Job Description

FJA is recruiting a Project Engineer on behalf of a leading manufacturer of food processing and packaging machinery to strengthen their existing team.
 
Location: Rochdale, Lancashire.
 
Benefits

• Paid overtime 
• Company pension
• Flexitime available

Project Engineer role:

• Manage contracts from order to handover whilst ensuring timely, budget-conscious, and quality project delivery.
• Facilitating communication and issue resolution throughout the project.
• It is essential that the Project Engineer is aware of the status of each of their contracts and that all relevant parties are kept informed.

Project Engineer responsibilities:

• Review contracts pre-handover to identify discrepancies and assess project risks.
• Develop project schedules that align with customer timelines and key dates.
• Requesting design requirements, overseeing design and procurement, and securing customer approval on design documents.
• Order long-lead items and track financial milestones.
• Providing the Electrical Department with control system specifications and timelines.
• Confirming software specifications and ensuring fully tested software before delivery.
• Track contract deviations, collaborate with Sales on variations, and log payment or installation delays.
• Be available to address factory and design team queries to avoid delays.
• Ensure effective on-site communication and document completed/installed equipment.
• Maintain contact with production to ensure timely delivery and organise internal testing and FAT.
• Invite customers for equipment inspections, arrange delivery, and prepare all necessary manuals and documentation are prepared and issued before handover.
• Plan and manage installation, coordinate subcontractors, and provide installation and commissioning teams with necessary documents (including RAMS and log templates).
• Liaise with commissioning team to ensure the equipment is tested and handed over to the client as required by the contract of the equipment.
• Ensure handover documents (training logs, completion certificates, and customer-specific SAT documents) are completed and stored within one week of project completion.
• Offer continuous technical support throughout the product’s lifespan.

Project Engineer requirements:

• Strong communication and coordination skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and stakeholders effectively.
• Attention to detail and problem-solving abilities.

If you are looking for a fantastic Project Engineer opportunity, then click on the ‘apply now’ button. Due to the high volume of applications, we receive we are not always able to reply to all applications. If you haven’t heard back from us within 2 weeks, then please accept that your application has been unsuccessful for the role we currently have advertised. Please note that no terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate on the grounds of a person’s gender, marital status, race, religion, colour, age, disability or sexual orientation. Every candidate will be assessed only in accordance with their merits, qualifications and abilities to perform the duties of the job. Finlay Jude Associates Ltd acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers.