Project Manager, Southampton

Project Manager

Location: Southampton – hybrid, 3 days per week on-site (relocation assistance available)

Salary: £45-60K plus excellent benefits package

About the Opportunity

Join a fast-growing maritime technology business at the forefront of sustainable shipping, developing innovative wind-assisted propulsion systems that help commercial vessels reduce fuel consumption and emissions.

This is an excellent opportunity for a Project Manager to join a growing business and help deliver projects from concept through to installation and operation. It is well suited to someone with a few years of relevant experience who brings strong technical understanding, good stakeholder and relationship management skills, and the potential to grow with the business.

Key Requirements

• Degree or technical qualification in engineering, marine, manufacturing, or similar

• Relevant experience in project management, project coordination, engineering, or a manufacturing environment

• Strong technical understanding and the ability to work credibly with engineering teams

• Good stakeholder management and strong relationship-building skills

• Proven ability to help deliver projects on time and on budget

• Strong organisational ability and structured thinking

• Comfortable working with engineers, suppliers, and shipyards

• Shipping knowledge would be a strong advantage

Role & Responsibilities

• Help deliver projects from concept through to installation and operation

• Coordinate engineering, suppliers, and internal teams to deliver milestones

• Build practical project plans, timelines, budgets, and progress updates

• Ensure actions are closed quickly and projects keep moving

• Identify risks, resolve issues, and escalate where needed

• Support delivery across manufacturing, supplier, and shipyard activities

• Help ensure projects are delivered on time and on budget

Why Join?

A superb opportunity to work on real-world clean technology with genuine ownership, broad exposure across engineering, manufacturing, and deployment, and the chance to grow with an ambitious maritime technology business.