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Project Engineer

SourceCoHereford, Herefordshire🇬🇧United KingdomPosted 6 Jul 2026

Quick Overview

Salary
£50k/yr
Work Type
Hybrid
Schedule
Full Time
Level
Mid Senior

Job Description

Project Engineer Automation, machinery, packaging, filling, sealing, bottling, capping

Hereford / + semi-regular travel to customer sites

~£40 £50,000 pa, Negotiable on experience + discretionary bonus, based on profits (never not paid usually ~5% salary)

5 weeks holiday plus Bank Holidays (33 days total)

40 hours per week, early finish Friday

Requirements:

  • Confident and capable Project Engineer, experienced in managing multiple machinery, automation or production line installation projects simultaneously (~10 at a time, ~£1million in value and above); requirement gathering and taking measurements on site, liaising between customers and internal departments (sales, design, etc.), and managing test and installation process.
  • Ability to work autonomously and independently, communicating effectively between all stakeholders (customers, suppliers, internal teams), while forming an integral part of the wider Projects team.
  • Prior industry / machinery knowledge, such as packaging, weighing, filling, capping, labelling, sealing, machinery within the food or beverage industry, or transferrable experience from handling, robotics, or plastic moulding (for example).
  • Enjoys working as part of a team in a friendly and conscientious Projects department (hybrid / flexible working available)
  • Enthusiasm to learn and develop within the role as well as offer guidance & support to junior colleagues.

Useful tools to succeed would include excellent communication skills, a mechanical engineering background, an experienced commercial head, and (ideally) a project management qualification, such as Prince 2.

If this role fits your skills and abilities, please apply and Ill be in touch shortly. Cheers!


Skills

Robotics

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