Job Description

Senior Projects Executive - Competitions (12-Month Maternity Cover)

Birdcage Walk, London (with hybrid working)

About the role

We are now looking for a Senior Projects Executive to join us on a full-time basis for an approximately 12-month fixed-term maternity contract.

The Role

As a Senior Projects Executive, you will lead the successful delivery of our engineering competitions, ensuring projects and events are delivered to the highest standards and achieve their strategic objectives.

You will take ownership of Formula Student, overseeing its full annual lifecycle from planning through to live delivery. Working within agreed budgets and project plans, you will lead project teams, monitor performance, drive innovation and ensure objectives, funding commitments and key deliverables are achieved.

Alongside this, you will take on-site responsibility for event operations, overseeing venues, suppliers, budgets, procurement, registrations and onsite delivery, acting as the main point of contact for competitors, volunteers and other participants.

Additionally, you will:

- Support the delivery of other competitions and operational projects as required

- Produce data and reports to support strategic planning and performance monitoring

- Build strong relationships with committees, volunteers and key stakeholders

- Organise committee meetings, prepare agendas and produce accurate minutes

About You

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

- Demonstrable end-to-end event operations experience, ideally delivering large-scale events and projects

- Experience of managing budgets to achieve targets and maximise value

- Experience building relationships with a wide range of stakeholders

- Strong negotiation and supplier management skills

- Excellent communication skills with the confidence to engage at all levels

- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to use your own initiative

- The willingness to travel regularly, including frequent overnight stays

The Benefits

- Salary of circa £43,000 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 an exciting opportunity for an experienced project and events professional with a proven track record of delivering on a large scale to join our prestigious professional institution.

In this highly influential role, you will have the chance to be the driving force behind one of our flagship competitions, further enhancing your events experience and enabling you to showcase your skills.

You will discover that this is the perfect platform to strengthen your expertise and provides the opportunity to increase your portfolio of high-profile projects that will enhance your professional profile.

The closing date for this role is 31st July 2026.

About the IMechE

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

Formula Student

Formula Student is Europe's longest-running educational engineering competition, challenging university teams to design, build and race a single-seat racing car. Recognised across the engineering and motorsport sectors, it equips future engineers with the practical experience, technical expertise and professional skills needed to thrive in industry.

This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency.

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