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Project Engineer

  • Derby, Derbyshire
  • Permanent
  • Oct 7, 2026

Project Engineer
£46,400 + Bonus + Early Finish on Friday + Excellent Company Benefits
Ripley, Derbyshire (Commutable from: Derby, Nottingham, Chesterfield, Mansfield, Alfreton, Belper, Heanor, Ilkeston)

Are you a Project Engineer looking for a role where you can take ownership of site projects from concept to handover, in a modern manufacturing environment with serious ongoing investment?

This is a great opportunity to join a well-established manufacturer where you will manage multiple CAPEX projects, improving safety, asset reliability and manufacturing capacity across a busy site.

The company are part of a larger group with an established UK presence, known for quality and continuous improvement, and they have recently delivered a high volume of capital projects with further major investment planned. As a result of continued success and ongoing site development, they are now looking to add a third Project Engineer into the team.

In this role you will plan and deliver projects end-to-end: building project plans, budgets and schedules, running tender evaluations, managing contractors, reporting progress to stakeholders, and leading commissioning and handover. This is a site-based position with some travel to suppliers/exhibitions when required.

This role would suit a Project Engineer from an automated or semi-automated manufacturing background, looking for a technically varied, high-ownership projects role with long-term stability and exposure to larger CAPEX work.


The Role:

  • Deliver capital projects from concept to commissioning and handover
  • Create project plans, budgets and schedules; manage cost control and procurement
  • Contractor management, site H&S compliance and stakeholder reporting
  • 40hrs per week, fully office based (core hours 08.30am to 16.45pm, 15:45pm finish on a Friday)
  • Company benefits: Bonus (target £2,800), 26 days holiday plus 8 bank holidays, pension matched up to 7%, Medicash plan


The Person:

  • Project Engineer with experience in manufacturing environment(s)
  • Mechanical or Electrical Engineering qualification
  • Experience in managing capital investment projects
  • Experience of site infrastructure and utilise
  • Comfortable with AutoCAD and strong communication/stakeholder management


Reference Number: BBBH280609

To apply for this role or to be considered for further roles, please click "Apply Now" or contact Sophie Fox at Rise Technical Recruitment.

Rise Technical Recruitment Ltd acts an employment agency for permanent roles and an employment business for temporary roles.

The salary advertised is the bracket available for this position. The actual salary paid will be dependent on your level of experience, qualifications and skill set and will be decided by our client, the employer. Rise are not responsible or liable for any hiring decisions made by the end client.

We are an equal opportunities company and welcome applications from all suitable candidates.

Reference Number: BBBH280609_1791364161
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Job Type

Engineering

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Reference Number

07 Oct 2026

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