Project Engineer
Location: Motherwell, Scotland
Salary: £45 to £60 per hour, DOE
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Contract: Initial 6‑month contract with likely extension up to 23 months
Schedule: Onsite for the first 3 months, then 1 week onsite and 3 weeks WFH
Citizenship: Must be a UK citizen, born in the UK, and able to pass required security checks
Join a well‑established aerospace and industrial technology site in the Motherwell area that handles advanced production and R&D work for complex switching, sensing and control products used in demanding environments. The role values proper engineering, teamwork and steady problem solving.
As a Project Engineer you will deliver high‑quality software and control solutions that feed directly into major defence developments, working within a multidisciplinary team and using a range of tools and programming languages. The position includes ownership of your own tasks, support for junior engineers and involvement in assurance and review activities.
Responsibilities
* Deliver innovative, reliable software products to strict industry standards for key UK defence work
* Work closely with a multi‑skilled engineering group across all stages of the development cycle
* Take responsibility for your own deliverables and assist junior team members when needed
* Lead during assurance and review stages, ensuring configuration, release and documentation are completed correctly
* Translate requirements into designs, implement and test solutions, and manage integration, configuration, release and deployment
Qualifications
* Background in Instrumentation and Control Engineering or a related field
* Experience or knowledge of traditional PLC programming
* Experience or knowledge of SCADA systems
* Experience or knowledge of Distributed Control Systems
* A reliable, structured approach and pride in doing things properly
If you are a Project Engineer looking for a long‑term, stable contract with a balanced hybrid pattern and genuinely interesting defence‑aligned work, call or message Hayden at Holt Engineering on 07955 081 482.
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