Project Engineer

Location: Cheshire
Salary: £40,000 - £45,000 Depending on Experience
Job Type: Permanent
Industry: Medical Devices / Injection Moulding / Tooling / Manufacturing

5S Recruitment are working with a highly respected and growing medical device manufacturer seeking an experienced Project Manager (Medical Device Tooling & Injection Moulding) to join their expanding technical and NPI team. This is an excellent opportunity for a technically strong Project Manager (Medical Device Tooling & Injection Moulding) to manage complex tooling and NPI programmes within a regulated ISO 13485 manufacturing environment. The successful candidate will play a key role in delivering medical device tooling projects from customer handover through to full serial production release. The business operates within a fast-paced, highly regulated manufacturing environment and is seeking a Project Manager (Medical Device Tooling & Injection Moulding) with strong communication, planning and cross-functional coordination experience.

Key responsibilities

Manage medical device tooling and injection moulding projects from handover through to production release
Develop and maintain project plans, timelines and milestone trackers
Coordinate tooling, metrology, process engineering, quality, operations and supply chain activities
Lead project meetings, technical reviews and customer updates
Coordinate tooling manufacture, tool trials, steel-safe reviews and process optimisation activities
Support IQ/OQ/PQ and PPQ validation activities
Support FAI activities and process capability studies
Manage project risk registers and escalate issues where required
Ensure all changes are controlled through formal change management processes
Maintain accurate project documentation and audit-ready records
Act as the primary customer contact throughout assigned programmes
Support internal, customer and regulatory audits where required

Requirements

Previous experience within medical device project management
Strong understanding of ISO 13485 regulated manufacturing environments
Injection moulding and/or tooling exposure
Experience managing tooling development and NPI programmes
Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
Experience supporting validation activities including IQ/OQ/PQ
Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously within demanding timelines

Desirable

Engineering or manufacturing qualification
Experience within clean room or regulated manufacturing environments
Knowledge of medical device validation and compliance processes

What’s on offer

Long-term opportunity within a growing medical device manufacturer
Technically interesting tooling and NPI projects
Stable and supportive engineering environment
Opportunity to work across tooling, injection moulding, validation and customer-facing project activities
Competitive salary and benefits package

About 5S Recruitment Limited

5S Recruitment Limited are a specialist engineering and manufacturing recruiter with over 16 years of plastics and injection moulding recruitment experience across the UK. We work closely with manufacturers across injection moulding, tooling, quality, maintenance and technical operations, offering a quality-over-quantity approach built around long-term relationships and industry knowledge.

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