Senior Project Engineer

Senior Project Engineer – Client: Global FMCG Manufacturer

Reporting to: Head of Engineering.Location: Regional, Bedfordshire, Northamptonshire & Buckinghamshire areas.Reward: £60-65k target plus £6-9k car benefit plus Bonus DOE; open to high potential applicants.Onsite Monday-Friday days primarily; some hybrid. Factory/Plant Process working environment.

Role Responsibilities

• Manage the planning and implementation of capital and revenue projects, covering factory equipment, process, packing lines, site services, process engineering, and construction design management.
• Drive line installations and BAU engineering projects.
• Plan, execute and lead project activities for feasibility studies, equipment specifications, supplier selections, equipment commissioning and validation.
• Reporting directly to the Project Engineering Manager, you will have complete autonomy to deliver pragmatic, value-engineered projects to cost and time specifications.
• You will coach, mentor, and develop your multi‑functional teams of engineers and designers/contractors.
• The projects will cover factory equipment, including packaging, processing, and site activities.
• Engineering Compliance Champion: Ensure all engineering activities meet industry standards.
• You will lead engineering and production teams during equipment installation and start‑up, supplier selection, feasibility and justification analysis, and equipment commissioning.
• Liaise with departments cross‑functionally to ascertain requirements and define project scopes.
• Prepare specifications/briefs which will go to external suppliers for tender.
• Manage tender processes, including supplier selection exercises.
• Manage external suppliers throughout the project lifecycle.

Qualifications & Requirements

• Mechanical or Electrical Engineering background, ideally in a regulated, high‑volume manufacturing environment.
• Experience developing technical engineering solutions in automated environments.
• Experience as a Project Engineer in FMCG manufacturing (food preferred).
• Ideally a degree in Engineering or equivalent time‑served engineering qualifications with a further education qualification in project management.
• High level of IT literacy, ideally fully conversant with MS Project.
• Proven leadership and senior stakeholder management: significant experience in a senior engineering management role within the manufacturing FMCG‑related sector.
• Experience in Food, Drink, Pharma or related consumer goods manufacturing, encompassing process and packaging.
• Mechanical/electrical qualification or equivalent, ideally a degree; even better if chartered.
• 5+ years of engineering leadership experience; exposure to FMCG environments ideal.
• Excellent people‑leadership skills to motivate, lead and drive projects.

What’s on Offer

• Competitive salary.
• Control and exposure to budgets.
• Strategic planning and capital expenditure delivery.
• Impactful Work: play a key role in the company’s success and make a tangible difference.
• Collaborative Environment: be part of a team that values innovation and creativity.

Candidate Profile

Candidates currently in roles such as Engineering Manager, senior project engineer, engineering project manager, production engineer, CAPEX Manager, or mechanical/packaging project engineer may be suitable for this position. Suitable for FMCG, process, manufacturing, health & hygiene, food and drink, and packaging industries, primarily.

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