Electronic Engineering Group Lead

Mane Contract Services; England; On-site; GBP 62,000 - 72,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the defense sector is seeking a proven leader with an engineering background to manage team performance and development. This 12-month contract role involves leading change programmes, ensuring technical excellence, and supporting recruitment efforts. The ideal candidate will possess strong leadership skills and a passion for driving collaboration in a dynamic environment.

Benefits

Bonus of up to 21% of base salary

Pension contribution of up to 14%

Flexible working arrangements

Enhanced parental leave

Subsidised meals and free car parking

Qualifications

• Degree qualified with a solid background in Engineering.
• Significant evidence of leadership experience.
• Experience in defining and implementing strategic direction.

Responsibilities

• Support/Lead change programmes for critical equipment delivery.
• Deliver high quality development and performance evaluations.
• Lead development and harmonisation of processes.

Skills

Leadership

Collaboration

Strategic Direction

Performance Management

Education

Degree in Engineering

Job description

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A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a proven leader who is passionate about managing the performance and development of our people. An engineering background or qualification is essential but a passion, focus, drive and vision to lead a team to deliver successfully is equally important. This is a 12 Month Contract

Your role will be to:

• Support/Lead change programmes to meet a dynamic environment delivering equipment critical to the defence of our nation and its front line forces.
• Deliver high quality development and performance evaluations in order to maximise the potential of our people for today and for the future.
• Lead the development and harmonisation of processes that are fit for the rapid development of cutting edge technologies.
• Monitor, review and report progress against technical and schedule deadlines with support from a technical delivery leads and functional team leaders.
• With the help of our Technical Expert community, reinforce technical excellence through robust design activity.
• Support the recruitment process to meet our workload and skills needs.
• Motivate people/teams to pull together to deliver through challenging technical and time bound environments

What we're looking for from you:

• Ideally, degree qualified with a solid background in Engineering
• Significant evidence of leadership experience with teams and individuals
• Experience of defining, implementing and embedding strategic direction by providing a clarity of vision and mission.
• Ability to lead and drive collaboration across diverse teams to ensure on time, on cost, on quality delivery.
• Experience across a wide range of management tasks eg. recruitment, onboarding, performance, development etc.

What we offer:

• Salary: £62,000 depending on experience
• Company Bonus: Bonus of up to 21% of base salary
• Pension: maximum total (employer and employee) contribution of up to 14%
• Flexible working: We welcome applicants who are looking for flexible working arrangements
• Enhanced parental leave: offers up to 26 weeks for maternity, adoption and shared parental leave -enhancements are available for paternity leave, neonatal leave and fertility testing and treatments
• Facilities: Fantastic site facilities including subsidised meals, free car parking and much more

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Manufacturing

• Industries

  Defense and Space Manufacturing, Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing, and Engineering Services

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