What We Offer:
* Salary: Up to £57,000 depending on experience
* Annual bonus: Up to £2,500 based on company performance
* Pension scheme: Up to 14% combined employer and employee contributions
* Paid overtime opportunities
* Flexi-leave: Up to 15 additional days off
* Flexible working options
* Enhanced parental leave: Up to 26 weeks for maternity, adoption, and shared parental leave, with enhancements for paternity, neonatal care, and fertility support
* Working model: Hybrid (2–3 days per week on-site due to project requirements)
Key Responsibilities:
* Act as the primary systems point of contact for Export New Business efforts
* Provide systems engineering support for bid activity, technical queries, and proposal development
* Generate and review system cost estimates to support bids, coordinating with stakeholders
* Forecast and communicate systems resource needs to meet changing demands
* Maintain regular communication with key team leads and stakeholders
* Identify opportunities to improve integration between systems and business development functions
* Own and maintain the Sea Ceptor Generic Documentation Suite (GDS), ensuring accuracy and consistency across programmes
* Coordinate technical governance and monthly engineering reviews
* Support the development of generic and programme-specific Statements of Work (SoW) for export contracts
* Manage and align the systems cost base with programme requirements
* Monitor upcoming workload forecasts, identifying gaps or overcapacity
* Represent the team in technical meetings, including with external partners
* Collaborate closely with domestic new business functions to ensure unified strategic delivery
* Option to lead a specific programme during the delivery phase
* Support other systems activities as needed across current programmes
What We’re Looking For:
* A collaborative team player with excellent interpersonal and influencing skills
* Experience with or knowledge of the bid lifecycle
* Able to manage multiple programmes simultaneously and respond effectively to changing priorities
* Strong delivery mindset, with the flexibility to adapt to shifting requirements
* Solid understanding of the systems engineering lifecycle
* Familiarity with tools such as IBM Rational Team Concert (RTC) and DOORS is desirable