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We partner with industry leaders across sectors including Aeronautics, Aerospace, Defence, Naval, Automotive, Energy, Rail, IT and many more to deliver innovative engineering solutions that drive technological advancement & support sustainable transformation.\nOur teams of passionate and agile engineers work on cutting-edge projects that shape the future of technology and sustainability. At ALTEN, we empower talented engineers to innovate, solve complex challenges, and deliver impactful solutions that build tomorrow’s world-today.\nJoin us and start building tomorrow’s world today!\n We're seeking a technically minded Project Engineer to support the delivery of Function, Control & Automation (FCA) engineering activities across a major engineering programme.\nThis role sits at the intersection of engineering and project delivery, providing the coordination needed to ensure complex Control & Instrumentation (C&I) work packages are planned, progressed and delivered successfully.\nYou'll work closely with engineers, planners and technical stakeholders to coordinate activities, manage dependencies, track progress and remove barriers to delivery. The successful candidate will be comfortable engaging with technical teams, understanding engineering scope and driving actions through to completion.\nKey Responsibilities:\nCoordinate FCA engineering activities across multiple systems and projects.\nTranslate technical scope into deliverables, milestones and work plans.\nManage dependencies, interfaces, risks and engineering actions.\nWork with multidisciplinary engineering teams to ensure timely delivery.\nTrack progress and maintain accurate reporting against project schedules.\nChallenge unclear priorities, assumptions and delivery dates where required.\nSupport planning and scheduling activities using project control tools.\nEnsure engineering deliverables progress through review, approval and handover stages.\nEscalate issues and risks that may impact project milestones.\nFacilitate communication between design, operations, safety and delivery teams.\n Required Skills:.\nExperience delivering engineering projects within a regulated or high-hazard environment.\nUnderstanding of industrial processes and control systems.\nAbility to interpret technical documentation including:P&IDs\nProcess Flow Diagrams\nFunctional Specifications\nControl Philosophies\nEngineering Requirements\n\nExperience coordinating multidisciplinary engineering teams.\nStrong stakeholder management and communication skills.\nAbility to manage competing priorities and drive actions to completion.\nExperience identifying and managing project risks, issues and dependencies.\nRequired Qualifications:\nA Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering, or equivalent military experience.\nDesirable Skills:\nControl & Instrumentation design experience.\nNuclear, power generation, oil & gas, chemicals or pharmaceutical industry experience.\nPrimavera P6 experience.\nAzure DevOps experience.\nRequirements Management or Systems Engineering tools (Polarion, Capella, etc.).\nChartered Engineer status or working towards professional registration.\n Why join us?\nWe bring together entrepreneurial, tech-driven people to deliver innovative solutions for leading companies.\nAt ALTEN, you’ll work on exciting projects, supported by ongoing learning, mentoring, and clear career development tailored to your goals.\nJoin a passionate team and help build tomorrow, today.\nIn short you get:\nA personalised career path and a rewarding management style \nA huge diversity of engineering projects and industries\nPrivate Medical Insurance\nCycle & Tech Scheme \nEmployee assistance programme\nLife insurance & Pension Scheme\nSocial atmosphere, regular gatherings & team buildings\nFlexible way of working (role dependent)\nWe are proud to support the Armed Forces Covenant & actively encourage applications from members of the Armed Forces community, including veterans, reservists, service leavers, and military spouses/partners. We recognise the value of military skills and experience and are committed to ensuring that no applicant is unfairly disadvantaged during our recruitment and selection processes. \nALTEN is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace and values the strength that comes from a global mix of backgrounds and perspectives. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates, regardless of background or protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know. \nThis role may require you to have or be willing to go through Security Clearance. As part of the onboarding process candidates will be asked to complete a Baseline Personnel Security Standard; details of the evidence required to apply may be found on the government website Gov.UK. If you are unable to meet this and any associated criteria, then your employment may be delayed, or rejected . 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