** Mechanical Project Manager **
Process machinery / Plant lay-outs / GA’s / Food industry
Location: Greater Manchester / Trafford Park
6-12-month contract / project
£40.00 - £45.00p/h DOE – Outside IR35
Our client:
Our client is a leading UK Engineering, projects, and installations company, managing large EPC projects for major blue chip FMCG manufacturers UK wide. They are recruiting for an experienced Mechanical Design Engineer, for a 6-12-month contract, with the likelihood of long-term extensions. You will be expected to oversee a small team of installation electricians across sites UK wide (mainly Northern based) within FMCG & food process manufacturing.
Due to an influx of projects, they are looking for a Mechanical Project Manager to join their team on a contracts basis to assist on key projects.
For the position of Mechanical Project Manager, you will require to conduct the following daily duties:
- Site experience – site surveys
- Managing projects including steel platforms, pipework, layouts, conveyors – process food equipment
- Quoting jobs after enquiry/site survey – ensuring commercials are met
- Edit and modify drawings on CAD (Solidworks ideal) where needed
- Ensure specifications and customer requirements are met
- Organise suppliers & subcontractors (lifting equipment etc) – quotes etc
- Liaise with workshop and re: labour/manpower
- Ensure industry regulations and safety are adhered
- Oversee site installs and ensure project runs smoothly
- Handover successfully within timescales and budgets
The successful Mechanical Project Manager will need to have the following attributes:
- Apprentice trained ideally to NVQ L3/HNC Mechanical Engineering
- Solidworks & AutoCAD appreciation
- Experienced in fabrications, plant lay-outs and capital equipment install
- In depth Food Industry projects & site survey experience
- A strong communicator, organised, flexible mindset, strive for excellence
- Commutable to Greater Manchester / Salford area
The benefits of this position:
- A highly reputable EPCM
- Working in the office 5 days a week – part of the team
- Minimum 6–12-month contract with potential for longer
- Outside IR35 – Limited company suitable
I am looking to speak to talented contract Mechanical Project Managers who are looking for a rewarding and challenging technical position for a 6 -12-month contract. For more information on this please contact Luke Corr, Recruitment Manager, at ATA Recruitment.
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