About the role:
The Project Coordinator provides administrative, purchasing, BOM management and engineering data support to the Electrical & Compliance team. The role is responsible for maintaining accurate engineering and cost data, supporting procurement activities, administering project documentation and assisting compliance activities.
The position supports Principal Engineers and Project Managers through reporting, escalation, purchasing and data management activities, enabling engineering teams to focus on technical delivery. The role is not responsible for project delivery, technical decisions, resource planning or maintaining project schedules.
A key responsibility of the role is the ownership and maintenance of electrical machine cost Bills of Materials (BOMs), supporting cost management, prototype build requirements and engineering change implementation.
What does this role involve day to day?
Project Support & Reporting
- Support Principal Engineers and Project Managers through the maintenance of project documentation, action trackers and status reports.
- Prepare and distribute meeting agendas, minutes and action logs.
- Collate project information and provide regular status updates to stakeholders.
- Maintain project dashboards, KPI trackers, risk logs and issue registers.
- Highlight and escalate risks, issues, delays and blockers identified through project reviews and team meetings.
- Produce reports to support project governance and management reviews.
- Ensure project records and documentation are accurately maintained and up to date.
Cost BOM Ownership
- Own and maintain electrical machine cost BOMs.
- Ensure BOMs are accurate and aligned with released engineering data.
- Coordinate BOM updates between Engineering, Purchasing and Manufacturing teams.
- Maintain BOM and cost information within SAP.
- Track machine costs against agreed targets and support cost reporting activities.
- Produce BOM, cost and expenditure reports.
- Assess and communicate the cost impact of engineering and specification changes.
Procurement & Parts Management
- Raise purchase requisitions and purchase orders within SAP.
- Coordinate procurement of electrical components, prototype parts, test equipment and compliance materials.
- Obtain supplier quotations, lead times and delivery information.
- Track supplier deliveries and escalate supply issues where required.
- Maintain purchasing records and expenditure trackers.
- Support prototype build activities through effective parts availability management.
Compliance & Engineering Support
- Assist in coordinating machine compliance, validation and certification activities.
- Maintain compliance documentation and engineering records.
- Coordinate test schedules, certification activities and supporting documentation.
- Support engineering release and change management activities using Teamcenter.
- Maintain engineering data and records within Teamcenter as required.
Administration & Continuous Improvement
- Maintain organised project, engineering and compliance records.
- Support budget monitoring and expenditure tracking.
- Generate reports to support team and management reviews.
- Support continuous improvement initiatives across the department.
- Identify opportunities to improve data accuracy, reporting and administrative processes.
This will be suited to you if…
Essential
- Experience in project coordination, engineering administration, purchasing support or a similar business support role.
- Experience raising purchase orders and managing technical or business documentation.
- Strong Microsoft Office skills, particularly Excel.
- Excellent organisational and administrative skills.
- Strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple priorities.
- Effective communication and stakeholder management skills.
Desirable
- Experience within an engineering, manufacturing, automotive or industrial environment.
- Experience managing Bills of Materials (BOMs) and cost data.
- Experience using SAP for purchasing, BOM management or cost tracking.
- Experience using Teamcenter or a similar PLM/PDM system.
- Knowledge of engineering change control processes.
- Understanding of product compliance, validation or certification processes.
Skills & Competencies
- Excellent attention to detail.
- Strong planning and organisational skills.
- Good analytical and problem-solving ability.
- Effective communication and stakeholder management.
- Commercial awareness and cost-conscious decision making.
- Ability to manage and prioritise multiple activities simultaneously.
- Strong ownership of data, records and administrative processes.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel.
Behaviours
- Proactive and self-motivated.
- Collaborative and team focused.
- Professional and dependable.
- Adaptable to changing priorities.
- Quality focused with high attention to detail.
- Committed to continuous improvement
What happens next?
Ordinarily, our Resourcing Team reviews and shortlists CVs. If shortlisted, you’ll speak to one of our Recruiters to discuss the role further. Our interview process usually consists of an initial team’s interview followed by an in-person interview. We’ll keep in touch throughout the process but if you have any questions, please get in touch at [email protected]
What’s in it for you?
This is your chance to join a company that values expertise not only in rewards but also in real employee care. At JCB you don’t just get a competitive salary, 33 days’ holiday and access to our company pension—you can also use our onsite gym, in-house doctor and dentist. We have an ULEV car scheme available for our employees too. Then there’s the JCB Rewards Hub, which gives you discounts with high street retailers. Feel like biking to work? There’s our Cycle to Work Scheme.
We value diversity and welcome applications from candidates from all backgrounds.
We’re committed to ensuring our recruitment process is fair and inclusive. If you face any accessibility challenges with your online application and require additional support, you have the option of speaking to a member of our Recruitment Team who can support you to complete an application in an alternative format. If you would benefit from this support, please email [email protected], and a member of the team will be in touch.
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