I'm seeking a Senior Project Manager to join a specialist engineering company based in Surrey.
You'll be part of the senior leadership team, driving the successful delivery of multidisciplinary engineering projects across process, instrumentation, electrical and mechanical disciplines.
This is a career-defining opportunity for a senior engineer who thrives on accountability, leadership, and delivering excellence from concept through to commissioning.
The Role:
As Senior Project Manager, you will lead projects from order receipt through the full design life-cycle, site installation, and final commissioning. You will be responsible for ensuring delivery on time, within budget, and to the highest safety and quality standards, while managing multiple projects at varying stages simultaneously.
You will play a key strategic role within the business shaping project execution strategy, championing innovation, and representing the business with professionalism to clients and partners worldwide.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide strong leadership and direction to project teams, establishing clear objectives and driving high performance throughout the project life-cycle.
- Take full accountability for end-to-end project delivery, overseeing design, procurement, installation, commissioning, and final handover.
- Develop and maintain effective working relationships with customers, contractors, and suppliers on a global scale.
- Lead the preparation and review of technical proposals, cost estimates, and vendor approvals to ensure technical and commercial robustness.
- Ensure full compliance with ISO9001 standards, health & safety regulations, and all relevant statutory requirements.
- Promote a culture of innovation, continuous improvement, and operational excellence across all project activities.
- Serve as the primary point of contact for client support contracts and spare parts management, ensuring responsive and professional service delivery.
About You:
- Demonstrated experience successfully managing large-scale, complex engineering projects.
- Highly effective leadership, communication, and stakeholder management capabilities.
- Strong technical background in process, mechanical, electrical or instrumentation engineering.
- Proven ability to deliver projects safely, on schedule, and within budgetary constraints.
- A clear commitment to quality, innovation, and achieving high levels of customer satisfaction.
- Willing to travel nationally and internationally as part of the role.
Why Join?
- Senior leadership position with strategic influence.
- Opportunity to lead technically challenging, high-value global projects.
- A culture focused on innovation, operational excellence, and continuous improvement.
- A business that values professionalism, accountability, and engineering expertise.
The role offers hybrid working of 3x days per week onsite and 2x days per week at home.
The salary is £55,000 to £60,000 plus and excellent benefits package.
