Head of Engineering - Defence Systems, Hybrid (Poole)

Fortress Recruit Limited; England; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus scheme

Training & development opportunities

Job summary

Fortress Recruit Limited is supporting a leading defence engineering business in Poole to recruit a Head of Engineering. You will provide strategic and operational leadership across the engineering organisation to ensure capability, resource and output meet programme and business needs.

The role requires extensive experience across multiple engineering disciplines, a track record of delivering across regulated environments and a proven ability to align teams with project priorities.

Qualifications

• Significant leadership experience in engineering environments.
• Experience leading teams in complex manufacturing/defence settings.
• Clear track record of delivering against programme requirements.

Responsibilities

• Take day-to-day leadership of the engineering function.
• Lead Team Leads across mechanical, electrical, electronics and systems/software.
• Align engineering resources to live programmes and customer needs.
• Prioritise workload and allocate resources across multiple programmes.
• Lead engineering to support programme delivery and milestones.
• Identify and resolve resource, delivery and technical challenges.
• Develop engineering capability and team development.
• Ensure engineering governance, controls and processes.
• Drive continuous improvement of processes and performance.
• Collaborate with PMO, Operations, Production and Quality.
• Act as interface between Engineering, PMO and wider business.
• Promote DFMA, FMEA and structured governance.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Engineering management

DFMA

Programme delivery

Education

MEng in Engineering

Job description

Fortress Recruit Limited is supporting a leading defence engineering business in Poole to recruit a Head of Engineering. You will provide strategic and operational leadership across the engineering organisation to ensure capability, resource and output meet programme and business needs.

The role requires extensive experience across multiple engineering disciplines, a track record of delivering across regulated environments and a proven ability to align teams with project priorities.