Group Engineering Resource Manager

Alexander Dennis Limited; Larbert; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in sustainable transportation is seeking a Group Engineering Resource Manager. This key position involves resource planning, project management, and supporting strategic decision-making within the engineering team. The role offers competitive compensation, flexible working, and ongoing training opportunities to ensure a great work-life balance and career progression.

Benefits

Generous salary package

Flexible working options

Ongoing employee development

Annual leave increasing with tenure

Pension scheme

Cycle to work scheme

Discounted gym membership

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Previous resource-management and project management experience essential.
• Knowledge of commercial contract management of professional services required.
• Must possess excellent communication and influencing skills.

Responsibilities

• Oversee capacity planning and project resource alignment.
• Negotiate and manage 3rd party external resource providers.
• Report on resource capacity and skills composition.

Skills

Communication

Analysis

Negotiation

Education

Qualification in business management or engineering discipline

Job description

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Job Reference:

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Posted:

22.06.2025

Expiry Date:

06.08.2025

Job Description:

Any UK Site

*This is an Internal opportunity only*

You have a responsibility to inform your current line/department manager and local human resources representative before applying for the role. Deadline for applications Friday 30th May 2025

POSITION SUMMARY:

Are you ready to take the lead on resource planning across Group Engineering? We're looking for a Group Engineering Resource Manager to oversee capacity planning, project resource alignment, and system development. This is a key role supporting strategic decision-making with clear insight into resource demand, skills gaps, and planning efficiency. If you're organised, analytical, and thrive on collaboration—this could be your next step.

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

• Maintain, develop and provide training for engineering planning and project management systems.
• Maintenance of group engineering resource pool - management of onboarding / offboarding of staff and external contractors as required to meet resource demand.
• Organise IT equipment, software licensing and provision of system logins.
• Negotiation and management of 3rd party external resource providers.
• Reporting of current resource capacity, skills composition, and demand.
• Maintenance of resource skills profiles and identification of skills gaps based on historic and forecast demand.
• Scenario planning of resource demand/impact for potential projects and programs to support decision making by engineering leadership team and AD exec.
• Regular communication of resource insight and recommendations - utilisation, efficiency, pinch-points, skills gaps.
• Support ongoing business rationale for permanent installed resource capacity and external third-party supplementary capacity.

WHAT YOU NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL:

• Preferably a formal qualification in business management, an engineering discipline, business data analysis and contract negotiation
• Must have excellent communication, influencing and analysis skills.
• Can-do attitude, reliable, and able to persevere with challenging projects.
• Previous resource-management and project management experience essential.
• Knowledge and first-hand experience of commercial contract management of professional services,
• Project management, business process management and KPI reporting experience required.

WHY JOIN OUR TEAM:

• Generous salary package – we reward our people at the level they deserve.
• A 37-hour working week, with flexible working options, giving you that much needed work/life balance.
• Ongoing employee development through a variety of in-house training initiatives along with tuition subsidies for courses at outside institutions.
• Annual leave entitlement which increases with tenure.
• Pension scheme to help you save for the future.
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme which offers practical, impartial support on issues impacting your life.
• Cycle to work scheme, discounted gym membership, and regular meditation sessions as your health and wellbeing is important to us.

OUR WHY:

We move people. The world's most precious cargo.

We are driven by our purpose: we move people. Our vision is to lead the evolution of sustainable on-road mass transportation and mobility and our mission is to design, deliver, and support market-leading bus and motor coach solutions that are safe, accessible, efficient, and reliable.

NEXT STEPS:

If this sounds like you, and you’re interested in coming ‘aboard’, then we would love to hear from you. Please complete our online application form and attach your CV!

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Created on 22/06/2025 by TN United Kingdom