Project Leader Engineering

Job Title

Project Leader Engineering

Job Description

Reports to: Project Manager Engineering

Location: Manchester/North West

Contract Type: Permanent

Introduction to the role

Vanderlande is a global leader in logistics process automation across the airports, parcel, and warehouse sectors. The UK& Ireland Airports Engineering department forms part of our worldwide engineering community of more than 1,000 colleagues across multiple technical disciplines.

Role Responsibilities

As a Project Leader Engineering, you will play a key role in delivering complex engineering projects in a collaborative and supportive environment. You will collaborate with colleagues across engineering project management, customers, and partners to ensure high-quality technical solutions are delivered safely, sustainably, and on time. This role offers the opportunity to develop technical leadership skills while contributing to projects with real‑world impact.

Vanderlande values different perspectives and supports ongoing learning and career development and welcome applicants from all backgrounds and experiences as we build a diverse engineering team.

Your responsibilities and activities will include:

• Support and promote a safety‑first culture, ensuring technical health and safety considerations are embedded into designs from the outset
• Lead and coordinate engineering activities across one or more projects, working closely with internal and external stakeholders
• Create and maintain clear, achievable engineering project plans that support collaboration and transparency
• Provide technical leadership to multidisciplinary teams, fostering an inclusive and supportive team environment
• Manage engineering budgets by identifying risks and opportunities and supporting well‑informed decision‑making
• Act as a technical partner to customers and external parties, ensuring solutions meet agreed quality and performance standards
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of engineering and project management practices, sharing knowledge and supporting the wider engineering community

Role Qualification and Skills

• Have a degree (or equivalent experience) in mechanical, electrical, controls, or a related engineering discipline
• Are experience working on complex engineering projects in a dynamic or system‑critical environment
• Enjoy working collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams and stakeholders
• Have a working knowledge of project management principles within an engineering context
• Communicate clearly and confidently, both verbally and in writing
• Are comfortable using standard digital tools (such as MS Office) to support planning and reporting
• Have profession engineering accreditation or have a desire and commitment to work towards professional registration (we will support you).

What we offer

• 28 days annual leave (excluding public holidays)
• Aviva Medical Cover
• YuLife – Wellbeing membership with fast access to GP appointments, promotion of health and wellbeing along with daily quests to gain Yucoins that can be swapped for shopping vouchers
• A challenging work environment with lots of opportunities of career progression.
• Cycle to work scheme
• Yellow Nest is a salary exchange scheme that reduces childcare costs for parents and employers
• Pension with Aviva
• Access to Achievers an award-winning recognition platform that inspires to recognise your coworkers Where points are awarded that can be exchanged for a range of goods and discounts.

Diversity & Inclusion

Vanderlande is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. Qualified applicants will be considered without regards to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age marital status or disability status. If you feel there is a barrier that potentially prevents you from applying, we are always happy to discuss or explore, any reasonable adjustments can be made to support your application.

About Us

Every day, millions of people rely on Vanderlande without even knowing it. From baggage checked in at the airport to parcels on their way to someone’s doorstep, our automation solutions help keep the world moving.

Vanderlande designs, delivers, and supports automation technology, operational software, and lifecycle services for leading airports and parcel operations worldwide. Across more than 100 countries, our customers rely on us to keep their operations moving reliably, efficiently, and sustainably.

Behind every solution are the people who make it happen. At Vanderlande, how we work matters just as much as what we deliver. Our values, Every Day Better, We Care, and Team Play, guide how we collaborate, support each other, and create value for our customers.

Here, you can work with colleagues across disciplines and cultures, contribute to work that makes a difference, and build your future in an organisation that invites you to grow.

Explore what is possible at Vanderlande and discover how you can make an impact.

Aspire. Grow. Achieve. Together.