Job Title: Project Engineering Lead
Location: West London or Dorset (Hybrid working, avg 3 days onsite, with occasional UK travel)
About the Role:
Our client is expanding their engineering leadership and have several exciting opportunities for experienced Project Engineering Leads to join their teams.
As a Project Engineering Lead, you will play a pivotal role in delivering engineering projects on time, within budget, and to the highest quality standards. Working closely with the Project Manager and System Design Authority, you will lead a multi-disciplinary engineering team, managing a clearly defined scope of work through all stages of the project lifecycle.
Key Responsibilities:
* Lead and manage engineering delivery activities, ensuring successful completion to agreed time, cost, and quality targets.
* Collaborate closely with Project Managers and System Design Authorities to align engineering work with project objectives.
* Manage work packages, including planning, estimation, risk identification, and mitigation.
* Develop and maintain engineering plans that clearly identify dependencies, assumptions, risks, and opportunities.
* Oversee engineering design gate reviews from initial bid through to production readiness.
* Ensure robust configuration and change management processes are followed.
* Foster effective communication and build strong relationships within your team and with wider stakeholders.
* Provide systems engineering expertise across electrical, mechanical, and software disciplines.
* Support the professional development and performance management of your team.
What They're Looking For:
* Proven experience managing / leading multi-disciplinary engineering teams on complex projects.
* Strong background in work package management, ideally from requirements gathering through to production.
* Experience working on defence projects is highly desirable.
* Skilled in engineering estimation and resource planning.
* Understanding of project design gates and lifecycle processes.
* Knowledge of configuration and change management best practices.
* Systems engineering experience with an understanding of electrical, mechanical, and software engineering principles.
* Excellent communication skills, able to build rapport with diverse teams and stakeholders.
Why Join Our Client?
Join a dynamic and growing engineering team, where your leadership will directly impact the successful delivery of cutting-edge projects in a collaborative and supportive environment!
Please contact me for further details!
Desired Skills and Experience
Project Engineering Lead, PEL, Systems, Electronics, Electrical, Mechanical, Leadership, Multi-discipline teams, collaboration, work package management, cost and schedule management.