Project Product Engineer - Milton Keynes, United Kingdom - Blue Rabbit Recruitment

Description

Product Engineer to £40K, Company Bonus, Pension, 4.5 Day Week, Flexi Hours & Hybrid Working

Key Responsibilities We are looking for a Product Engineer reporting to the Project Manger to assist in the smooth running of Defence Contracts.

This is a permanent role, with the first project lasting 3 to 5 years. The Project is an Official Sensitive Defence Naval contract.

The Product Engineer will need to help the Project Manager run this project, coordinating with customers, suppliers, external bodies as well as the AMP Power Protection senior management team.

The work will involve:

• 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

Additional tasks will include:

• Liaise with purchasing to ensure the correct parts are ordered at the best price, using technical knowledge to ensure this is achieved efficiently.
• Provide assistance with setting up test systems and prototype builds.
• Assist with builds in the workshop when required.
• Assist with system testing, in-house and on site.
• Additional tasks as needed to ensure projects are completed on time, on budget, and within scope

Requirements:
Experience in Project Management, ideally from an Engineering or Technical backgroundPlease apply with your CV for immediate consideration.