Project Engineer - Automotive Manufacturing (Northamptonshire) Are you an ambitious, innovative engineer looking to make your mark in the automotive industry? Heres your chance to join a highly successful, international automotive components business that puts people at the heart of everything it does. As a result of exciting growth and new business wins, we are seeking a driven, degree-educated Project Engineer to take ownership of challenging and rewarding projects. If you are results-oriented, energetic, and thrive in a collaborative team environment, this role offers real opportunities for career progression, including future management roles. Why This Role Is Exciting: Work on cutting-edge automotive projects within a highly customer-focused business. Lead projects from concept to completion, making tangible contributions that directly impact success. Collaborate across departments and with global customers and suppliers, building strong professional relationships. Be part of a supportive, people-oriented culture that values innovation, initiative, and personal development. What Youll Be Doing: Lead projects ensuring safety, quality, and cost standards are met at every stage. Communicate daily with customers, suppliers, and internal technical teams. Run project review meetings and present project status confidently. Identify and mitigate project risks, resolving challenges to ensure on-time delivery within defined commercial targets. Participate in feasibility studies, manufacturing concept reviews, and tool/equipment design reviews. Take ownership of projects from nomination to final implementation, applying strong project management skills. Apply practical problem-solving tools, including 8D, Fishbone Diagrams, Pareto Charts, and 5 Whys. Utilize your knowledge of PPAP, FMEA, Control Plans, and Process Flow/Mapping. Act as a key point of contact for customers during new production introductions, demonstrating excellent communication and presentation skills. What Were Looking For: Degree-educated in an engineering discipline. 2-3 years experience as a Project Engineer or Graduate Project Engineer within automotive manufacturing. Strong technical knowledge of injection moulding manufacturing processes. Natural communicator with the ability to engage and influence stakeholders across multiple departments. Practical, problem-solving mindset, with the ability to think critically and make decisions under pressure. Why Join Us: Be part of a friendly, collaborative, and supportive team. Join a business that is passionate about people, quality, and innovation. Gain exposure to international projects and grow your career in a business that rewards talent and initiative. If youre ready to take the next step in your engineering career, make an impact, and work on exciting automotive projects, we want to hear from you. Send your CV today for immediate consideration! Barker Ross Group values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are more than happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application. For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business.