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Project Manager (Mechanical Engineering) ?? £40,000-£55,000?? Colchester base | UK & EU travel?? Engineering projects | Hands-on delivery | Leadership growth If you're a Project Manager with mechanical engineering roots, and you thrive on turning complex ideas into real-world results, this might just be the role you've been waiting for. You'll be the right hand to the Operations Director, trusted to take ownership of multiple engineering projects across the UK and Europe. From design coordination and client meetings to on-site delivery, you'll be at the heart of it all: solving problems, building relationships, and keeping projects running like clockwork. This isn't a role for box-tickers or clipboard carriers, it's for someone who genuinely gets engineering and knows how to bring people, process, and progress together. What you'll be doing: Managing engineering projects end-to-end, planning, coordination, budgets, reporting, and deliveryWorking closely with the Ops Director to prioritise and lead multiple concurrent projectsProviding technical oversight and design input based on sound mechanical engineering principlesLiaising with clients, suppliers and site teams to ensure deadlines and standards are metPreparing project documentation, drawings and progress updatesTravelling across the UK and EU for site visits, surveys and project reviews What you'll bring: A degree in Mechanical Engineering (or closely related discipline)Proven experience as a Project Manager in an engineering or manufacturing environmentStrong technical understanding with the ability to interpret and influence design workConfident communicator who can manage both detail and big-picture strategyCompetency with CAD tools (AutoCAD, SolidWorks, Fusion, or similar)<l