Technical Project Manager

Lateral Naval Architects; Southampton; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading marine engineering firm in Southampton is seeking a Technical Project Manager to ensure the successful delivery of yacht projects. The ideal candidate will have relevant marine industry experience, excellent project management skills, and the ability to foster strong client relationships. This position allows for flexible work arrangements. Apply to make a significant impact on high-profile projects in a dynamic environment.

Benefits

Flexible work time

Hybrid working arrangements

Qualifications

• Experience in the marine industry is essential.
• Proven project management skills are required.
• Familiarity with statutory regulations and classification rules is needed.

Responsibilities

• Drive delivery of yacht projects from concept to completion.
• Build strong client relationships.
• Manage budgets and track deliverables effectively.

Skills

Marine industry experience

Project management skills

Self-motivation

Time management

Commercial awareness

2D CAD (AutoCAD)

Team motivation

Tools

MS Office

2D/3D CAD software

Job description

Lateral Naval Architects provides complete engineering expertise to the superyacht industry, from project conception to delivery, operation, and refit. Our core competency is engineering, but our unique focus is on meaningful innovation to enable superyachts that meet the demands of today's owners and those of the future. We believe that meaningful innovation starts with asking new questions.

About the role

We’re looking for a Technical Project Manager/Project Lead to drive the delivery of world‑class yacht projects from concept to completion. You’ll combine hands‑on engineering expertise with project leadership, reviewing deliverables, coordinating colleagues, and ensuring every detail meets our exacting standards.

As a client‑facing project lead, you’ll build strong, trusted relationships becoming the bridge between our clients’ ambitions and our technical execution. Taking charge of the commercial performance of your projects by managing budgets, tracking deliverables, managing variations, and keeping projects on time and on target.

Shape the future of our work by helping to drive innovation, developing new processes, and contributing to ongoing improvements to project delivery.

This is the opportunity to make a real impact on challenging, high‑profile projects while helping define the way Lateral delivers excellence. If you’re an experienced engineer who thrives at the intersection of technical leadership, innovation, and client engagement, this role is for you.

About you

• Relevant experience in the marine industry.
• Self‑motivation and time management to meet agreed targets and deliverables deadlines.
• Personal time planning, including feedback to support in the definition of resource requirements, time budgets and deliverables deadlines.
• Team time planning, including support to define resource requirements, time budgets and deliverables deadlines.
• Team motivation and time management to meet agreed targets and deliverables deadlines.
• Commercial awareness, with the ability to ensure that works are being carried out and completed to an appropriate standard and level of detail, measured against the contracted deliverables and tracked against the agreed budget.
• Proven project management skills, working within project teams and across multiple, simultaneous projects; facilitating effective communication and timely decision making in order to ensure the effective progress of planned works.
• 2D CAD (AutoCAD) to produce and to review design information.
• 2D/3D CAD and other specialist software as required to produce and to review design information.
• MS Office to develop reports, spreadsheet data and presentation information.
• Knowledge and understanding of statutory regulations and Classification and Flag rule sets.
• Knowledge and understanding of ship structural and systems design and its impact upon integration.
• Knowledge and understanding of luxury yacht and/or specialist vessel outfit and the requirements for equipment integration, preferably with direct shipyard experience.

If you feel you’re the right candidate for the role we’d love to hear from you.

The role is based in our Southampton office, and we offer flexible work time and hybrid working arrangements around the core hours and in‑office days required for our team.