Project Engineer - Jigs & Tools

Project Engineer - Jigs & Tools (Airbus - Broughton)

35 hours per week Onsite BPSS+ Clearance Required

PAYE: £27.75 p/h Umbrella: £37.12 p/h

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Project Engineer to join the Manufacturing Engineering (ME) team at Airbus Broughton, supporting the Internal Supply & Support (IS&S) function. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys problem solving, leading meaningful projects, and working closely with shop floor teams to keep production running smoothly.

At Guidant Global, we champion a welcoming and inclusive workplace. We're excited to support Airbus in finding people who want to make a real impact, feel empowered in their work, and grow their career in a world leading aerospace environment.

About the Role

As a Project Engineer, you will play a key role in delivering projects that improve and enable Airbus production processes. Working within a supportive ME team, you'll collaborate with a wide range of stakeholders to design solutions, enhance efficiency, and ensure high standards across safety, cost and quality. This role combines hands on engineering insight with structured project delivery - ideal for someone who thrives in a fast paced, technical environment.

What You'll Be Doing

• Carrying out process mapping, requirements gathering, and defining "as is" and "to be" solutions.
• Leading project activities across analysis, design, development, integration, testing, and deployment.
• Supporting crane lifts through creation of safe, compliant lifting processes.
• Managing project delivery against agreed budget, schedule, and resource plans.
• Producing high quality project documentation aligned with Airbus governance models.
• Identifying, reporting, and managing project risks, issues, and dependencies.
• Providing financial management support, including cost benefit analysis and project estimates.
• Working collaboratively with shop floor teams to minimise disruption and deliver practical, value adding solutions.

What You'll Bring

We'd love to hear from you if you have experience or strengths in some of the following areas.

Skills & Experience

• Experience in Project Management (LBIP, Agile, Planisware or similar tools).
• Engineering background (degree or equivalent experience).
• Experience working in a production or manufacturing environment.
• Strong stakeholder management and the ability to build effective working relationships.
• Ability to simplify complex information for a wide range of audiences.
• Familiarity with tools such as FMEA, SWOT, 5 Whys, Fishbone Analysis, flowcharts or Click N Buy (desirable).
• Ability to translate operational requirements into clear technical specifications.
• Experience in lifting and handling methods (advantageous).
• CATIA and/or Jig & Tool experience (advantageous).

Why Join?

Working at Airbus via Guidant Global means joining a collaborative, future focused team where your ideas are valued and your work makes a visible impact. You'll enjoy:

• A positive, people centred culture, supported by Guidant's inclusive approach.
• Opportunities to develop your project and engineering skills within a world leading aerospace organisation.
• Exposure to varied, hands on projects that strengthen your technical and leadership capabilities.
• A balanced 35 hour week with flexible daytime working (between 7am-7pm).

Additional Information

• Onsite role, based in Broughton.
• IR35: Inside.
• No mandatory training required.
• Open to candidates from all industries with transferable project management experience.
• Travel: Onsite only.
• Security: BPSS+ required.

Guidant, Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.