Project Coordinator

An established marine engineering and boatbuilding organisation is seeking a Project Coordinator to join its Engineering and Technical team. This role is responsible for coordinating engineering, design and technical activities across multiple projects, ensuring resources, schedules and deliverables are effectively managed from concept through to completion.

Acting as the central point of coordination between Engineering, Design, Production and Commercial teams, you will play a key role in ensuring technical projects are delivered on time, within scope and aligned to business priorities.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as the central coordination point within the Engineering and Design teams, managing resources, priorities, workstreams and information flow.
• Support the planning and delivery of engineering and technical projects across the business.
• Represent the Engineering and Technical function during Sales & Operational Planning meetings.
• Capture and coordinate project scope and requirements by working closely with Engineering, Design, Production and Commercial teams.
• Create and maintain project schedules, ensuring key engineering deliverables and milestones are achieved.
• Assist Project Engineers and the Technical Manager with project planning and resource allocation.
• Coordinate internal engineering teams, subcontractors and customers to ensure successful project execution.
• Monitor project progress, identify risks or schedule conflicts and help implement corrective actions when required.
• Maintain project documentation and document control systems, including technical specifications, requirements, risk registers, issue logs and progress reports.
• Support project reviews and lessons learned activities to drive continuous improvement across engineering projects.

Skills & Experience

• Strong project coordination or project administration experience, ideally supporting engineering, technical or manufacturing teams.
• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple engineering workstreams and competing priorities.
• A proactive and positive attitude with a strong problem-solving approach.
• Comfortable working independently and collaboratively within multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Experience improving processes and implementing more efficient ways of working.
• Adaptable and flexible, with the ability to respond to changing project priorities and deadlines.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Able to build effective relationships with engineers, project teams, customers and external stakeholders.
• Experience handling customer enquiries and maintaining professional client relationships.
• Confident in influencing and gaining cooperation across technical and operational teams.

Qualifications & Requirements

• Previous coordination or administration experience within a project-based engineering, manufacturing or technical environment.
• Strong IT skills, including Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Experience with Microsoft Project would be advantageous.
• Educated to A-Level standard or equivalent BTEC qualification.

Additional Information

This role would suit a highly organised Project Coordinator looking to develop their career within an engineering environment. You will work closely with Engineering, Design and Production teams, supporting the successful delivery of a variety of technical and engineering projects while ensuring priorities, resources and deadlines remain aligned with business objectives.