Engineering Delivery Manager

Expleo Group; Templecombe; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Collaborative culture

Expleo Academy

Competitive benefits

Disability confident employer

Job summary

Expleo Group in the United Kingdom seeks an Engineering Delivery Manager for our Aerospace delivery team. You will spearhead operational activities for a key defence and aerospace customer, acting as primary interface between internal teams, customers and stakeholders.

You will lead multi-disciplinary projects across the engineering lifecycle, ensuring on-time, on-quality delivery while managing budgets and risks. SC clearance and onsite presence are required.

Qualifications

• SC clearance already in place or readily accessible
• Willing to work onsite 3 days per week
• Experience in engineering delivery management or project leadership
• Strong stakeholder engagement and reporting skills

Responsibilities

• Lead on-site and off-site engineering leads and PMs to deliver projects on time and to quality
• Oversee project portfolio finances including budgeting, cost control and invoicing
• Act as primary contact for customers, manage expectations and risks
• Develop and maintain comprehensive project management plans and transition plans
• Ensure adherence to Quality Management System and delivery governance

Job description

Overview

Expleo is a trusted partner for end-to-end, integrated engineering, quality services and management consulting for digital transformation. We help businesses harness unrelenting technological change to successfully deliver innovations that will help them gain a competitive advantage and improve the everyday lives of people around the globe.

We are currently seeking an Engineering Delivery Manager to join our Aerospace delivery team, where you will spearhead operational activities for a key defence and aerospace customer. This role involves supporting multi-disciplinary customer engineering projects, ensuring customer satisfaction, and acting as the primary interface between internal teams, customers, and stakeholders.

The job holder will be engaged in understanding and supporting our customer with a wide variety of Engineering Delivery activities covering the entire engineering lifecycle, you will be a key member of a team providing essential back office direction. Your knowledge across a wide variety of Engineering activities will be deployed to ensure Expleo are able to provide high-quality and pivotal support to our customer.

Responsibilities

• Leadership & Delivery
  • Lead on-site and off-site Engineering Team Leads and Project Managers/PMO.
  • Ensure customer satisfaction
  • Oversee project delivery performance for Fixed Price projects, ensuring on-time and on-quality delivery.
  • Develop and maintain comprehensive project management plans.
• Financial & Commercial Management
  • Oversee project portfolio financials including budgeting, cost control, and invoicing.
  • Conduct project finance reviews in line with company standards.
  • Support bid and proposal development for Fixed Price projects.
• Stakeholder Engagement & Communication
  • Act as the primary point of contact for customers.
  • Engage with stakeholders to align expectations and resolve issues.
  • Produce and present regular reports on status, risks, and financial performance.
• Team Leadership & Development
  • Provide pastoral care and line management for on-site team members.
  • Support recruitment and resource planning.
  • Promote a culture of accountability, innovation, and continuous learning.
• Governance & Risk Management
  • Champion delivery best practices and ensure compliance with the company’s Quality Management System.
  • Identify, assess, and mitigate risks across the programme lifecycle.
  • Ensure smooth transitions and handovers between project phases.
• Key Deliverables
  • Collation and Review:Efficiently collate, format, and review monthly Engineering Team Lead reports.
  • Monthly Reporting:Produce comprehensive monthly reports for the account director.
  • Transition Planning:Develop and implement detailed engineering transition plans.
  • Collaboration:Liaise with Engineering Team Leads and wider teams to maintain seamless service delivery.
  • Opportunity Identification:Recognise and capitalise on areas of opportunity for account growth.
  • Risk Management:Identify and mitigate risks to service delivery.
  • Support:Provide robust support to the account director, delivery director, and project manager.
  • Resource:Ensure timely supply of skilled engineers to match customer requirements.

What do I need before I apply

• SC clearance already in place.
• Willing to work onsite 3 days per week.

Benefits

• Collaborative working environment – we stand shoulder to shoulder with our clients and ourpeers through good times and challenges
• We empower all passionate technology loving professionals by allowing them to expand their skills and take part in inspiring projects
• ExpleoAcademy - enables you to acquire and develop the right skills by delivering a suite of accredited training courses
• Competitive company benefits
• Always working as one team, our people are not afraid to think big and challenge the status quo
• As a Disability Confident Committed Employer we have committed to:
  • Ensure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible
  • Communicating and promoting vacancies
  • Offering an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job
  • Anticipating and providing reasonable adjustments as required
  • Supporting any existing employee who acquires a disability or long term health condition, enabling them to stay in work at least one activity that will make a difference for disabled people

“We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age”.

We treat everyone fairly and equitably across the organisation, including providing any additional support and adjustments needed for everyone to thrive