Industrial Projects Engineer
Kidderminster | Competitive Salary + Bonus + Excellent Benefits
Shape the future of advanced manufacturing.
We’re looking for an experienced engineer who enjoys turning big ideas into reality. If you’ve led manufacturing improvement projects, delivered capital investments or transformed production facilities, this is an opportunity to make a genuine impact within one of the UK’s most advanced engineering and manufacturing organisations.
You’ll be responsible for identifying where investment will deliver the biggest operational gains, building robust business cases and leading projects from concept through to commissioning. Working across engineering, manufacturing, supply chain and commercial teams, you’ll help shape the future of production capability.
What you’ll be doing
- Leading capital investment and manufacturing improvement projects from initial concept to delivery.
- Developing business cases and securing investment through clear cost, ROI and capacity analysis.
- Identifying opportunities to improve manufacturing efficiency, productivity and material flow.
- Working with cross-functional teams to introduce new equipment, technologies and production systems.
- Supporting bid activities by providing manufacturing costs, routing, capacity planning and investment forecasts.
- Driving Lean Manufacturing and Operational Excellence initiatives across the site.
- Managing project budgets, suppliers, commissioning activities and stakeholder engagement.
What we’re looking for
You’ll probably have experience in manufacturing engineering, industrial engineering, capital projects or operational excellence within a highly regulated manufacturing environment.
You’ll also bring:
- A degree or HND in Engineering or Manufacturing.
- Experience delivering manufacturing or production investment projects.
- Strong knowledge of Lean Manufacturing tools such as Six Sigma, Value Stream Mapping, Kaizen or Kanban.
- Experience creating business cases and justifying capital expenditure.
- Excellent stakeholder management and project leadership skills.
- An understanding of manufacturing processes, plant layouts and production systems.
Experience within aerospace, automotive, defence, FMCG or another complex manufacturing environment would be highly advantageous.
Why join us?
This is a rare opportunity to influence the long-term manufacturing strategy of a world-class engineering business. You’ll work on high-value investment programmes, introduce cutting-edge manufacturing technology and help shape how future products are built.
In return you’ll receive a competitive salary, annual bonus, generous pension, private healthcare, flexible working arrangements and excellent opportunities for professional development.
If you’re passionate about improving manufacturing through innovation, investment and engineering excellence, we’d love to hear from you.
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