Engineering Delivery Manager

Experis UK; England; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the defense sector is seeking an Engineering Delivery Manager to oversee complex engineering projects. The ideal candidate will have a strong engineering background, active SC clearance, and experience in managing multi-disciplinary teams. This role involves ensuring delivery excellence in a regulated environment while engaging with stakeholders and driving project success.

Qualifications

• Active SC Clearance required.
• Experience in hardware, electronics, or mechatronics.
• Strong communication and organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Drive end-to-end delivery of engineering projects.
• Engage with stakeholders to align expectations.
• Manage project risks and compliance with standards.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder Communication

Project Management

Risk Management

Technical Oversight

Education

Degree in Engineering (hardware, electronics, or mechatronics)

Chartered Engineer (CEng or equivalent)

Tools

JIRA

MS Project

Confluence

Job description

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Job Title: Engineering Delivery Manager (SC Cleared – Contract)

Location: United Kingdom (On-site/Hybrid – Southwest preferred)

Clearance: Active SC Clearance (Sole British National)

Start Date: ASAP

Role Overview

We are seeking an expert Engineering Delivery Manager with a strong foundation as a former hardware, electronics, or mechatronics engineer to lead the successful delivery of complex technical programmes. This is a hands-off leadership role best suited to someone who has walked the path of a design engineer and can use that deep understanding to drive accountability, delivery pace, and engineering quality across cross-functional teams.

You will operate within a high-assurance, security-cleared environment, coordinating multiple engineering workstreams and acting as the central point of contact for both stakeholders and delivery teams.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Delivery Oversight:

• Drive and coordinate the end-to-end delivery of multi-disciplinary engineering projects—from planning to execution to handover.
• Oversee work across hardware, electronics, firmware, and mechanical integration teams, ensuring seamless cross-domain collaboration.

Stakeholder & Team Leadership:

• Engage with internal and external stakeholders to align expectations, provide delivery assurance, and maintain transparency.
• Act as a technical sounding board and delivery authority for engineers, project managers, and leadership teams.

Project Governance & Control:

• Define delivery frameworks using appropriate methods (Agile, V-Model, hybrid) based on project context.
• Manage project risks, configuration, dependencies, and escalation processes in line with defence and regulatory standards.

Hands-On Credibility:

• Leverage your engineering background to interrogate schedules, review technical plans, and challenge assumptions constructively.
• Contribute to the culture of engineering excellence and pragmatic delivery without micromanaging.
• Background as a hands-on engineer in hardware, electronics, or mechatronics, with the credibility to guide and challenge technical teams.

Delivery Leadership in Secure Environments:

• Track record of delivering complex engineering projects within regulated, safety-critical, or defence sectors.
• Fluent in delivery assurance, schedule management, risk control, and stakeholder communication.

Security Clearance:

• Active SC Clearance and sole British nationality (non-negotiable due to project sensitivity).

Strong Communication & Organisational Skills:

• Ability to engage both engineers and executives, translate between technical and delivery contexts, and keep delivery momentum.

Toolset & Process Knowledge:

• Comfortable with engineering project tools (e.g., JIRA, MS Project, Confluence, PLM systems).
• Working knowledge of relevant engineering standards (e.g., ISO 9001, DO-254, MIL-STD, etc.).
• Familiarity with defence, aerospace, or high-integrity systems (e.g., naval platforms, weapons systems, autonomous vehicles).
• Experience overseeing multi-vendor, multi-site or matrixed delivery environments.
• Chartered Engineer (CEng or equivalent) or demonstrable peer-level technical authority.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Contract

Job function

• Industries

  Defense and Space Manufacturing

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