Senior Projects Executive - Competitions
One Birdcage Walk, Central London (with hybrid working)

About Us

With over 110,000 members in 140 countries, the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) has been at the heart of the mechanical engineering profession since 1847. We strive to improve the world through engineering by developing engineers, promoting engineering, informing opinion and encouraging innovation.

We are proud to have achieved workplace accreditations - We Invest in People Gold, and We Invest in Wellbeing Silver. These awards reflect our organisation’s commitment to our employees, who are a vital part of supporting the engineering community.

We are now looking for a Senior Projects Executive to join us on a full-time, permanent basis.

The Role

As the Senior Projects Executive, you will lead the operational delivery of major engineering competitions for students, apprentices and technicians, including our flagship Formula Student event.

You will manage the operational elements of each project throughout its annual lifecycle, from planning through to live delivery, overseeing budgets, timelines, key metrics, and logistics. Ensuring projects run smoothly and meet objectives, you will provide an exceptional experience for all participants.

Overseeing venue and supplier management, competitor and volunteer registration, onsite delivery and sponsor fulfilment, you will also support the marketing and sponsorship teams to achieve their goals.

Additionally, you will:

- Oversee event build-up, live operations, and break-down
- Act as the key point of contact for competitors, judges, and volunteers
- Lead and support other Operational team projects as required
- Organise committee meetings, prepare agendas, and produce minutes
- Provide regular reporting to support departmental strategy and review

About You

To be considered as a Senior Projects Executive, you will need:

- Demonstrable end-to-end event operations experience
- Experience getting the most out of budgets to achieve targets and maximise value
- Confidence in communicating with people at all levels of seniority, and proven experience of building relationships
- A confident approach to negotiating
- A customer-focused approach
- Outstanding time management and prioritisation skills
- Meticulous attention to detail

The Benefits

- Salary of circa £43,000 per annum, depending on experience
- 26 days’ holiday per annum plus bank holidays
- Benefits, including stakeholder pension scheme, life assurance, and private health cover
- Other benefits as detailed in our generous and competitive benefits package

This is a brilliant opportunity for a detail-driven events professional with strong end-to-end project delivery experience to join our high-performing, purpose-led organisation.

You will be at the heart of delivering major, high-profile events, giving you the rare chance to bring ambitious ideas to life, elevate participant experiences, and see your work directly influence future innovators.

Along the way, you will refine your leadership, stakeholder engagement, budgeting, and operational planning skills within our supportive environment.

The closing date for this role is 19th December 2025. However, please note that as this recruitment is time sensitive, we may close the role early if we receive sufficient candidates to create our shortlist. Interviews will be held in early January 2026 and an immediate start will be available for the right candidate.

Webrecruit and the Institution of Mechanical Engineers are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.

So, if you want to become a key part of our mission as a Senior Projects Executive, please apply via the button shown. This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency.

Assessment Coordinator
Home-based in the North region of the UK, with some travel required to the London office.

The Organisation

With over 110,000 members in 140 countries, the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) has been at the heart of the mechanical engineering profession since 1847.

We strive to improve the world through engineering by developing engineers, promoting engineering, informing opinion and encouraging innovation.

The Role

Are you a passionate, well-organised individual, ideally experienced with apprenticeship standards, within a Further Education environment, or with a Training Provider? Do you see yourself coordinating apprenticeship assessments with a core focus on compliance and governance?

As an Assessment Coordinator, you will have responsibility for working closely with a team of assessors to schedule and record apprentice assessment activities. You will place particular focus on supporting the rigorous ongoing governance that is required for assessment and the development of assessment processes.

You will manage enquiries from organisations requiring assistance with the delivery and compliance of Assessments for apprenticeship courses.

You will coordinate the apprentice assessment journey, track certification, and collate Standards Committee sampling packs, as well as providing the secretariat function for the EPA Standards Committee and Centre review meetings. This will include, but is not limited to, arranging meeting rooms, sending invitations, and distributing and collating agendas and minutes.

Additionally, you will:

- Provide first class customer service to different stakeholders, from training providers to governance committees
- Support the creation and development of assessment material
- Ensure assessments are conducted within agreed timescales
- Support accurate assessment activity forecasting

Working as part of a small and passionate team, who are all home-based, this role will require you to be a self-starter and able to maintain assessment processes independently.

Travel will be required in order to attend assessment operation meetings and, additionally, on a less frequent basis, to attend on-site meetings or events with providers and employers.

About You

To be considered as an Assessment Coordinator, you will need:

- Experience of team working in a coordination role within a highly customer-focused environment
- Experience of managing conflicting priorities
- Experience of using CRM, CMS and database programmes
- The ability to work on your own initiative, organise and prioritise your workload and meet regular deadlines
- The ability to independently undertake desk research via the internet or telephone
- Excellent administration skills with attention to detail
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills required to build effective working relationships
- Excellent IT skills, including MS Office and Excel

The Benefits

- Salary of circa £28,000 per annum, depending on experience
- 26 days’ holiday per annum plus Bank Holidays
- An extra day off for your birthday
- Benefits, including stakeholder pension scheme, life assurance and private health cover
- Continuous training and career development
- A range of wellbeing benefits to encourage a healthy work-life balance

This is a fantastic opportunity for a customer-focused individual with great admin skills to take their career in a new direction as part of our internationally recognised institution.

Gaining exposure to a wide variety of organisations, you will have the chance to cement IMechE as a key organisation in the engineering and manufacturing apprenticeship process.

You will support the next generation of engineering experts to graduate from their apprenticeships into the professional engineering world and an Ofqual Recognised Assessment Organisation.

We champion excellence and promote progression in all that we do, and with Investors in People Gold accreditation, you can be certain that your professional growth and success, as well as employee wellbeing, will be a priority for us.

The closing date for applications is 2nd January 2026.

Other organisations might call this role Apprenticeship Coordinator, Apprenticeship EPA Coordinator, Apprenticeship Assistant, or Apprenticeship Administrator.

Webrecruit and The Institution of Mechanical Engineers are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business, and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.

So, if you’re looking to join a leading engineering training provider as an Assessment Coordinator, please apply via the button shown. This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency.