Project Engineering Manager
Job description
Description
:Your New Role
As a Project Engineering Manager, you’ll take ownership of the engineering delivery across UK rolling stock bids and projects. You’ll provide technical leadership, assurance and governance, acting as the key engineering interface between customers, project teams and internal stakeholders.
This is a genuinely hands‑on leadership role, where your engineering judgement, systems approach and people skills will be just as important as your technical expertise. If you enjoy leading complex engineering delivery, thrive on stakeholder interaction, and want to influence how major rolling stock projects are delivered, this could be the perfect next move for you.
If you’re a Senior Project Engineer ready to step into a broader leadership role, or an experienced Project Engineering Manager looking for your next challenge, we’d love to hear from you.
What You’ll Be Doing
You’ll be trusted to lead, influence and drive successful outcomes by:
Acting as the primary engineering point of contact for customers and project stakeholders
Providing technical leadership across multi‑disciplinary engineering teams
Leading engineering governance activities, including design reviews and project phase transitions
Owning and managing technical risk, ensuring mitigations are clearly identified and delivered
Overseeing engineering budgets, schedules and resource planning alongside the Engineering Management Office.
Supporting bids and tenders with strong, customer‑focused technical input
Leading engineering delivery in line with systems engineering best practice
Chairing Engineering Change Control Boards and ensuring robust configuration management
Promoting a strong safety culture and ensuring compliance with rail standards and regulations
Supporting projects through occasional UK and international travel
About You
Essential
Experience delivering complex engineering projects, ideally within rolling stock or a regulated environment
A strong systems engineering mindset
Proven experience leading engineering teams or work packages
Solid understanding of engineering governance, planning and budgets
Desirable
Knowledge of rolling stock standards
Commercial or contractual awareness
Experience working across international or multi‑cultural teams
And personally, you’ll be someone who:
Communicates clearly and confidently
Takes ownership and makes sound engineering decisions
Isn’t afraid to challenge constructively when needed
Enjoys developing and supporting others
Qualifications
Degree in Engineering (Bachelor’s or Master’s level)
Chartered Engineer or working towards chartership (or equivalent experience)
What We Offer
We really value our people and offer a competitive reward and benefits package, including:
Competitive salary
Annual performance‑related bonus opportunity
25 days’ holiday
Pension scheme with up to 9% employer contribution
Private medical insurance
Personal accident insurance
Group income protection
Group life insurance
Employee Assistance Programme
You’ll also have access to a flexible benefits platform, allowing you to tailor additional perks to suit your lifestyle.
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