End-to-End Programme Manager – Engineering IPT Lead

Holt Engineering; Lower Blandford St Mary; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

Holt Engineering in Bournemouth is seeking a Programme Manager to own customer programmes end-to-end from sales handover through to closure. You will lead an Integrated Project Team and maintain performance across delivery, quality, cost and weight, coordinating with stakeholders and maintaining programme governance.

The role demands strong planning, negotiation and exceptional communication in a fast-paced, multi-workstream environment with high customer interaction.

Qualifications

• Around 5+ years’ experience in a Programme/Project Manager role delivering complex engineering programmes.
• Strong customer-facing communication, able to influence, negotiate and protect relationships under pressure.
• Proven ownership of programme plan, milestones, actions and delivery commitments.
• Experience managing change control, risks, and budget performance (P&L awareness welcomed).
• Confident leading cross-functional IPTs and holding people to dates and deliverables.
• Comfortable working in a high-pressure environment with multiple workstreams running in parallel.
• Degree-level education in Engineering, Science, Business or similar (or equivalent experience).
• Formal PM qualification is useful (APM PMQ, PRINCE2 Practitioner, Agile Practitioner).

Responsibilities

• Manage programmes through the full lifecycle from sales handover to closure, with budget responsibility and delivery ownership.
• Act as the first point of contact for customer communications and manage customer queries through to resolution.
• Lead customer and internal meetings, ensuring the right people attend and actions are closed to date.
• Build and maintain the programme plan, keeping milestones and deliverables controlled and visible.
• Negotiate and agree due date changes with customers and internal stakeholders when required.
• Ensure internal gate reviews happen to plan and that checklist discipline is followed across departments.
• Control scope changes using a clear change log, managing MCP/CCP activity and approvals.
• Coordinate budget changes with the finance partner and keep financial performance tracked and visible.
• Maintain programme documentation: actions, minutes, gateway checklists, milestone packs and audit files.
• Own the risk register and review it weekly, ensuring mitigations remain valid and actively progressed.
• Run an effective IPT rhythm: priorities, dependencies, critical path, escalation and accountability.
• Supervise BFE activity to ensure timely placement and receipt to support development, test and production.
• Ensure IFE test equipment is on the correct software level and functional to meet contract specs.
• Be the focal point for key milestones and technical reviews (PDR, CDR, FAI and others).
• Provide regular progress reporting and ensure visibility of programme status and customer feedback.

Skills

Customer-facing communication

Negotiation

Cross-functional IPT leadership

Planning & scheduling

Stakeholder management

Education

Engineering/Science/Business degree or equivalent

Formal PM qualification (APM PMQ, PRINCE2, Agile)

Tools

MS Office

MS Project

Job description

Holt Engineering in Bournemouth is seeking a Programme Manager to own customer programmes end-to-end from sales handover through to closure. You will lead an Integrated Project Team and maintain performance across delivery, quality, cost and weight, coordinating with stakeholders and maintaining programme governance.

The role demands strong planning, negotiation and exceptional communication in a fast-paced, multi-workstream environment with high customer interaction.