Engineering Delivery Leader – Defence & Aerospace

Alten Ltd; Belfast City District; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private Medical Insurance

Cycle & Tech Scheme

Employee assistance programme

Life insurance & Pension Scheme

Social gatherings

Job summary

ALTEN Ltd. is seeking an Engineering Delivery Manager to lead complex defence and aerospace engineering programmes in Belfast. You will own multidisciplinary delivery from concept through validation, ensuring on-time, on-budget results in a highly regulated environment.

As a Senior Manager/Principal, you will drive technical strategy, governance and stakeholder coordination with customers, partners and internal teams. Candidates must obtain SC clearance and be based on-site in Belfast.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in engineering delivery or project leadership within defence, aerospace or safety-critical environments.
• Strong background managing multidisciplinary engineering teams and complex system development.
• Experience delivering solutions across the full systems or engineering lifecycle (requirements to V&V).
• Ability to manage technical risk, cost and schedule within structured programme environments.

Responsibilities

• Define and lead the engineering strategy, planning and delivery across the full project lifecycle.
• Provide technical leadership to multidisciplinary engineering teams, ensuring alignment to time, cost and quality objectives.
• Oversee requirements, integration, verification and validation activities to ensure robust, low-risk delivery.
• Manage engineering governance including design reviews, certification and technical approvals.
• Coordinate engineering activities across internal teams, suppliers and partners, resolving risks and technical challenges.
• Support programme leadership with risk, opportunity and stakeholder management throughout delivery.

Skills

Engineering delivery

Project leadership

Multidisciplinary teams

Systems engineering

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Engineering

Job description

ALTEN Ltd. is seeking an Engineering Delivery Manager to lead complex defence and aerospace engineering programmes in Belfast. You will own multidisciplinary delivery from concept through validation, ensuring on-time, on-budget results in a highly regulated environment.

As a Senior Manager/Principal, you will drive technical strategy, governance and stakeholder coordination with customers, partners and internal teams. Candidates must obtain SC clearance and be based on-site in Belfast.