Engineering Manager

Babcock International; Bristol; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering firm in Bristol is seeking an Engineering Manager who will implement engineering in Satellite Communications. The ideal candidate will oversee engineering teams, manage lifecycle activities to meet customer requirements, and ensure compliance with standards. Applicants should possess a degree or equivalent in Engineering, proven holistic lifecycle management experience, and exhibit leadership abilities. This role offers extensive benefits, including a generous holiday allowance and professional development opportunities.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to Digital GP and health checks

Employee share scheme

Paid leave for volunteering

Development opportunities

Qualifications

• Proven experience in life cycle management across systems engineering.
• Understanding of MoD procurement processes and technical standards compliance.
• Ability to lead mixed discipline engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Manage engineering scope and technical outcomes across multiple projects.
• Lead mixed discipline engineering teams effectively.
• Champion best practices in delivering systems engineering activities.

Skills

Holistic Life Cycle Management

Team leadership

Project delivery practices

Education

Degree in Engineering or equivalent

Job description

As Engineering Manager, you will be implementing the engineering across Satellite Communications to ensure delivery to the customer to meet their requirements. As part of this an extensive modernisation programme taking place. This role would ideally suit a highly experienced Systems Engineer looking to take the next step with their career.

Responsibilities

• Manage engineering scope and technical outcomes: Collaborate with Project Managers to plan and execute lifecycle engineering activities in line with contractual, regulatory, and industry standards, following Babcock's Global Engineering Lifecycle and Program Management Plans, including cost and schedule forecasting across multiple projects.
• Technical Team Management: Manage and lead mixed discipline engineering teams, ensuring the provision of resources, guidance, and support needed is provided to allow the teams to perform effectively.
• Delivery of systems engineering activities in accordance with the Top-Level Engineering Management Plan, from requirements capture to delivery. Champion best practice Babcock processes and tailoring.
• Own all Systems Engineering deliverables for assigned work packages, including engineering plans with the technical lead, providing full life cycle support and ensuring alignment with industry-standard systems and product life cycles.

Essential Experience

• Proven experience in Holistic Life Cycle Management with balanced competencies across the Systems Engineering Discipline. A good understanding of cross domain and cross boundary requirements and interface.
• Working knowledge of MoD procurement processes, project delivery practices and technical standards compliance.
• Ability to lead a team of mixed discipline engineers to deliver complex projects.

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent in Engineering. HNC/HND with equivalent, relevant experience is valued and welcomed.

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be a sole UK national who is able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role. You may be required to achieve Developed Vetting (DV) security clearance once in post.

Benefits

• Generous holiday allowance
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
• Employee share scheme
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. This Window opens February through to March annually
• 'Be Kind Day' enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing

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