The Role: Project Engineer
Location: Swadlincote
Salary: £42,000 - £49000 DOE
Shift: Monday to Thursday 08.00am – 16.30pm. Friday 08.00am – 1.30 pm
Status: Permanent
Role Summary:
We have an outstanding opportunity to strengthen my client's Project Sales function within the UK.
The successful candidate will be responsible for project managing technical and commercial aspects locally or/and globally and give input to product and process throughout project timelines.
Key Accountabilities:
- Take charge of the project’s technical requirements. Accomplish related results as needed.
- Prepare a Technical description describing the proposed system’s main features and functions
- Prepare and supply appropriate supporting evidence of technical compliance to customer specifications where required and available.
- Review and negotiate technical specifications clause-by-clause (CbC).
- Visit customers in coordination with Sales Responsible where necessary and discuss/present products and technical solutions to car builders.
- Support internal departments (e.g. Engineering, RAMS, Manuals, Service) with necessary technical information and part pricing.
- Follow established processes and propose improvements for faster and simplified decision making.
- Deliver product cost structure to Sales Responsible.
- Measure and report agreed targets and KPIs regularly.
- Build and maintain good relations with the decision-making engineers and buyers at the customer.
- Ensure that projects are implemented so that customer requirements are met with highest profitability for the company.
- Supervise and monitor the financial status of the project SQDC (Safety, Quality, Delivery and Cost).
- Coordinate project work across departments for the optimum utilization of allocated resources, including re-planning if required by the internal requirements or customer requirements, within agreed time, resource, and financial goals.
What are we looking for?
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, preferably Mechanical Engineering
- Minimum 3 years’ experience in the manufacturing industry with relevant project management methodologies such as PMI and project management software for documentation and data analysis.
- Knowledge in interpreting drawings and creating technical product descriptions.
- Technical understanding.
- Ability to understand customer needs