Project Manager

Project Manager / Project Engineer | Marine Engineering | Up to £65,000 | Yateley (Hybrid Working 2-3 days per week on-site)

MERITUS are working with a highly specialised engineering organisation delivering bespoke, low-volume, high-value systems into defence, offshore and advanced technology environments.

They're looking for an experienced Technical Project Manager to join, requiring strong engineering awareness, hands-on delivery ownership, and the ability to operate confidently with both customers and multidisciplinary technical teams.

You will take ownership of complex, custom-built systems projects, managing the full lifecycle from concept through to delivery, working closely with Systems Engineers and acting as a key interface between the business and the customer.

This role is ideally suited to individuals from defence, aerospace, electronics or complex manufacturing environments who are comfortable operating in technically demanding, customer-facing delivery roles.

Main Responsibilities:

• Lead the end-to-end delivery of bespoke engineering projects, ensuring alignment to technical, commercial, and customer requirements
• Act as the primary customer interface, managing expectations, communication, and long-term stakeholder relationships
• Develop and manage project plans, schedules, and work breakdown structures (WBS) across complex engineering programmes
• Collaborate closely with Systems Engineers and technical teams to define, validate, and deliver system-level solutions
• Monitor project performance including budget, cost-to-complete (CTC), risks, and delivery milestones
• Support bid and proposal activity, contributing to project scoping, costing, and technical solution definition

Required Skills & Experience:

• Proven experience delivering projects within high-value engineering or advanced manufacturing environments (defence, aerospace, electronics, or similar)
• Strong customer-facing and stakeholder management capability, with experience managing complex external relationships
• Demonstrated ability to operate in a project engineer / technical PM capacity, working closely with engineering teams
• Experience managing low-volume, bespoke or custom-built systems rather than high-volume production
• Solid understanding of project planning, scheduling, budgeting, and risk management within engineering programmes
• Ability to lead within a matrix environment, influencing technical teams without direct authority

Benefits:

• Salary up to £65,000
• Annual performance bonus
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays
• Flexible / hybrid working options
• Private pension scheme

Got your attention?

If you believe that you have the skills and experience for the role – then please get in touch. We also offer a referral scheme for any candidates whose details are passed to us that we successfully place. If you have any further questions then please contact Ryan Harris at MERITUS Talent.