Project Engineering Manager

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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