Engineering Delivery Lead

Platform Recruitment; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 113,000; Full time

Job summary

Platform Recruitment is seeking an experienced Engineering Delivery Lead on a 6‑month contract based in the UK. You will coordinate multidisciplinary engineering activities, manage work packages and ensure delivery against plans, schedules and objectives.

You will provide visibility of progress, risks and issues, drive accountability, and support change control, verification readiness and programme reviews. The initial contract is six months with potential extension based on performance.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading delivery across complex engineering programmes.
• Experience coordinating work packages across multiple disciplines.
• Strong planning, scheduling and risk management skills.
• Experience tracking progress and reporting delivery risks.
• Ability to drive accountability in fast-moving environments.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and track engineering work packages, schedules, dependencies and completion criteria.
• Coordinate activities across systems, software, hardware, mechanical, RF and verification teams.
• Monitor programme progress, risks and blockers, and drive resolution or escalation.
• Support engineering change control, verification readiness and programme reviews.
• Maintain delivery metrics, actions, assumptions and risk registers.
• Ensure evidence and documentation support project reviews and milestones.
• Facilitate regular engineering delivery reviews and follow-up actions.
• Develop and maintain delivery plans and work breakdown structures.
• Produce status reports highlighting progress and recovery actions.
• Maintain delivery information in programme management tools, including Jira.

Skills

Delivery leadership

Cross-disciplinary coordination

Jira

Risk management

Stakeholder management

Tools

Jira

Job description

Engineering Delivery Lead (Contract)

Location: UK

Employment Type: Contract – Initial 6 Months

Rate: Up to £70ph Outside IR35

Working Pattern: Full-time preferred

Overview

We are seeking an experienced Engineering Delivery Lead to support the successful delivery of complex engineering programmes. The role involves coordinating multidisciplinary engineering activities, managing work packages and ensuring delivery against agreed plans, schedules and objectives.

You will provide clear visibility of programme progress, dependencies, risks and issues, driving accountability and ensuring actions are resolved in a timely manner. The initial contract is for six months, with potential extension depending on programme requirements and performance.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain and track engineering work packages, schedules, dependencies and completion criteria.
• Coordinate activities across systems, software, hardware, mechanical, RF and verification teams.
• Monitor programme progress, identify delivery risks and blockers, and drive resolution or escalation where required.
• Support engineering change control, verification readiness and programme review activities.
• Maintain accurate delivery metrics, actions, assumptions and risk registers.
• Ensure appropriate evidence and documentation are available to support project reviews, milestones and delivery decisions.
• Facilitate regular engineering delivery reviews and follow up on agreed actions.
• Develop and maintain engineering delivery plans, task-level work breakdown structures and clear ownership of work packages.
• Produce regular status reports highlighting progress, risks, dependencies and recovery actions.
• Maintain accurate delivery information within programme management tools, including Jira.

Requirements

• Proven experience leading delivery across complex, multidisciplinary engineering or product development programmes.
• Demonstrable experience coordinating engineering work packages across multiple technical disciplines.
• Strong planning, scheduling, risk management and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience tracking and reporting engineering progress, dependencies and delivery risks.
• Practical experience using Jira for programme or delivery management.
• Ability to challenge constructively, drive accountability and deliver results in a fast-moving environment.
• Strong organisational skills and sufficient technical understanding to coordinate complex engineering activities effectively

Desirable

• Background in systems engineering, product development or engineering project leadership.
• Experience in regulated, safety-critical, communications, defence, aerospace or other complex technology environments.
• Understanding of engineering lifecycle activities, including requirements, design, integration, verification and release.
• Familiarity with phase-gate product development processes.

Contract Details

• Initial six-month contract.
• Full-time engagement preferred.
• Potential extension subject to programme requirements and performance