Project Manager - Engineering

About the role

ALL.SPACE develops satellite communications terminals and software-defined connectivity platforms for land, sea and air applications in the Defence & Space sector. As Project Manager - Engineering, you will help deliver engineering and technology programmes at the intersection of product development, technical execution and operational readiness, partnering with engineering, product, quality, manufacturing, supply chain, operations and support teams.

Key responsibilities

• Plan and manage engineering and technology projects from initiation through delivery and closeout, following the development lifecycle and governance framework.
• Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, milestones, dependencies, budgets and delivery forecasts.
• Define scope, objectives, deliverables, acceptance criteria and work breakdown structures with Engineering and Product stakeholders.
• Monitor performance against scope, schedule, cost and quality baselines and coordinate corrective actions.
• Support technical reviews, decision gates and readiness assessments, and coordinate day-to-day execution across functions.
• Facilitate meetings and reviews, manage interfaces and handoffs, and escalate unresolved conflicts.
• Maintain risk and opportunity registers, apply formal change control, and track expenditure and resource demand with Finance.
• Develop stakeholder and communication plans, support customer, supplier and partner engagement, and provide accurate reporting to the Director of Engineering Program Management.
• Use standard PMO methods and predictive, agile or hybrid delivery approaches, and contribute to lessons learned and continuous improvement.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, Project Management or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Typically 3-5 years of experience coordinating or managing engineering, technology or product development projects.
• Experience with project plans, schedules, risk registers, status reports and change records.
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams and drive projects to closure without direct authority.
• PMP certification preferred; CAPM, PRINCE2 Practitioner or equivalent considered; eligibility to work in the UK required.
• Preferred: experience in SATCOM, communications, aerospace, defence or a regulated hardware and software environment; future security clearance eligibility may be needed.

Required skills

• Working knowledge of project management principles (scope, schedule, cost, quality, risk, procurement, stakeholders).
• Project planning and scheduling tools such as Microsoft Project or Primavera, collaboration tools such as Jira, and reporting tools such as Excel or Power BI are a plus.

What we offer

• Contributory pension scheme.
• 25 days annual leave plus public holidays.
• Cycle-to-work and car schemes (salary sacrifice).
• Free on-site gym and employee assistance programme.
• Discounts platform.