Job Summary:
Wrightbus is a rapidly growing company, and as part of this expansion we are recruiting for a Project Engineer. This role offers the opportunity to strengthen our commercial and aftermarket support functions. You will develop a pipeline of new spare‑parts offerings, identify part numbers, manage internal approvals and costings, and work closely with the Commercial Executive/Manager on product rollout and pricing. The role focuses on delivering key project proposals, meeting requirements, and providing excellent customer support.
The Role
* Manage all aspects of the spares product development process, including:
* Adhering to project timelines, budgets, and business, sales, commercial and production requirements.
* Coordinating internal and external stakeholders.
* Managing project review meetings and producing weekly KPI reports.
* Ideation & Opportunity Development
* Create and maintain an Ideation Funnel for new spares package opportunities with risk/reward ranking.
* Lead regular meetings with stakeholders to generate ideas and report project status.
* Combine engineering feasibility with market opportunity to assess demand.
* Ensure clear definition of each opportunity before launch.
* Technical & Costing Preparation
* Agree BOM numbering/setup with Engineering.
* Develop technical BOMs with relevant departments.
* Analyse specifications to identify discrepancies and improvements.
* Maintain strong stakeholder relationships and report bottlenecks.
* Obtain internal sign‑off on BOMs.
* Submit proposals to customers and incorporate feedback.
* Release BOMs for costing and work with Procurement on pricing.
* Support preparation of costing summaries and pricing strategy.
* Internal Process Alignment
* Coordinate internal order walkthroughs for volume orders.
* Act as technical expert at bid stage.
* Analyse orders to verify projected vs actual costs.
* Customer Engagement & Promotion
* Prepare sample packs or promotional offerings and gather feedback.
* Create sales materials for rollout.
* Work with the Commercial Executive on fleet profiles, trial areas and promotional strategies.
* Order Execution
* Confirm BOM assumptions against customer Bus Number BOMs.
* Release final BOM to Engineering.
* Conduct post‑project reviews and support continuous improvement.
Requirements:
* 3rd Level qualification in Engineering discipline and 3 year’s experience in a similar role.
* Experience in project planning.
* Hands on experience in designing/ developing or product industrialization.
* Experience working in a manufacturing environment.
* Experience of commercial and technical contracts.
* Working with customers to agree and negotiate final requirements.
* Excellent analytical and problem solving skills and experience.
* Experience of working and managing across various departments to successfully complete tasks to tight deadlines.
* Good written and verbal communication skills.
* Able to take a well-organised, methodical and flexible approach to work, prioritising the workload in order to meet targets.
* Able to analyse information and anticipate problems, raising issues in a timely manner to ensure problems are avoided.
* Self-motivated and able to adapt to changing priorities.
* Knowledge of Office-based IT systems.
Benefits:
* Life Insurance
* Medicash scheme
* Local business discounts
* Free parking
* Canteen
* Career progression
* Professional development
* Flexitime
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