Job Title: Mechanical Project Engineer
Location: Shotton Works, Deeside
Business: Tata Steel Colors
Salary: Competitive plus benefits
Reports to: Engineering Project Manager
Closing Date: Wednesday 29th July 2026
We believe that our strength is not just in our steel but the diversity of our workforce. Our people make the difference.
At Tata Steel, we are committed to innovation, sustainability, and continuous improvement. We are looking for a talented Mechanical Project Engineer to join our Engineering Projects team at Shotton Works, supporting the ongoing development and enhancement of our world-class manufacturing facilities.
This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in delivering capital investment projects, process improvements, and plant enhancement schemes that directly support the business strategy of Tata Steel Colors.
What You'll Do
As a Mechanical Project Engineer, you will manage and support projects throughout their full lifecycle – from concept development and design through to procurement, installation, commissioning, and final handover.
- Leading mechanical engineering activities associated with capital expenditure and plant improvement projects.
- Developing engineering specifications, project scopes, risk assessments, Management of Change (MOC) documentation, and HAZOP studies.
- Preparing project governance structures, plans, progress reports, and stakeholder updates in line with recognised project management methodologies.
- Managing the procurement process, including tender documentation, contractor selection, contract placement, and project delivery.
- Ensuring compliance with relevant legislation, including CDM Regulations, Supply of Machinery Regulations, environmental requirements, and Tata Steel engineering standards.
- Supporting manufacturing and engineering teams with specialist mechanical engineering expertise.
- Managing project budgets, schedules, risks, and resources to ensure successful project outcomes.
- Liaising with internal stakeholders, suppliers, contractors, consultants, and external authorities.
- Promoting and maintaining the highest standards of Health, Safety, Environmental, and Process Safety performance.
What You Will Have
Essential
- Degree, HND, or HNC qualification in Mechanical Engineering or a related discipline.
- Experience in mechanical engineering, project engineering, or project delivery within an industrial or manufacturing environment.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
- The ability to work collaboratively across all levels of an organisation.
- Strong decision-making and stakeholder management capabilities.
- A commitment to high standards of Health, Safety, and Environmental performance.
Desirable
- Prince2 or equivalent project management qualification.
- Experience planning and delivering capital projects.
- Knowledge of CDM Regulations and their application.
- Understanding of SAP budgetary controls, capital accounts, and capital approval processes.
- Experience working with continuous strip coating lines, metallic and painted products, cold rolling, or finishing operations.
- Experience managing contractors and external suppliers.
- Experience of solid modelling software and the principles of Engineering design.
For a full job description or if you’d like an informal discussion, please contact: [email protected]
Please note: You may use AI tools to help prepare your application. However, all information must be accurate and based on your own experience. We value genuine, honest responses that reflect who you are.
What we can offer you
Tata Steel UK offers their employees significant benefits packages. For this role, you will benefit from:
- A market competitive salary
- 35 days holidays per annum
- Annual Pay Review
- Bonus Scheme – subject to business performance
- One of the UK’s leading defined contribution pension schemes (10% employer contribution / 6% employee contribution)
We also have an extensive list of lifestyle benefits including free onsite parking at all of our sites, an employee assistance programme as well as Employee discount scheme for companies including Vodafone, Jaguar Land Rover and also various local services.
Why us?
Tata Steel is one of the world’s top 10 steel producers. The combined group has an annual aggregate crude steel capacity of more than 33 million tonnes with approximately 80,000 employees across four continents. We’re part of the Tata Group, one of the largest, most diverse conglomerates in the world with businesses in the UK including Tata Steel, Jaguar Land Rover and Tetley Tea.
Sustainability is at the very heart of what we do and we are dedicated to managing our operations responsibly and to continuously improving our performance. Innovating for tomorrow, making a positive impact today.
Tata Steel in the UK is committed to our ambition of reducing energy consumption and to becoming a carbon neutral steelmaker by 2045, to find out more about our journey click here Stoves cooking less carbon – YouTube
To learn more about who we are and what we can offer our future employees, please click on the link to watch the following video: Tata Steel – A place you can thrive – YouTube
Skills Required
- Degree, HND, or HNC in Mechanical Engineering or related discipline.
- Experience in mechanical engineering, project engineering, or project delivery within an industrial or manufacturing environment.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to work collaboratively across all organisational levels.
- Strong decision-making and stakeholder management capabilities.
- Commitment to high standards of Health, Safety, and Environmental performance.
- Prince2 or equivalent project management qualification.
- Experience planning and delivering capital projects.
- Knowledge of CDM Regulations and their application.
- Understanding of SAP budgetary controls, capital accounts, and capital approval processes.
- Experience with continuous strip coating lines, cold rolling, finishing operations, metallic and painted products.
- Experience managing contractors and external suppliers.
- Experience of solid modelling software and engineering design principles.
What We Do
We produce high quality differentiated steel products for the construction, automotive, packaging and engineering markets While steel itself presents us with endless possibilities, these can only be unlocked through our people, who continually challenge the status quo while searching for further improvements by innovating, sharing and learning together with our customers. What we have in common is a deep sense of curiosity and a pioneering spirit, a combination which holds the key to our creativity and resourcefulness. More than any other steelmaker, we immerse ourselves in our customers’ and we actively engage with the communities in which we operate. We are passionate about preserving our planet and taking care of our communities, and we make sure we source our raw materials as well as producing and transporting our steel in a responsible and ever more sustainable way.
