Job Description:
Your Impact
With the continued growth within EW, we are offering an exciting opportunity for a dynamic and experienced leader to take on the role of Head of Engineering Projects within our EW Line of Business. This is a pivotal position, combining strategic vision with hands-on delivery, and offers the chance to shape the future of engineering capability within Leonardo.
As Head of Engineering Projects, you will lead the successful delivery of complex technical programs from early concept through to production support. You will work closely with customers and partners to ensure we provide best-in-class solutions, while driving innovation and operational excellence across all engineering initiatives.
What You’ll Do
1. Strategic leadership: Provide strategic direction and oversight across all programmes, motivating, leading and inspiring engineering teams to achieve excellence
2. Deliver Engineering Success: Shape and direct the planning, resourcing, prioritisation, execution, and delivery of engineering projects, with accountability for the technical outcomes, alongside schedule and cost adherence
3. Develop Talent: Build a high‑performing engineering organisation which includes proactive mentoring across the team, shaping capability development, and driving a culture of continuous improvement, accountability, and technical excellence.
4. Drive Innovation: Champion the evolution of engineering capability, by driving the adoption of cutting‑edge technologies, modern methodologies, and process enhancements that improve efficiency, quality, and competitiveness.
5. Collaborate: Work alongside the internal engineering disciplines, to ensure the forward load is representative of future requirements, forecasting the skills and capability needs of the programmes, and develop robust succession plans to ensure continued future success
6. Build effective partnerships: Forge strong working relationships with internal teams, external stakeholders, customers and partners to ensure alignment and seamless delivery across EW
7. Due diligence and governance: Apply effective Life Cycle Management processes across bids and projects, taking overall responsibility for all Engineering governance assurance activities.
8. Maintain Quality & Compliance: Guarantee adherence to safety, security, and quality standards, across the Engineering teams
9. Manage Budgets: Lead the optimisation of engineering budgets, making informed trade‑off decisions that deliver value without compromising quality, safety, or programme integrity
10. Risk Management: Drive a proactive and transparent risk management approach across all Engineering practices, anticipating risks, guiding effective controls, and ensuring alignment with organisational priorities
11. Support the Sector VP in monthly Project Reviews, Demand Reviews, Supply Reviews and LoB Reviews
12. What We’re Looking For
13. A degree in Engineering or a related scientific discipline (or equivalent experience).
14. Proven experience in a senior engineering role, managing complex projects in a regulated environment.
15. Strong leadership and team management skills.
16. Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities.
17. Strategic thinker with a track record of solving complex problems.
18. Why Apply?
This is a fantastic opportunity to:
19. Influence the future of EW capability within Engineering.
20. Collaborate across IPTs and technology units to build a robust engineering pipeline.
21. Play a key role in shaping our growth and innovation strategy.
If you’re ready to take the next step in your Leonardo career and make a lasting impact, we’d love to hear from you.