VA Technology
Engineering Project Manager
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At VA Technology, we design, manufacture, and install bespoke, high-value automation systems for the investment casting industry. Each project is a complex, made-to-order manufacturing programme, running from receipt of order through to onsite installation and commissioning. To ensure our customers are informed, supported, and confident at every stage, we’re looking for an Engineering Project Manager who excels at the customer interface and brings internal teams together to deliver a seamless end-to-end project experience.
This role is ideal for someone who is used to working at a senior level, highly organized, thrives on developing customer relationships, and is able to quickly understand technical manufacturing/engineering terms and processes. A background in engineering or manufacturing is required.
What you’ll be doing
- Working as part of the wider Customer Delivery team, you’ll own multiple customer projects from receipt of order through to final acceptance, acting as the central point of contact throughout the journey.
- Your focus will be on customer communication, progress coordination, delivery, and overall satisfaction.
- Acting as the primary interface between VA Technology and the customer.
- Keeping customers informed with clear, timely updates on progress, milestones, and next steps through regular site visits and communications.
- Coordinating internal teams across Engineering, Manufacturing, Sales, and Customer Support to ensure project objectives and timescales are met.
- Managing project schedules, documentation, and customer review meetings.
- Supporting manufacturing tests and onsite customer installation, ensuring expectations are aligned and outcomes achieved.
- Taking ownership of project costs in line with approved budgets.
- Providing general project support across the business.
- Travelling regularly to meet with UK and international customers.
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What you’ll need
- Proven experience in managing and leading the customer interface for high-value projects.
- Commercially astute, with outstanding relationship-building skills. Confident engaging with senior-level external customers and internal stakeholders.
- Highly organized, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and keep projects moving, overcoming roadblocks.
- A proactive, accountable approach to ownership and delivery.
- Confidence working with schedules, documentation, and project controls.
- Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office and MS Project.
- Experience working with international customers preferred.
- Experience gained within engineering, manufacturing, or industrial environments is essential.
- The flexibility to travel regularly to customer sites within the UK and internationally is a prerequisite of the role, so a driving license and passport is essential.
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What we offer
- 25 days holidays + bank holidays, increasing with service.
- Company Car.
- Death in Service Scheme (4 x salary).
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: £55,000.00-£60,000.00 per year
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