Project Engineer, Automation & Mechatronics Engineer
Listed on 2026-10-09
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Engineering
Automation & Mechatronics Engineer, Electrical Engineering, Engineering Design & Technologists
£46,400 + Bonus + Early Finish on Friday + Excellent Company Benefits
Ripley, Derbyshire (Commutable from: Derby, Nottingham, Chesterfield, Mansfield, Alfreton, Belper, Heanor, Ilkeston)
Are you a Project Engineer looking for a role where you can take ownership of site projects from concept to handover, in a modern manufacturing environment with serious ongoing investment?
This is a great opportunity to join a well-established manufacturer where you will manage multiple CAPEX projects, improving safety, asset reliability and manufacturing capacity across a busy site.
The company are part of a larger group with an established UK presence, known for quality and continuous improvement, and they have recently delivered a high volume of capital projects with further major investment planned. As a result of continued success and ongoing site development, they are now looking to add a third Project Engineer into the team.
In this role you will plan and deliver projects end-to-end: building project plans, budgets and schedules, running tender evaluations, managing contractors, reporting progress to stakeholders, and leading commissioning and handover. This is a site-based position with some travel to suppliers/exhibitions when required.
This role would suit a Project Engineer from an automated or semi-automated manufacturing background, looking for a technically varied, high-ownership projects role with long-term stability and exposure to larger CAPEX work.
The Role:- Deliver capital projects from concept to commissioning and handover
- Create project plans, budgets and schedules; manage cost control and procurement
- Contractor management, site H&S compliance and stakeholder reporting
- 40hrs per week, fully office based (core hours 08.30am to 16.45pm, 15:45pm finish on a Friday)
- Company benefits:
Bonus (target £2,800), 26 days holiday plus 8 bank holidays, pension matched up to 7%, Medicash plan
- Project Engineer with experience in manufacturing environment(s)
- Mechanical or Electrical Engineering qualification
- Experience in managing capital investment projects
- Experience of site infrastructure and utilise
- Comfortable with AutoCAD and strong communication/stakeholder management
Reference Number: BBBH(phone number removed)
We are an equal opportunities company and welcome applications from all suitable candidates
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