Role: Project Engineer (Electrical)Shift: Monday to Friday, DaysSalary: circa £57,500 + Bonus + + Private Health cover + Life Assurance (x6 annual salary) + full comprehensive sickness
Location: Exeter
Are you an electrically biased Project Engineer looking for a role with variety, career development, and excellent work-life balance?
This is a rare opportunity to join a world-class, globally recognised production site that is a leader in its field. Backed by a multi-billion-pound global turnover, this company is a powerhouse in it’s field supplying critical components worldwide.
With heavy investment in engineering and infrastructure, they offer exciting opportunities to drive key projects, improve manufacturing efficiency, and work on state-of-the‑art machinery and site‑wide upgrades. If you have a strong background in electrical engineering, project management, and reliability improvement, this could be the perfect role for you.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Leading projects to upgrade and install cutting‑edge manufacturing machinery and all site infrastructure.
- Sourcing, specifying, and purchasing machines, equipment, and components to enhance production efficiency.
- Supervising contractors, ensuring work is delivered on time, within budget, and to safety standards.
- Developing project plans for equipment installations, layout modifications, and cost‑reduction initiatives.
- Driving reliability excellence (REX), identifying long‑term solutions to recurring engineering issues.
- Supporting the Maintenance team with technical expertise and fault‑finding on critical plant equipment.
- Managing technical documentation, ensuring compliance with company and regulatory standards.
What’s In It for You?
- Work‑life balance – Monday to Friday days
- Generous annual leave package – 25 days + BHs + 3 day Christmas shutdown on top
- Job stability & security – work for a financially strong and well‑established company.
- Annual bonus
- Annual Pay Reviews
- 10% employer pension contribution – significantly above industry standard.
- Private Health Cover, 6x annual salary life assurance & full sick pay (6 months full and 6 months half pay).
- Job stability & security – work for a financially strong and well‑established company.
- Exciting project work – be part of long‑term investment and site improvement.
- Professional development – funding for further qualifications and specialist training.
- Company‑wide performance & attendance bonuses.
What We’re Looking For
- HNC or equivalent in Electrical or Controls Engineering (or relevant engineering qualifications & experience).
- Experience in engineering projects, equipment installation, or manufacturing improvements.
- Strong understanding of OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness) and reliability engineering.
- CAD experience and familiarity with CMMS, Oracle, or automation systems (desirable).
- Multiskilled knowledge (electrical & mechanical) would be an advantage.
- Confident working with Microsoft Office & project planning tools.
- Excellent communication skills – able to collaborate across engineering and operations teams.
Are You Up for the Challenge?
This is an exciting opportunity to join an elite engineering team, working in a role that offers variety, technical challenge, and real career progression. Whether you’re an experienced Project Engineer, Electrical Engineer, or a hands‑on Engineer looking to step up into an office based project role, we want to hear from you!
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