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Form of workWant to join a trusted and reputable company with a broad portfolio of capabilities across the Maritime domain?
Overview
Important: All applicants must be able to obtain Security Clearance, and as a minimum be living in the UK for 5 years.
Working: The role is office/hybrid based with occasional travel to other company/customer's sites in the UK or abroad. Office site presence, anticipated 2-3 days onsite, depending on project needs.
Want to work for a successful business, who develop advanced specialist systems to deliver warfighting edge in the modern maritime and underwater battlespace?
The company have a number of awards, most recently been named as an Award winner (Gold Award) in MoD Defence Employer Recognition Scheme!
Key Responsibilities:
- Define and describe the Technical Solution during bids or project scope changes; support the Programme Manager in cost estimation, approving the estimated cost and schedule.
- Provide the primary technical interface to Customers and Partners.
- Managing project mobilisation of engineering activities, including the definition of delivery strategies, definition of Work and Organisation Breakdown Structures, resource requirements and agreement of work-packages.
- Provide oversight of estimation of engineering work packages.
- Planning and managing engineering activities to ensure delivery to time, cost and quality requirements.
- Identification of all resources (people, tools and process) required to deliver the projects.
- Identifying, assessing and mitigating engineering and technical risk.
- Ensuring engineering projects are managed in accordance with company process.
- Working with the Programme Manager to successfully deliver solutions that meet the Customer's needs / requirements to cost / schedule.
- Coaching and mentoring of other engineers.
- Lead or Chair technical and design reviews.
- Support the continuous improvement of the Engineering function.
Experience needed:
- Ideally qualified to degree-level or equivalent experience in a Physics or Engineering based subject, such as; Electronics, Hardware, Computer Science, Software or Systems Engineering etc.
- Candidate must be capable of acquiring security clearance.
- Experience in managing Engineering projects experience within a low TRL environment.
- System Engineering lifecycle selection and experience in all phases of it
- Technical management of subcontractors
- Supervised the transition from design into production for multiple programmes
- Supervised Integration, Verification and Validation activities
- Knowledge of System Engineering lifecycles
- Supervise an interdisciplinary team and manage the perspectives of disciplines
- A team-oriented individual that works collaboratively to achieve team goals
- Strong communication skills; positive attitude
- Supervised the System, Preliminary and Critical Design Phases for multiple programmes
- Supervised the Requirements Phase of multiple programmes
- Led multiple Design Reviews
- Engineering management of a multi-disciplinary teams to successfully deliver complex solutions using new technology.
Experience in the following would be desirable:
- Experience in the Defence / Aerospace or safety regulated environment would be advantageous
- Experience in the Naval / Maritime domain would be advantageous.
- Maritime Domain experience an advantage but not necessary
- Underwater Warfare, Torpedo Defence or Acoustics knowledge an advantage
- Delivery to Defence customers, including design and qualification to military standards
If you are an experienced Engineering Manager with a background in R&D projects, apply now to join our client and play a crucial role in shaping the future of naval warfare!
