Project Manager

Job Description:

Role: Project Manager
Location: Burton on Trent, Staffordshire
Salary: Up to £60,000 per annum (depending on experience)
Hybrid Working

Do you thrive managing multiple technically complex engineering projects in fast-paced mechanical environments?

As our client expands its overhaul capability, we are seeking a Project Manager to lead programmes covering engines, gearboxes, transmissions and associated components across multiple customers.

This role offers variety, technical exposure and commercial accountability.

You will manage multiple high-turnover overhaul projects simultaneously, coordinating teardown, rebuild and testing activities while maintaining tight control of cost, schedule and risk.

Key responsibilities include:

End-to-end project delivery across multiple customers.

Coordinating production teams through strip, inspect, overhaul and rebuild cycles.

Managing financial tracking: invoicing, margins, variance reporting.

Maintaining governance documentation including RAID logs and change control.

Supporting customer reviews, audits and documentation requirements.

Presenting structured performance updates into leadership forums.

Ensuring components move efficiently through engineering, quality and supply chain processes.

You do not need to be an engineer, but you must be technically confident and commercially sharp.

This opportunity will appeal to Project Managers from:

• Mechanical engineering environments.
• Automotive, aerospace, heavy industry, marine, off-highway or rail overhaul.
• Manufacturing or production-led environments with strong financial ownership.

You will bring:

• Strong organisational skills — comfortable managing multiple workstreams.
• Commercial awareness and financial understanding.
• Customer engagement and stakeholder confidence.
• Governance discipline and structured reporting capability.
• The ability to influence cross-functional teams in matrix environments.

• Be part of a nationally significant growth strategy.
• Work on technically interesting mechanical programmes.
• Financially stable business with continued investment.
• Clear career development opportunities.
• Ability to drive measurable performance improvement.

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