Having outstanding project management skills is highly necessary to be a Project Engineer. These engineers are responsible for the general management of the development and production stages of certain products. Their hours of work are in keeping with normal office hours. However, they work additional hours when required.
A Project Engineer usually performs many of the following tasks:
•  Managing external contractors
•  Overseeing project budget and schedule
•  Developing project procedures
• Meeting with clients
•  Preparing documentation
•  Producing test plans
•  Performing Health & Safety assessments
•  Ordering materials
•  Issuing permits

• Teamwork
• Organisation
• Communication
• People management
• Decision making
• Being resilient and ambitious
• Being professional, technical and analytical
• Time management
• Problem solving
• Networking
• Negotiating
• Meeting deadlines

Having a BTEC, HNC, HND or even GCSE qualification is helpful in obtaining a job as a Project Engineer. In order to become highly successful Engineers, graduates should gain higher qualifications, such as a Bachelors or Masters Degrees.