Engineering Delivery Lead: Modularity & Reuse

Innovate; Stevenage; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Innovate in Stevenage is seeking an experienced engineer to move into a broader, business-facing delivery role across a multi-project portfolio. You’ll influence portfolio decisions, shape how complex products are developed, reused and supported from concept through production and in-service support.

You’ll work at the intersection of engineering, operations and commercial outcomes, using your technical judgement to drive Commonality, Modularity & Reuse (CMR) and cost-savings while delivering

Qualifications

• Significant experience in engineering with full product lifecycle.
• Background in sectors such as aerospace, automotive, rail, defence or similar complex product environments.
• Ability to manage packages of work and keep stakeholders aligned without losing technical integrity.
• Strong ability to influence senior management and customer representatives.

Responsibilities

• Lead engineering delivery across a portfolio of complex electro-mechanical products, focusing on technical risk, obsolescence and engineering commonality.
• Embed CMR principles with project teams to ensure reuse of designs is effective, secure and commercially sensible.
• Review predicted and measured benefits from an engineering perspective and challenge assumptions where needed.
• Act as a key point of contact between Functions, Equipment Teams and Centres of Excellence, coordinating responses when risks or issues arise and ensuring programme plans for dependencies exist and are maintained.
• Ensure obsolescence removal does not affect established dependencies or downstream products and platforms.
• Support supply chain and commercial discussions by understanding how engineering decisions impact cost, schedule, exportability and operational performance for the customer.
• Drive continuous improvement and new ways of working around commonality, modularity, reuse and obsolescence, reducing hardships for delivery teams.
• Provide clear, concise summaries of multi-faceted problems and lead small teams (c.5–6 people) to agreed outcomes through positive influence and empowerment.

Skills

Engineering experience

Stakeholder management

Problem solving

Engineering thinking

Influence leadership

Job description

Innovate in Stevenage is seeking an experienced engineer to move into a broader, business-facing delivery role across a multi-project portfolio. You’ll influence portfolio decisions, shape how complex products are developed, reused and supported from concept through production and in-service support.

You’ll work at the intersection of engineering, operations and commercial outcomes, using your technical judgement to drive Commonality, Modularity & Reuse (CMR) and cost-savings while delivering