At a Glance
- Tasks: Manage and deliver engineering projects from concept to completion while collaborating with various teams.
- Company: Join Contained Air Solutions, a leader in clean air and containment solutions.
- Benefits: Full training, career development, and exposure to innovative engineering projects.
- Other info: Dynamic work environment with opportunities for professional growth and hands-on experience.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in a growing company while developing your project management skills.
- Qualifications: Degree or equivalent in engineering, CAD experience, and a passion for project management.
The predicted salary is between 51750 - 63250 £ per year.
About the opportunity
At Contained Air Solutions, we design and manufacture specialist clean air and containment solutions for customers across a range of demanding industries. As our business continues to grow, we are looking for a Project Manager / Design Engineer to join our team and play an important role in delivering customer projects from initial concept through to completion.
This is an exciting opportunity for someone with a technical and engineering background who is looking to take the next step in their career. The role offers full training and support to build on your existing technical skills while developing the skills and experience needed for a project management role.
You will work closely with colleagues across Contracts, Design, Production, Purchasing, Quality, Service and Installation, helping to ensure projects are technically correct, properly planned, commercially controlled and delivered in line with agreed requirements.
- Project management and coordination
- Support assigned projects from internal handover to final completion, working to agreed scope, programme, quality and cost requirements.
- Review customer orders, specifications, quotations, drawings and contractual requirements, escalating omissions, conflicts or risks promptly.
- Prepare and maintain project plans, action lists, design schedules, risk and issue logs, and progress reports.
- Coordinate information and actions across Design, Production, Purchasing, Quality, Testing, Service and Installation.
- Arrange and contribute to internal and customer project meetings, issue clear notes and follow up agreed actions.
- Monitor milestones, long-lead items, design approvals, manufacturing progress, testing, delivery and installation dates.
- Support the management of variations by recording the reason, technical impact, programme impact and associated cost for approval.
- Maintain accurate project records, correspondence, approvals and close-out documentation within the company systems.
- Producing and maintaining weekly project reports alongside the Design Engineer, ensuring reports are accurate, completed on time, and ready for issue to customers and Production.
- Design engineering
- Produce and revise 2D and 3D designs, general arrangement drawings, component drawings, assemblies and supporting manufacturing information.
- Translate customer and project requirements into practical, safe and manufacturable designs, with guidance from experienced engineers where required.
- Prepare and maintain bills of materials, drawing registers, technical files and controlled design records.
- Apply relevant company standards, design procedures, customer specifications and applicable regulatory or industry requirements.
- Participate in design reviews, risk assessments, design verification and problem-solving activities.
- Liaise with Production and suppliers to resolve manufacturing queries and improve ease of manufacture, assembly, testing, maintenance and installation.
- Support testing and factory acceptance activities, including the investigation and correction of technical issues.
- Contribute to standardisation, continuous improvement, lessons learned and the development of reusable design solutions.
Work in accordance with company health and safety, quality, environmental and information-security procedures. Undertake relevant training and work towards agreed professional and technical development objectives.
Degree, HND or equivalent qualification in mechanical engineering, product design, manufacturing engineering or a closely related discipline. Working knowledge of 2D and 3D CAD/Solidworks gained through education, placement, employment or substantial project work. Ability to interpret technical drawings and apply basic engineering principles to practical design problems. Competent with Microsoft Office applications; able to learn ERP, document-control and project-planning systems. Industrial placement, internship or project experience in a manufacturing, engineering or project environment. Awareness of design for manufacture, bills of materials, change control, risk management or quality systems. Full UK driving licence and willingness to make occasional customer or site visits. Experience with Microsoft Project.
Commercial awareness – considers time, cost, scope and customer commitments when making decisions. Learning mindset – develops technical and project-management capability through feedback and experience.
This is an opportunity to join Contained Air Solutions at an exciting stage of our continued growth, working within a specialist engineering environment where your work directly contributes to the products and projects we deliver for our customers.
You will have the opportunity to develop your skills across both design engineering and project management, working alongside experienced colleagues across the business and gaining exposure to the complete journey from design through to manufacture, testing and installation.
If you are technically minded, organised, and enjoy seeing projects through to completion, we would love to hear from you.
Project Manager (Design Engineering) in Middleton employer: Contained Air Solutions
Contained Air Solutions is an exceptional employer that fosters a collaborative and innovative work culture, where employees are encouraged to develop their technical and project management skills. With comprehensive training and support, you will have the opportunity to grow within a specialist engineering environment, contributing directly to impactful projects while working alongside experienced colleagues. Located in a dynamic industry, our team thrives on continuous improvement and offers a rewarding career path for those looking to make a meaningful impact.
