthday
- 8 weeks paid sick leave
- Salary – up to £60,000
- Office hours are 9‑5 – hybrid working when not traveling
- Use of a company vehicle when needed
To Apply
Contact or apply through Cortech Talent Solutions Ltd .
Seniority level
Mid‑Senior level
Employment type
Full‑time
Job function
Engineering, Project Management, and Product Management
Industries
Services for Renewable Energy, Biotechnology Research, and Air, Water, and Waste Program Management
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