Engineering Project Leader

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Job Description Job Role: Engineering Project Leader Client: Global FMCG Manufacturer Reporting to: Head of Engineering Location: Regional, Bedfordshire, Northamptonshire & Buckinghamshire areas Client: Category Market leader in FMCG Manufacturing Reward: £65-75k target plus £6-9k car benefit plus Bonus Onsite Monday-Friday days based, some hybrid with travelFactory/Plant Process working environment

Are you a Senior Project Engineer / Engineering Manager with strong Project Management skills in CAPEX? Ready to lead projects, engineering standards, capital projects and engineering operational excellence? Can you lead and ENGAGE with impact and a world-class engineering toolbox? Are you an engineering Subject Matter Expert for projects in a manufacturing environment?

Role Responsibilities – Engineering Project Leader

  • Manage the planning and implementation of capital and revenue projects, covering factory equipment, process, packing lines, site services, process engineering, as well as construction
  • design managementDriving line installations and BAU engineering projects
  • Plan, execute and lead project activities for feasibility studies, equipment specifications, supplier selections, equipment commissioning and validation within demanding time-scales
  • Reporting directly to the Project Engineering Manager, you will have complete autonomy to deliver pragmatic, value-engineered projects to cost and time specifications
  • You will coach, mentor, and develop your multi-functional teams of engineers and designers/contractors to ensure the successful delivery of projects
  • The projects will cover factory equipment, including packaging, processing, and site activities
  • Engineering Compliance Champion: Ensure all engineering activities meet industry standards
  • You will lead engineering and production teams during equipment installation and start-up, supplier selection, feasibility and justification analysis, and equipment commissioning
  • Liaise with departments cross-functionally to ascertain requirements and
  • define project scopes
  • Preparing specifications/briefs which will go to external suppliers for tender
  • Managing tender processes, including supplier selection exercises
  • Managing external suppliers throughout the project lifecycle
  • Lead, monitor and review projects internally across departments
  • Co-ordinating all contractors in accordance with our policies

Qualifications & Requirements – Engineering project Leader

  • Mechanical or Electrical Engineering backgrounds will be considered, ideally in a regulated environment, from high FMCG volume manufacturing
  • Experience developing technical engineering solutions in automated environments
  • An experienced Project Engineer from FMCG manufacturing, food preferred
  • Ideally, A degree in Engineering or time served Engineering qualifications with a further education qualification in project management
  • High level of IT literacy (and ideally fully conversant with MS Project)
  • Proven Leadership and senior stakeholder management: Significant experience in a senior engineering management role within the manufacturing FMCG-related sector
  • This could include Food, Drink, Pharma and related consumer goods manufacturing, encompassing process and packaging
  • Mechanical/electrical qualification or equivalent, ideally a degree, even better if you are chartered!
  • 5+ years of Engineering leadership experience; with exposure to FMCG environments ideal
  • Excellent People leadership skills to motivate, lead and drive projects

What’s on Offer – Engineering Project Leader

  • Competitive salary
  • Control and exposure to budgets
  • Strategic planning and capital expenditure delivery
  • Impactful Work: Play a key role in the company’s success and make a tangible difference
  • Collaborative Environment: Be part of a team that values innovation and creativity
  • If you’re a career interim or a senior engineering capital projects leader becoming available and is a strategic thinker, a natural, inclusive people leader, with a passion for driving engineering projects and, maintenance

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Posted: August 22nd, 2026