# Project Manager - Engineering > ALL.SPACE · Reading, United Kingdom · Full-time · Posted 2026-09-24 **Workplace:** on_site **Department:** Sales Engineering ## Description **Roles and Responsibilities** **Project Planning and Delivery** - Plan and manage assigned engineering and technology projects from initiation through delivery and closeout, in accordance with the established development lifecycle and governance framework. - Develop and maintain project management plans, integrated schedules, milestones, dependencies, resource requirements, budgets and delivery forecasts. - Define project scope, objectives, deliverables, acceptance criteria and work breakdown structures in collaboration with Engineering and Product stakeholders. - Monitor project performance against approved scope, schedule, cost and quality baselines; identify variances and coordinate timely corrective actions. - Support technical reviews, lifecycle decision gates and readiness assessments by ensuring required inputs, actions and evidence are complete and current. **Cross-Functional Coordination** - Coordinate day-to-day project execution across Engineering, Product Management, Test, Quality, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Operations and Field Support. - Facilitate project meetings, technical and delivery reviews, ensuring decisions, actions, owners and due dates are clearly documented and followed through to closure. - Manage project interfaces, dependencies and handoffs, escalating conflicts or constraints that cannot be resolved within the project team. - Align project execution with product strategy, customer commitments, production objectives and broader portfolio priorities. - Provide accurate project information to support resource planning and portfolio-level decision-making by the Director of Engineering Program Management. **Risk, Change and Stakeholder Management** - Maintain project risk and opportunity registers; facilitate identification, assessment, ownership, mitigation and ongoing review. - Apply formal change control to evaluate and document impacts to scope, schedule, cost, resources, quality and customer commitments. - Identify project issues early, coordinate recovery actions and escalate material risks, decisions or support requirements through agreed governance channels. - Develop and execute stakeholder and communication plans appropriate to project complexity, risk and audience. - Support customer, supplier and partner engagement as assigned, ensuring commitments and actions are accurately captured and managed. **Project Controls and Reporting** - Maintain current, traceable and decision-useful project schedules, forecasts, dashboards and status reports. - Provide concise reporting on progress, milestones, dependencies, financial status, risks, opportunities, issues, decisions and recovery actions. - Track project expenditure, resource demand and forecast-to-complete in coordination with Finance and functional leaders. - Monitor technical and delivery maturity, including design, verification, qualification and manufacturing readiness, as applicable to the assigned project. - Ensure project records, approvals, decisions, baselines and lessons learned are maintained in accordance with PMO and quality requirements. **PMO Process and Continuous Improvement** - Apply standard PMO methods for planning, scheduling, cost control, risk and opportunity management, change control, governance and reporting. - Use predictive, agile or hybrid delivery approaches appropriate to the project environment and approved governance model. - Contribute to project health checks, lessons learned and continuous improvement activities. - Support consistent use of templates, tools, performance indicators and escalation criteria across development projects. - Model collaborative, accountable and ethical project leadership aligned with PMI principles and company values. ## Requirements - Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, Project Management or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience. - Typically 3-5 years of experience coordinating or managing engineering, technology, product development or similarly complex projects. - Working knowledge of project management principles across scope, schedule, cost, quality, resources, risk, procurement, stakeholders and communications. - Experience developing and maintaining project plans, integrated schedules, risk registers, status reports and change records. - Demonstrated ability to coordinate cross-functional teams, manage competing priorities and drive actions to closure without direct authority. - Strong written and verbal communication, facilitation, organization, problem-solving and stakeholder-management skills. - Proficiency with common project planning, scheduling, collaboration and reporting tools. - Ability to interpret technical information and translate it into clear delivery plans, risks, decisions and stakeholder communications. - PMP certification preferred; CAPM, PRINCE2 Practitioner or equivalent project management credential considered. Candidates actively working toward PMP certification may also be considered. - Preferred: experience in SATCOM, communications, aerospace, defence or another regulated, multi-disciplinary hardware and software environment. **Additional Notes** - This role supports the Director of Engineering Program Management by providing disciplined project-level planning, coordination, controls and reporting across assigned development initiatives. - The role does not carry portfolio ownership or line-management responsibility unless separately assigned. - Security clearance or eligibility may be required for defence-related projects. ## Benefits - Competitive Salary - Contributory Pension Scheme  - 25 days Annual Leave + Public Holidays  - Cycle-to-Work Scheme (Salary Sacrifice)  - Car Scheme (Salary Sacrifice)  - Free On-Site Gym  - Employee Assistance Programme  - Discounts Platform ## Apply [Apply at ALL.SPACE](https://apply.workable.com/allspace/j/0D0922309E/apply) --- Powered by [Workable](https://www.workable.com)