Position: Product/Project Engineer

Salary: £30,000 - £40,000

Location: Milton Keynes

Proactive currently have an exciting opportunity for a Product Engineer to begin work for a leading manufacturing and production business with sites in Milton Keynes.

Due to rapid company expansion and an ever growing order book, our client is hoping to recruit at least one additional Product Engineer to help ensure the quality and accuracy of the site's function is well maintained throughout this new and excited influx of work.

This is a permanent role that will be helping the Project Manager run projects for Defence Naval Contracts, it will involve liaising with customers, suppliers, external bodies as well as the internal senior management team.

You will be responsible for:

• Select and vet suppliers and products.
• Gather and document product specifications, information, compliance etc.
• Creating and updating complex documents as part of the evidence pack of information
• Updating the complex Microsoft Project Gantt charts, coordinating design, complex documentation, milestones, reviews, meetings etc.
• Ensure best practice technical, logistical, and commercial direction is always in place for project delivery.
• Perceive problems well in advance and consider the broad range of commercial and technical factors in assessing the situation, identifying workable solutions, and implementing approved solutions.
• Help manage projects through an end-to-end project life cycle; monitor overall project progress, resolving risks and issues and initiating corrective action plans.
• Deliver on time, on budget, on quality Project Management at all times.

Ideal Candidate:

• Excellent communicator at all levels to negotiate best outcomes internally and with customers.
• Must have high levels of competence in engineering projects, engineering practices and related issues.
• Demonstrable ability to prioritise and differentiate projects tasks and sales support requests within a complex and conflicting environment.
• Experience in a similar role in this or closely related industry, having also performed at lower levels in technical project delivery role on which this role builds upon
• Must be proficient in MS office.
• A formal qualification in Electrical & Mechanical Engineering, or experience is preferred.

How to Apply:

For more information on the role, or an informal discussion regarding opportunities we have available, please contact Aleksandra Jendo on (url removed)

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