Project Engineer

Job requirements

• Experience managing complex projects within an R&D, engineering, technical, or product development environment.

• Strong project planning and organisational skills, with experience maintaining project plans, RAID logs, and governance documentation.

• Experience working within Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid project delivery methodologies.

• Confident stakeholder management skills across technical and non-technical audiences.

• Excellent communication and facilitation skills, with experience leading workshops and project meetings.

• Experience using project management tools such as Microsoft Project, Azure DevOps, Jira, or similar.

• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to manage competing priorities and project risks.

• Project management qualification (APM PMQ, PRINCE2 Practitioner, PMP or equivalent).

• Experience delivering NPI R&D projects.

• Knowledge of stage-gate product development processes.

• Understanding of change management and continuous improvement techniques.

Job responsibilities

• Lead the planning, execution, and delivery of R&D projects from initiation through to completion.

• Work with technical leads, product owners, and stakeholders to define project scope, objectives, priorities, and deliverables.

• Develop and maintain project plans, timelines, milestones, and resource plans.

• Monitor project progress, identify risks, dependencies, and issues, and ensure appropriate mitigation actions are implemented.

• Maintain project governance documentation including project plans, RAID logs, action trackers, and status reports.

• Ensure projects follow agreed governance, stage gates, and delivery processes.

• Provide regular project updates to stakeholders and senior management.

• Support project delivery where appropriate by facilitating planning sessions, project reviews, retrospectives, and project checkpoints.

• Coordinate activities across multidisciplinary R&D teams to ensure alignment and delivery.

• Track project progress and communicate changes, risks, or updates.

• Act as the primary point of coordination between technical teams, stakeholders, and business functions.

• Ensure stakeholders are informed about project progress, decisions, risks, and upcoming milestones.