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Project Leader Engineering

Posted Oct 17, 2026

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Vanderlande Industries GmbH & Co. KG

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Broad estimate: €44,000–€58,000/year

About this job

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.

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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.

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).

Reports to: Project Manager Engineering

Location: Manchester/North West

Contract Type: Permanent

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.

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.

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Job facts

Employer: Vanderlande Industries GmbH & Co. KG
Role: Project Leader Engineering
City: Germany
Work mode: not stated
Language: English
Seniority: not stated
Posted: Oct 17, 2026
Source: StepStone

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