Engineering Project Manager

Volantes Technical Recruitment Ltd Verified
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, England, United Kingdom
Management
Project Manager
Onsite
Contract
8 days ago
Volantes Technical Recruitment is looking for an experienced Engineering Project Manager to take end-to-end ownership of significant aircraft base maintenance inputs – major scheduled checks, structural inspections, modifications, repairs and return-to-service activity.
You'll lead multidisciplinary teams to deliver the approved work package to scope, turnaround time, cost and quality, without ever compromising safety, airworthiness or regulatory compliance. This is a hands-on delivery role for someone who lives in Microsoft Project: building, baselining, resourcing and controlling integrated maintenance schedules and driving the critical path day to day.

Role: Engineering Project Manager
Sector: Aircraft Base Maintenance | MRO | UK Civil & Military Regulated
Reports to: Engineering Delivery Manager
Dotted line to: Chief Engineer
Works closely with: Maintenance Planners
Direct reports: None
Security: Must be able to obtain and maintain SC clearance

• Lead engineering projects from initiation and definition through delivery, acceptance, transition and closure.
• Define and control scope, objectives, deliverables and acceptance criteria in agreement with sponsors and customers.
• Set up proportionate governance, reporting routines and decision forums, with clear accountability and timely escalation.
• Build and maintain an integrated base-maintenance schedule in Microsoft Project – WBS, task logic, milestones, access and inspection sequences, resources, material and tooling dependencies, customer decision points, testing and return-to-service requirements.

• Own performance against scope, turnaround time, cost, quality, technical and safety baselines – spot variance early and drive recovery.
• Manage dependencies, constraints, resources, baselines, progress, float and the critical path in MS Project, producing reliable updates and recovery scenarios.
• Confirm work-package readiness before aircraft input: task cards, engineering instructions, manpower, hangar capacity, tooling, materials, components and technical data.
• Control the input from induction and access through inspection, rectification, modification, reassembly, functional test, records completion, release and return to service.
• Rapidly assess emergent findings and additional work for technical, material, resource, cost and schedule impact, and integrate approved work into the plan.
• Manage risks, issues, assumptions and dependencies with clear owners, dates, mitigations and escalation routes.
• Run effective change control, assessing impact on airworthiness, scope, TAT, resources, cost and contractual commitments.
• Keep accurate project records, daily progress data, forecasts and decisions in the relevant maintenance and project-control systems.

• Act as the primary project point of contact, giving clear, evidence-based progress reporting to customers, sponsors and senior leadership.
• Lead project reviews and cross-functional meetings, aligning engineering, operations, quality, safety, finance, procurement and supply chain.
• Support commercial and contractual management – estimates, business cases, statements of work, supplier deliverables and acceptance of outputs.
• Monitor supplier and subcontractor performance so external dependencies stay aligned with the integrated plan.

• Ensure delivery complies with UK CAA, UK MAA and EASA requirements, the organisation's exposition, quality system and SMS.
• Make sure project decisions never compromise…