Project Engineer


Company:	Hunter Selection Limited
Salary:	£50,000 to £55,000 a year
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	St. Neots, SG19 3AH
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	9 Oct 2026
Closing date:	30 Oct 2026

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Summary

Project Engineer

St Neots, Cambridgeshire

£50,000-£55,000

Join a leading design and manufacturer of full turnkey projects for food processing & packaging machinery. Due to further growth within the business, they are looking for an experience Project Engineer to handle projects from concept through to completion.

Role & Responsibilities of a Project Engineer:

Responsible for contract/projects from receipt of order through to successful customer install

Act as the main technical & commercial point of contact for clients, agree projects scopes

Develop and maintain project schedules using MS Project (Gantt Charts)

Produce project documentation - 2D plant layout drawings (Using AutoCAD), scopes of supply, P&ID's, BOM's

Procurement - specify and source components, equipment and sub-contract services

Commercial - make sure project milestones are tracked, costs are controlled

Coordinate Factory Acceptance Testing, oversee packing / shipping, prepare installation plans

Occasional visits to customer sites in UK & overseas to oversee delivery / complete handovers

Knowledge, Skills & Experience needed to be an Electrical Engineer:

Experienced in managed multiple projects from concept to completion

Must have worked within a process engineering or special purpose machinery industry

Able to use AutoCAD to alter layout drawings for customer specs

Technical knowledge - process systems, steam systems, hydraulics, pipework, pneumatics

Strong communicator - working with customers, suppliers, sub-contractors, internal teams

Able to us MS Project - using Gantt Charts

Flexible to travel / stay away infrequently in UK overseas when needed

Must have Passport and UK Driving Licence

"To apply please email your CV / resume to [

chrisg@hunterselection.co.uk

]". - Chris Gumm - 01908 010 438

If you do not get a response back on your application within 24-48 hours please presume you are unsuccessful.

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Hunter Selection Limited is a recruitment consultancy with offices UK wide, specialising in permanent & contract roles within Engineering & Manufacturing, IT & Digital, Science & Technology and Service & Sales sectors.

Please note as we receive a high level of applications we can only respond to applicants whose skills & qualifications are suitable for this position. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010.

For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business.

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