Project Manager (CRT Projects)

Project Manager — Mechanical & Electrical (M&E) - Moving Structures

Location: Castle Donnington or Barnsley or Warrington

Department: Engineering / Projects - Moving Structures

Reports to: Engineering Manager / Programme Manager

Employment Type: Full-time

In return we, offer

In return for your expertise and commitment, we provide:

• Competitive Salary: Negotiable based on experience
• Company Vehicle: Choice between a company car or car allowance
• Health Benefits: Private medical insurance
• Generous Holidays: 25 days of annual leave plus bank holidays (increasing with service)
• Volunteer/Community Impact Opportunities: Up to 3 volunteer days
• Pension Scheme: Company contributory pension plan
• Life Insurance: Comprehensive life insurance coverage
• Health Cash Plan: Medicash Health Cash Plan and Rewards platform
• Career Development:
• Robust support and a clear path for personal and professional growth.
• Internal development programmes dedicated to supporting the development of our colleagues and future business leaders including Purposeful Leadership, Women in leadership and much more.
  
  

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead and deliver complex Mechanical & Electrical (M&E) projects focused on moving structures, such as bridges, gates, lifting mechanisms, or other large-scale motion-enabled infrastructure. The ideal candidate will have strong technical expertise across mechanical and electrical engineering disciplines, sound commercial awareness, and a proven track record managing projects from concept through to completion.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end‑to‑end delivery of M&E engineering projects involving moving structures, ensuring scope, schedule, cost, and quality targets are met.
• Oversee design, manufacture, installation, commissioning, and handover activities.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary engineering teams (mechanical, electrical, controls, hydraulic specialists).
• Manage project budgets, forecasts, change control, and commercial risk.
• Prepare and maintain project documentation, programme plans, and progress reports.
• Ensure compliance with NEC contract requirements, including early warnings, compensation events, and risk registers.

Conduct technical reviews, ensuring engineering solutions meet performance, safety, and regulatory standards.

Act as the principal point of contact for clients, stakeholders, contractors, and suppliers.

Lead project meetings, technical workshops, and site coordination activities.

Promote and maintain strong H\&S culture—including safe systems of work, RAMS, and CDM compliance.

Oversee FATs, SATs, commissioning, and integration of mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, and control systems.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Significant, demonstrable experience delivering engineering projects in M&E or multidisciplinary environments.
• Strong technical background in:
• Mechanical systems
• Electrical systems
• Hydraulics
• Control and automation systems
• Experience delivering projects involving moving structures (e.g., bridges, locks, gates, heavy lifting equipment, machinery).
• Proven experience delivering projects under NEC contracts.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Ability to interpret engineering drawings, specifications, and technical reports.

Demonstrated leadership of engineering, site, and subcontractor teams.

Qualifications

• Degree-qualified in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, or another relevant engineering discipline.
• Professional registration (CEng, IEng, or working towards) is advantageous.
• Project management accreditation (APM, PRINCE2, or equivalent) preferred.
  
  

Personal Attributes

• Strong problem‑solving ability and technical judgment.
• Highly organised with excellent planning and coordination skills.
• Confident decision‑maker who can operate under pressure.
• Team‑oriented leader with a collaborative mindset.
• Strong commitment to safety and quality.
  
  

The Company

Why AmcoGiffen?

You will be joining a reputable and firmly established, engineering contractor operating nationally in rail, civils and engineering markets. AmcoGiffen are renowned in the market as a specialist civil, building, mechanical and electrical renewals and maintenance business with ongoing and successful projects and frameworks across the country, you will become part of our expert outfit.

AmcoGiffen has a wealth of experience working on sensitive, live assets in highly regulated environments, we deliver exceptional peace of mind for our customers, creating and maintaining assets across a growing range of high-quality public and private sectors. These include rail, power generation, electricity distribution, flood defence, aviation, waterways and much more.

Diversity & Inclusion at AmcoGiffen

We value collective expertise, but also the spark that one person can bring. As one of us, you can be you, because your individuality is an asset to our business and the communities in which we work and represent.

We are working hard as part of the civil engineering and construction industry, to improve diversity & inclusion. Our Diversity and inclusion journey at AmcoGiffen, is constantly evolving and is designed to break down barriers and promote the principles of a diverse workforce through multiple channels. This includes delivering training, raising awareness, regular forums and sharing our engagement calendar of activities and events to encourage participation at all levels throughout our organisation.

Diversity & Inclusion is embodied throughout our SPIRIT core Business values and lies at the heart of our culture of Safety, Professionalism, Innovation, Respect, Integrity and Teamwork.

AmcoGiffen is an Equal Opportunities Employer, offering challenging, worthwhile careers to everyone and is pro-actively committed to improving our understanding year on year to foster a diverse and inclusive environment for all employees as well as for the customers and communities in which we serve and operate within. It doesn’t matter to us what your age, disability, employment status, gender, health, marital status, sexual preference, membership or non-membership of a trade union, nationality, race, religion or social class are, or indeed any other personal characteristics not directly related to the relevant job. Anyone who meets the requirements of the job is eligible for employment with AmcoGiffen.

Health & Wellbeing

Operating from a people first perspective we support safety and wellbeing in the workplace as a priority. We have large number of colleagues that are trained and qualified mental health first aiders to support and listen where appropriate. We enrol all of the AmcoGiffen family onto an employee assistance programme which provides 24 hour, 7 days a week counselling and advice services.

Is AmcoGiffen your next career challenge? If so, apply now!

For more information or to arrange a private and confidential discussion about AmcoGiffen career opportunities, please contact our Recruitment Team:

tom.peach@amcogiffen.co.uk

Recruitment Manager