Senior Project Engineer

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Responsibilities

Role Summary

Here at Parker Meggitt, we're recruiting for a Senior Project Engineer who will be based at our state-of-the-art facility in Ansty Park. We're looking for someone with extensive experience who'll be confident in leading an array of R&D projects which will advance our technology and process capability in the design and manufacture of high performance additively manufactured components and systems. These are primarily focused on aerospace, with a smaller number of motorsport and energy programmes, funded via commercial, internal and government grant sources.

This is a fantastic opportunity that would suit an individual that is looking to work in a rewarding, fast-paced and team focused organisation and is able to regularly travel between our Bristol and Ansty Pak sites.

Core Responsibilities

• Creating work package breakdowns, engineering resource estimates and compiling these together to create and maintain robust project plans
• Liaising between technical and manufacturing teams to ensure timely task progress and broaden awareness of project milestones
• Communicating task progress and timelines to customers and managing scope change
• Maintaining estimates of business load/capacity, liaising with the financial team to reflect these in cost models
• Working with Monitoring Offers on grant funded projects to track project progress and ensure successful delivery / close out

Skills, Knowledge & Abilities

• Full UK drivers license
• Strong background in project / programme management techniques, ideally including research or low TRL project experience
• Familiarity with grant funded project management protocols as used by Innovate UK, ATI, EU Horizon
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Presentation skills
• Ability to influence stakeholders
• Ability to work independently and prioritise duties with minimal supervision, in order to meet deadlines
• Ability to visualize and plan objectives and goals strategically
• Proficient in Project Management tools (i.e., MS Project) or similar
• Strong computer skills, including proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook, and web-browsers

What We Offer

Parker Meggitt is proud to offer a competitive total rewards framework designed with our colleagues' health, wealth, and well-being in mind to help our employees balance a successful career. Our competitive package will include:

• Competitive salary
• Pension scheme with up to 10% matching company contribution
• Income protection scheme
• Life Assurance x3 basic salary
• Share buying scheme
• Work from home 1 day a week
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Employee Assistance Program for Health & Wellbeing
• Funded membership of a professional body
• Focused career development planning with opportunities to progress
• Free on-site car parking
• Employee Referral Scheme
• An on-site restaurant and Starbucks offering subsidised food
• Employee Perks - offering our employees discounts on a huge variety of goods and services