Location: West Midlands & North West (multi-site)
Salary: Competitive + benefits
Type: Permanent

The Company

We are working with a well-established industrial manufacturing business operating within the environmental and process sector. The organisation runs long-standing, asset-heavy UK production sites supplying into regulated markets including water, industrial processing, and environmental services.

The business is investing in its UK engineering capability and is now looking to appoint a Project Engineer to take ownership of site-based capital and improvement projects across multiple facilities.

The Opportunity

This is a hands-on, site-focused Project Engineer role, created to strengthen project delivery capability within the UK operation.

The successful individual will take responsibility for brownfield, live-plant projects, working closely with Operations, Maintenance, EHS and external contractors to deliver upgrades, replacements and compliance-driven improvements without disrupting production.

This is not a desk-based PM role. It is suited to an engineer who enjoys being visible on site, owning projects end-to-end and acting as the link between operations and engineering.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver capital and improvement projects on live industrial/process sites
• Scope, justify and manage CAPEX projects from concept through to commissioning and handover
• Lead mechanical/process-biased projects including plant upgrades, equipment replacement and compliance works
• Develop URS, scopes of work, budgets and schedules
• Manage contractors, suppliers and OEMs on site
• Ensure projects are delivered safely, on time and within budget
• Work closely with Operations and Maintenance to minimise disruption to production
• Support regulatory, environmental and safety compliance requirements
• Provide clear project reporting to site and senior stakeholders

About You

You will be a pragmatic Project Engineer with experience delivering projects in asset-heavy, industrial environments.

Essential:

• Experience delivering brownfield projects on live manufacturing or process plants
• Strong mechanical or process engineering bias
• Proven ability to own projects end-to-end (scope, cost, delivery, handover)
• Comfortable working closely with operations and site teams
• Experience managing contractors and third-party suppliers
• Strong safety awareness within regulated environments

Desirable:

• Background in chemical, environmental, water, energy or heavy process industries
• Experience with compliance-driven or reliability-led projects
• Familiarity with capital approval processes and business case development

Why Apply?

• Site-embedded role with real ownership and autonomy
• Opportunity to work on meaningful industrial projects, not paper exercises
• Stable, long-term position within an established UK operation
• Clear remit and visible impact across multiple sites

About Mercury Hampton

Mercury Hampton is a specialist global consultancy supporting engineering, manufacturing and industrial businesses with critical hires. We pride ourselves on a professional, transparent and technically informed recruitment process.