Job title Project Engineer
Location Office based – Hereford (UK)
Terms Full time
Manager Report to Project Manager
Holiday 5 weeks plus Bank Holidays (pro rata)
Salary £41,000 - £46,000 (depending on experience)
ABOUT US
Our Company is an independent machinery company providing UK based sales and service for a range of semi and fully automatic Packaging machines supplying to the food, beverage, pet, chemical, personal care, home care and automotive industries to UK & Ireland. Our suppliers are from UK & Europe.
We are a company that thrives on hard work and individual effort, with a rewarding progressive future.
ABOUT THE ROLE
Your role will be the Management and implementation of our new machine projects.
Travelling to customer sites is an important part of this role. It will be a combination of
Site visits to measure up at the beginning of a project or to check progress of an on going job.
Foreign travel to our suppliers is often part of our validation of machines and for training. For which full residency in UK will be necessary.
RESPONSIBILIITIES
Management and implementation of all Company new machine projects. Including but not limited to;
- Regular visits to customer sites and suppliers for technical training, machine acceptance tests and to clarify any technical and commercial aspects of specific enquiries/orders.
- Attending site project review meetings.
- Using the company’s Internal ERP system to progress new machine orders, including raising PO to suppliers.
- Reviewing all enquiry documentation and agreeing specifications.
- Preparing and reviewing detailed tender documentation.
- Preparing layout proposals in conjunction with CAD (with draughtperson)
- Involvement with initial design and build specification.
- Liaising with third parties and sub-suppliers, on site or over teams.
- Organising delivery and collection (Foreign and UK) of machinery.
- Awareness of Health & Safety requirements for installations.
- Supporting the company’s ISO Quality System
- Supporting Sales Managers for customer visits and presentations
- Commercially overseeing and managing the revenues and costs of multiple projects and ensuring contract profitability is maintained.
- Commercial tracking of new machine projects.
- Managing project timescales.
- Identifying and invoicing contract variations.
- On site installation planning, management and project completion.
- Utilising Microsoft tools such as Teams, project, word and excel.
- Visit reporting
- Attending exhibitions when required
Skills required
- PRINCE or equivalent
- 3 years experience of project management
- Engineering knowledge
- Strong communication skills
Desirables
- Autocad
- Simpro ERP system or equivalent
- PRINCE or equivalent
- Logistics import knowledge
Benefits
Salary £41,000 - £46,000 (depending on experience)
Hours of work 40 hours per week
Holidays 25 days + BH
Pension Employers contribution 3% rising by 0.5% per year for 7 years after two years of employment
Bonus Discretionary (but never not paid)
Equipment Mobile, laptop and company credit card
Vehicle Use of a company car or van when travelling to customer site
Death in Service Qualification period - after one year of employment
Medical Insurance Qualification period – after one year of employment
