Project Engineer, Electrical Engineering

Project Engineer

Location
:
Nottingham (NG6)

Salary
: £40,000 - £60,000 (DOE) + Bonus

Holidays
: 25 Days + Bank Holidays

We’re looking for a Project Engineer to join a market‑leading automation and materials handling specialist, delivering turnkey solutions to some of the biggest names in logistics and warehousing.

As Project Engineer
, you’ll work closely with Project Managers to deliver complex engineering projects from concept through to installation, ensuring each stage stays on time, on budget, and to specification.

You’ll act as the technical link between design, production, and project delivery teams, supporting the successful rollout of automation systems for major clients.

This is a perfect opportunity for an ambitious engineer who enjoys variety, technical challenge, and seeing their work make an impact in real‑world, high‑performance environments.

• Support Project Managers in delivering projects from design to installation.
• Coordinate with internal design teams to ensure technical accuracy and timely progress.
• Review and check engineering drawings prior to release.
• Ensure project milestones are achieved on time and within budget.
• Attend client meetings, site surveys, and installation reviews as required.
• Track project schedules, risks, and progress using internal systems.
• Provide technical input to ensure designs meet functional requirements.
• Promote collaboration and communication between departments.

• Minimum 2+ years’ experience in a Project Engineer or Assistant Project Manager role.
• Background in Automation, Materials Handling, Conveyors, or Machinery.
• Degree or HNC/HND in Mechanical Engineering.
• Experience taking projects through design and delivery stages.
• Strong communication, organisation, and people‑management skills.
• Comfortable leading smaller projects or sections of larger ones.
• Confident liaising with clients and managing multiple priorities.
• Full UK driving licence and willingness to travel to customer sites as required.

• Salary between £40,000 – £60,000 DOE.
• Performance‑related bonus.
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays.
• Flexible working hours.
• Opportunities for internal training and career development.
• Exposure to large‑scale, high‑profile automation projects.
• Collaborative and technically strong team environment.

Our client is one of the UK’s largest independent manufacturers and integrators of conveyor and automation systems, supplying full turnkey material‑handling solutions to the logistics, warehousing, and FMCG sectors.

The company designs, fabricates, and assembles all systems in‑house. Our client continues to expand thanks to its reputation for quality, reliability, and end‑to‑end delivery expertise.

If you are a motivated and experienced Project Engineer looking to join a growing business, we want to hear from you!

Please send your CV to Matt Taylor at ma or give me a call on .

ATA is committed to creating a diverse workforce and is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of age, disability, gender, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation.