Lead Engineer
Job Description
Lead Engineer / Technical Manager
Hybrid | Permanent | Ref: 1465
About the Role
Join Telent’s Engineering Team and take the lead in shaping the future of critical national infrastructure. As a Lead Engineer / Technical Manager, you’ll drive innovation, lead high-performing technical teams, and deliver cutting-edge multi-technology solutions across Network, Infrastructure, Datacentre, Security, and Virtualisation domains. If you have proven leadership experience and a passion for complex, impactful engineering work, this is the role for you.
What You’ll Do:
Lead, coach, and develop engineering teams to deliver efficient, cost-effective solutions.
Manage technical design, delivery, and lifecycle adherence for key projects.
Build and maintain strong relationships with customers, suppliers, and stakeholders.
Drive continuous improvement, innovation, and right-first-time delivery across services and projects.
Oversee resource planning and capacity management aligned to project needs.
Provide technical governance and mitigate risks on complex multi-technology initiatives.
Support product and solution development aligned with business roadmaps.
Who You Are:
You are a strategic technical leader with a strong track record of managing multi-disciplinary engineering teams. You combine broad technical expertise in networking, infrastructure, virtualization, security, and datacentre environments with excellent communication, leadership, and commercial skills. You thrive in dynamic environments, guiding teams through complex project delivery and driving customer-focused innovation.
Key Requirements:
5+ years’ experience leading technical teams.
Deep technical knowledge across Networking, Infrastructure, Datacentre, Virtualisation & Security.
Proven success delivering complex multi-technology solutions.
Strong relationship-building and stakeholder management skills.
Commercial awareness with experience in pre-sales, bids, and customer engagement.
Expertise in engineering management, project delivery, and change leadership.
Excellent communication, presentation, and problem-solving abilities.
Familiarity with vendor certifications (Networks, Compute, Storage, Virtualisation) and design qualifications (TOGAF or equivalent) is a plus.
Solid understanding of ITIL and Agile/Waterfall methodologies.
What We Offer:
At Telent, you’ll find a career full of growth opportunities across sectors, roles, and technologies. We champion an inclusive culture where diversity is celebrated and everyone can thrive. Additional benefits include:
Company vehicle
Medical coverage
Overtime options (capped/uncapped)
34 days holiday (including public holidays) with buy/sell options
Pension scheme
Family-friendly policies
Wellbeing support and occupational health services
Discounts on cinema, dining, and shopping through Telent Rewards
About Telent:
We’re a leading UK technology company specialising in mission-critical communications and infrastructure. Our 2,400+ strong team works together to connect communities and keep the nation’s digital infrastructure safe and operational 24/7. We value inclusion, responsibility, collaboration, and customer focus — and we’re passionate about helping our people fulfil their potential.
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About Us
About Telent
Telent is a leading technology company and specialist in the design, build, support and maintenance, drawing on decades of experience in mission critical communications and technology. of the UK’s critical digital infrastructure. The work we do helps connect thousands of people and communities, using the best technology and innovation available. When you join us, you’ll have the opportunity to make a real impact on all our futures by fulfilling your potential and delivering high performance. We work together to make everyday life work better for everyone. You’ll be part of a team of more than 3,000 brilliant, dedicated people committed to getting the job done well.
Brilliance brought together.
We are guided by our values and behaviours:
Be Inclusive
Take Responsibility
Collaborate
Be Customer-focussed