Description
Scope of role
* Provision of engineering leadership to ensure that programs are delivered to cost and schedule.
* Responsible for the executing the engineering delivery of projects of a variety of sizes
Key Responsibilities:
* Responsible for executing the engineering delivery of projects of a variety of sizes.
* Supports the Program Management team in the planning and scheduling of their project; proposes optimisations to schedule logic that improve schedule.
* Identifies resource needs in good time for their introduction to the project; works with the discipline leads to ensure that resource requirements are generally always met; provides input to longer term recruitment strategy (skills gap identification etc.); adapts to manage resource problems on project.
* Ensures that engineering artefacts for their project are delivered to budget and schedule; seamlessly implements solutions to remedy overspend or schedule slip; strives to beat schedule and deliver improved margin.
* Quickly and clearly raises resource concerns or any other impediments to project success; proposes and manages solutions to those; requires only limited support in this activity.
* Articulates and quantifies technical risks on the project; actively manages their mitigation to minimise risk to project.
* Coordinates all engineering resources on the project; performs day-today tasking. Provides any input required for business and customer reporting; proposes improved means of monitoring and reporting (metrics); represents the company on their project with customers, suppliers and subcontractors.
* Effectively resolves any concerns with other functions (e.g. production engineering, test systems); optimises business needs across all functions.
* Not necessarily a technical expert, but sufficiently knowledgeable of the engineering life cycle and sufficiently technically competent to manage technical teams to completion of work packages.
Role requirements
* Able to travel within UK
* Driving license
* Willing and able to obtain, and maintain, DV security clearance.
Our Team
We trust and empower each other; we love to celebrate success and we win as a team. Together, we embrace change and we’re never satisfied until we’ve done what we said we’d do.
Notice
Due to the nature of the programs we deliver for our customers, candidates may need to obtain the relevant security clearance or handle export-controlled material as defined by the role's requirements.
Our Benefits
Every employee is critical to our success, and as such, we offer a range of flexible employee benefits, including:
* Annual Bonus
* Private Medical Cover
* 25 days’ holiday with the option to buy an extra 5
* Pension Contribution
* 4 x Life Assurance Cover
* Flexible working hours with a 1pm finish on a Friday
* Flexible benefits including cycle to work scheme, will writing and more
* Monthly Security Clearance Allowance - Subject to you holding the required security clearance
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Statement