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Project Engineer

City: Kingston upon Hull

We are Reckitt

Home to the world's best loved and trusted hygiene, health, and nutrition brands. Our purpose defines why we exist: to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. We are a global team united by this purpose. Join us in our fight to make access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment a right and not a privilege.

Supply

Our supply chain is the backbone of our business. It's how we get our trusted products to people all over the world, safely and efficiently. And it's our talented and passionate teams that make this happen. If you're looking for a career in supply chain, there's no better place to be than Reckitt. We offer a variety of exciting opportunities in all areas of the supply chain, from planning and procurement to manufacturing and logistics. You could join our Global Supply Planning team to develop and implement our global supply strategy, or work with our Procurement Centre of Excellence team to negotiate and manage our supplier relationships. Our Manufacturing Excellence team help us improve the efficiency, quality and safety of our manufacturing operations, and our Logistics Excellence team develop new and innovative ways to distribute our products to customers.

About the role

We are looking for a Project Engineer with a passion for delivering impactful change projects whilst aligning engineering excellence with strategic delivery. From concept to completion, you'll own the delivery of high-value projects—on time and on budget. This is your opportunity to shape systems, deliver continuous improvement, and drive production efficiencies, all while delivering innovative solutions.

Location: Hull, HU8 7DS

Your responsibilities

Manage projects from feasibility and design through installation, commissioning, and handover, ensuring delivery safely, on time and within budget.
Act as project owner, coordinating cross‑functional teams including operations, maintenance, quality, EHS, and external suppliers/contractors.
Manage installation works and commissioning activities, acting as the permit to work job supervisor.
Manage project documentation, risk assessments, change control, and post‑CAPEX evaluation to capture lessons learned.
Drive sustainability improvements, ensuring projects are specified to best practices and for minimum wastage.
Ensure all engineering solutions comply with health, safety, environmental, and regulatory standards.

The experience we're looking for

Engineering qualification (minimum HNC; Degree preferred) in Mechanical, Electrical, Manufacturing, or related engineering discipline.
Proven experience in project management within a similar environment.
Strong understanding of project management practices, including cost control, scheduling, and contractor management.
Working knowledge of manufacturing processes, automation, and industrial equipment.
Well-honed interpersonal skills, enabling effective communication and influence across all company levels.

What we offer

With inclusion at the heart of everything we do, working alongside our four global Employee Resource Groups, we support our people at every step of their career journey, helping them to succeed in their own individual way. We invest in the wellbeing of our people through parental benefits, an Employee Assistance Program to promote mental health, and life insurance for all employees globally. We have a range of other benefits in line with the local market. Through our global share plans we offer the opportunity to save and share in Reckitt's potential future successes. For eligible roles, we also offer short-term incentives to recognise, appreciate and reward your work for delivering outstanding results. You will be rewarded in line with Reckitt's pay for performance philosophy.

Equality

We recognise that in real life, great people don't always 'tick all the boxes'. That's why we hire for potential as well as experience. Even if you don't meet every point on the job description, if this role and our company feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability or medical condition; colour, ethnicity, race, citizenship, and national origin; religion, faith; pregnancy, family status and caring responsibilities; sexual orientation; sex, gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity; protected veteran status; size or any other basis protected by appropriate law.

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