Project Engineering Manager

Project Engineering Manager

Location: Walsall, West Midlands

Compensation: From £46,000 Dependent on Experience + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF72579

The role

As a Project Engineering Manager, you will lead multidisciplinary technical design and delivery of complex engineering projects across their full lifecycle, from concept through to in‑service support and disposal. This is a rare opportunity to combine hands‑on engineering expertise with people leadership. You will manage and develop a team of engineers, act as the technical authority for your projects, and collaborate closely with internal stakeholders and external partners.

Day to day you'll be required to:

• Lead and manage the engineering function across allocated projects, ensuring delivery to time, cost and quality
• Act as the technical point of contact for internal teams, customers and suppliers
• Ensure engineering compliance with legal, regulatory and safety requirements
• Coaching, mentoring and developing engineers to build capability and performance
• Identify and manage technical risks, dependencies and design trade‑offs

The role is based onsite at Walsall, and the set working times are Monday to Friday, 39 hours per week.

Essential experience of the Project Engineering Manager

• System level engineering experience with vehicle integration
• Defining requirements, specifications and system architecture
• Designing for manufacturability, cost, weight and reliability
• Understanding testing, validation and homologation processes
• Proven team and people management experience

Qualifications for the Project Engineering Manager

• Problem‑solving and root cause analysis (8D, A3, Ishikawa, 5-Why)
• Knowledge of automotive systems (powertrain, chassis, body, E/E, ADAS, thermal, or interiors)
• Knowledge of CAD/CAE tools and engineering documentation

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role. Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and trade control restrictions. Your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held.

What we offer

• Generous holiday allowance
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of professional fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10 days special paid leave
• Holiday trading, which allows employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their entitlement
• Be Kind Day, enabling employees to take one working day’s paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email careers@babcockinternational.com with the subject header “Reasonable adjustments requirement”. We are committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone is free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

Closing date: 06/05/2026

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