Jobs, fresher vacancy - Project Engineer-Commercial • Northern Ireland

Company: Wrightbus

Northern Ireland

Job type: PermanentLocation: WrightbusClosing date: Thursday 26 Mar 2026 08:00Job Summary:Wrightbus is a rapidly growing company, and as part of this expansion we are recruiting for a Project Engineer. This role offers the opportunity to strengthen our commercial and aftermarket support functions. You will develop a pipeline of new spare-parts offerings, identify part numbers, manage internal approvals and costings, and work closely with the Commercial Executive/Manager on product rollout and pricing. The role focuses on delivering key project proposals, meeting requirements, and providing excellent customer support.The RoleManage all aspects of the spares product development process, including:Adhering to project timelines, budgets, and business, sales, commercial and production requirements.Coordinating internal and external stakeholders.Managing project review meetings and producing weekly KPI reports.Ideation & Opportunity DevelopmentCreate and maintain an Ideation Funnel for new spares package opportunities with risk/reward ranking.Lead regular meetings with stakeholders to generate ideas and report project status.Combine engineering feasibility with market opportunity to assess demand.Ensure clear definition of each opportunity before launch.Technical & Costing PreparationAgree BOM numbering/setup with Engineering.Develop technical BOMs with relevant departments.Analyse specifications to identify discrepancies and improvements.Maintain strong stakeholder relationships and report bottlenecks.Obtain internal sign-off on BOMs.Submit proposals to customers and incorporate feedback.Release BOMs for costing and work with Procurement on pricing.Support preparation of costing summaries and pricing strategy.Internal Process AlignmentCoordinate internal order walkthroughs for volume orders.Act as technical expert at bid stage.Analyse orders to verify projected vs actual costs.Customer Engagement & PromotionPrepare sample packs or promotional offerings and gather feedback.Create sales materials for rollout.Work with the Commercial Executive on fleet profiles, trial areas and promotional strategies.Order ExecutionConfirm BOM assumptions against customer Bus Number BOMs.Release final BOM to Engineering.Conduct post-project reviews and support continuous improvement.Requirements:3rd Level qualification in Engineering discipline and 3 year's experience in a similar role.Experience in project planning.Hands on experience in designing/ developing or product industrialization.Experience working in a manufacturing environment.Experience of commercial and technical contracts.Working with customers to agree and negotiate final requirements.Excellent analytical and problem solving skills and experience.Experience of working and managing across various departments to successfully complete tasks to tight deadlines.Good written and verbal communication skills.Able to take a well-organised, methodical and flexible approach to work, prioritising the workload in order to meet targets.Able to analyse information and anticipate problems, raising issues in a timely manner to ensure problems are avoided.Self-motivated and able to adapt to changing priorities.Knowledge of Office-based IT systems.Benefits:Life InsuranceMedicash schemeLocal business discountsFree parkingCanteenCareer progressionProfessional developmentFlexitime#wbstaffTo be considered for this role you will be redirected to and must complete the application process on our careers page. To start the process click the Continue to Application or Login/Register to apply button below.