Engineering Project Manager

Overview

In this role you will lead the delivery of advanced engineering projects within a product development environment. You will coordinate multi-workstream activities, manage budgets, and provide clear reporting to senior stakeholders across UK and international sites. You’ll work closely with engineering, design, finance and product teams to keep projects on track and enable informed decisions. The role blends project delivery, financial planning and governance with continuous improvement, including potential AI-enabled process enhancements. This is a hands-on role for a proactive PM shaping innovative engineering initiatives.

Pay / Benefits

• car allowance
• competitive salary
• benefits package
• permanent role
• opportunity to work in automotive/advanced engineering

Responsibilities

• Coordinate delivery of advanced engineering projects across multiple workstreams
• Lead project reviews, define scopes, allocate resources and monitor milestones
• Create and maintain project plans, trackers, risk registers, action logs and programme reporting
• Support annual engineering budget planning with engineering, finance and budget owners
• Oversee monthly financial tracking: actuals, commitments, forecasts and budget movements
• Collaborate with project leads to review spend forecasts and ensure accurate reporting
• Assist Finance with invoicing and align forecasts with actual expenditure
• Prepare and present progress, financial performance, risks and recommendations to senior management
• Build relationships with stakeholders to support programme execution and reporting
• Identify opportunities to improve project controls, reporting tools and monthly reviews
• Support broader Product Development improvements, including AI tool exploration

Key requirements

• Experience in project management or programme coordination in an automotive design and/or engineering environment
• Strong financial and budget management skills including forecasting and variance analysis
• Experience maintaining project plans, trackers, milestones, risks and deliverables across multiple projects
• Ability to engage with engineering teams, finance professionals, project leads and senior stakeholders
• Strong analytical skills with attention to detail and proactive issue resolution
• Ability to prepare clear reports and recommendations for management
• Excellent communication and organisation skills across functions and international teams
• Continuous improvement mindset and interest in improving processes and tooling
• Experience supporting engineering development programmes or global product development is advantageous

• strong communication
• organisational skills
• cross-functional collaboration
• project planning and tracking
• budgeting and financial forecasting
• risk management and reporting

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