Our client, a prominent entity within the Defence & Security sector, is currently seeking a Junior Programme Engineering Manager to join their dynamic team in Wiltshire. This permanent, hybrid role offers an excellent opportunity to be a part of a mission-driven team dedicated to transforming Defence training systems.
Key Responsibilities:
Provide governance and progress reporting of the Engineering deliverables for the programme, ensuring alignment with various levels of reporting requirements.
Generate, maintain, and review engineering development plans, executing them according to Raytheon's standards and overall programme needs.
Create and govern accurate Basis of Estimates (BOEs) for new work and update existing BOEs to support planning and the Raytheon UK Estimate At Complete (EAC) process.
Manage work packages, including planning, tracking, and reporting key performance indicators, working collaboratively with the Senior PEM and other key stakeholders.
Maintain and promote regular updates across the engineering team for task tracking and reporting using approved tools.
Ensure programme adherence to the Engineering resource plan, costs, and schedule, utilising Earned Value techniques where applicable, and conducting variance and root cause analysis reporting.
Manage internal projects and risk management for all Engineering deliverables, including mitigation strategies to reduce risks to closure.
Ensure all documentation and deliverables are managed via a Configuration Management / Data Management plan that meets programme needs.
Coordinate resources and responses, following corporate governance policies, including Gate Reviews.
Champion and foster a culture of Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) compliance and continuous improvement.
Job Requirements:
Demonstrable ability to plan, report, organise, and drive forward the efforts of a multi-faceted engineering team to deliver complex programme outcomes within time, quality, and cost constraints.
Broad technology experience, particularly in enterprise capability development (people, process, and technology).
Strong understanding of systems engineering principles and processes.
Solid grasp of programme and project management principles and tools.
Understanding of risk management.
Experience working with large teams, including tasking and budgeting.
Proficiency in producing cost estimates against known or future scopes of work.
Ability to manage engineering budgets and regularly reforecast expected costs to end of project.
Willingness to travel to programme and customer meetings across the UK as required.
Desirable Skills and Experience:
Experience working on UK Government projects, especially within a defence/security environment.
Familiarity with training projects constructed in line with Defence Systems Approach to Training (JSP 822).
Experience with Earned Value Management techniques and public sector engineering standards and regulatory frameworks.
Background in training transformation or learning platforms.
SAFe and ITIL4 certifications.
Security clearance or ability to obtain (SC or above).
Benefits:
Competitive salary
25 days holiday plus statutory public holidays, with the opportunity to buy and sell up to 5 days
Contributory Pension Scheme (up to 10.5% company contribution)
Discretionary company bonus scheme
Life Assurance (6 times salary) with pension
Flexible Benefits scheme with extensive salary sacrifice options, including Health Cashplan, Dental, and Cycle to Work
Enhanced sick pay
Enhanced family-friendly policies including enhanced maternity, paternity, and shared parental leave
Car or car allowance, depending on grade/role
Private Medical Insurance, depending on grade
Work Culture:
37-hour working week with a 1.30pm finish on Fridays
Flexible working options including remote, hybrid, and site-based opportunities
A flexible working culture focused on output, not time spent at the desk
Up to 5 paid days for volunteering each year
If you are ready to contribute to a highly impactful mission and possess the qualities we are looking for, we encourage you to apply now to join our client's dedicated team! Reach out for further details