Job Description

Job Title: Project Engineering Manager

Location: Luton (4 days a week on-site)

Contract length: 12 months

Rate: £500 – £550 per day (Inside ir35)

The Role

This role sits within an Integrated Project Team, where you will take ownership of engineering delivery across complex systems, ensuring outputs meet customer, contractual, and regulatory requirements while balancing cost, schedule, and performance.

Key Responsibilities

Lead and coordinate multi-disciplinary engineering teams
Own and structure engineering work packages (WBS)
Plan, schedule, and deliver engineering activities across the lifecycle
Drive delivery across design, development, integration, and validation
Manage stakeholders, suppliers, and internal engineering functions
Implement and track KPIs to measure engineering performance

Requirements

Proven experience as an Engineering Work Package Manager or Project Engineering Lead/Manager
Strong background in aerospace, defence, or complex engineering systems
Demonstrated ownership of engineering delivery (cost, schedule, performance)
Experience with WBS, planning, and structured delivery frameworks
Solid understanding of the full engineering lifecycle and system integration

Due to the nature of this project, the successful candidate must be eligible or hold Active SC Clearance and be sole a British national.

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Job Title: Project Engineering Manager

Location: Luton (4 days a week on-site)

Contract length: 12 months

Rate: £500 – £550 per day (Inside ir35)

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Due to the nature of this project, the successful candidate must be eligible or hold Active SC Clearance and be sole a British national.

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Due to the nature of this project, the successful candidate must be eligible or hold Active SC Clearance and be sole a British national.

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