Engineering Delivery Lead for Systems & Hardware

Groupe SII; Manchester; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

SII UK is seeking an experienced Engineering Delivery Manager to lead the delivery of complex engineering programmes across electronics, hardware, systems and firmware domains. You will bridge engineering teams with programme leadership to ensure plans meet cost, schedule and quality targets.

You will own integrated engineering plans, manage dependencies, drive lifecycle gates, and report progress to senior stakeholders while supporting bid activities with cost estimation.

Qualifications

• Experience in engineering delivery within complex programmes.
• Hands-on experience in electronics, hardware, systems or firmware.
• Strong systems engineering lifecycle understanding.
• Proven cost, schedule, delivery performance management.
• Experience with planning tools (MS Project, Primavera, EVM).
• Leadership of multidisciplinary teams.
• Integration planning and dependencies management.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication.
• Experience in regulated environments (defence, aerospace, rail, nuclear).

Responsibilities

• Own delivery to cost, schedule, performance and quality targets.
• Define and manage engineering work packages with milestones.
• Develop integrated plans with dependencies and critical paths.
• Lead delivery across requirements, design, integration, verification.
• Coordinate design and lifecycle reviews and gates.
• Provide reporting to programme and senior stakeholders.
• Support bid activities with engineering planning and cost estimation.

Skills

Engineering delivery

Project management

Work package management

Systems engineering

Cost control

Schedule management

Stakeholder management

Multidisciplinary leadership

Integration planning

Regulated environments

Tools

MS Project

Primavera

EVM tools

Job description

SII UK is seeking an experienced Engineering Delivery Manager to lead the delivery of complex engineering programmes across electronics, hardware, systems and firmware domains. You will bridge engineering teams with programme leadership to ensure plans meet cost, schedule and quality targets.

You will own integrated engineering plans, manage dependencies, drive lifecycle gates, and report progress to senior stakeholders while supporting bid activities with cost estimation.