Head of Engineering Transformation

WISE Campaign; Poole; Hybrid; GBP 75,000 - 89,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking charity as the Head of Engineering Transformation, where your leadership will drive innovation and modernization in lifesaving assets. This pivotal role involves overseeing new product development, ensuring effective processes, and collaborating with diverse teams to achieve measurable results. With a commitment to saving lives, you'll be part of a dedicated team making a real difference every day. Embrace the opportunity to lead transformative projects in a supportive and dynamic environment, while enjoying hybrid working options and excellent benefits.

Benefits

Hybrid and Flexible working options

26 days’ annual leave plus 8 Bank Holidays

Outstanding pension scheme

Life assurance

Health and dental cash plan option

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a similar role within a marine or engineering environment.
• Extensive experience in business and product development.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the end-to-end New Product Introduction (NPI) process.
• Collaborate with customers to deliver production-ready solutions.

Skills

Business and Product Development

Change Leadership

Team Management

Stakeholder Collaboration

Process Improvement

Education

Chartered Engineer (CEng)

Engineering Degree

Job description

Head of Engineering Transformation

£75,191 - £88,460 + excellent benefits

Hybrid working arrangement, with 2-3 days in Poole

Ref: 19438

About us

The RNLI is a charity that provides a 24-hour lifeboat search and rescue service, seasonal lifeguards, and water safety education and initiatives. Our lifeboat crews and lifeguards need a dedicated, professional, and talented team behind them, and that is where you come in. This is your chance to join that team and help save lives every day.

We’re looking for an inspiring and experienced Head of Engineering Transformation to join us in supporting the whole organisation to transform the engineering output of the organisation and generate significant progress against the high-level strategic goal of modernising our lifesaving assets and property estate.

Some of the benefits

• Hybrid and Flexible working options
• 26 days’ annual leave plus 8 Bank Holidays (increases with service)
• Outstanding pension scheme (contributions of up to 16% of basic salary)
• Life assurance
• Health and dental cash plan option

Your role

As Head of Engineering Transformation, you will be responsible for all aspects of new product development within the directorate. You will oversee the end-to-end New Product Introduction (NPI) process, from liaising with customers to delivering production-ready solutions, including all relevant paperwork and certification.

This role will be part of our Engineering and Supply (ES) Department Senior Leadership Team. The ES Department designs, builds, supplies, supports, and maintains the RNLI’s buildings, boats, and equipment to help save lives and keep our people safe. Their vision is to deliver trusted, sustainable solutions to bring our people home safely, achieved by empowering staff, embracing data, innovative thinking, and technology to continually improve reliability, safety, and availability.

About you

We seek a candidate with proven experience in a similar role, ideally within a marine or engineering environment. To be successful, you should demonstrate:

• Extensive experience in business and product development, with the ability to introduce effective processes, structures, and success measures.
• Experience in formulating annual business plans, monitoring, and reporting.
• Proven track record of driving improvements and achieving results against clear, measurable targets and standards.
• Experience leading, managing, developing, and motivating multidisciplinary teams, and collaborating across stakeholders.
• Experience in change leadership and delivering programs/projects involving diverse stakeholders.
• Chartered Engineer (CEng) with an Engineering Degree.
• A shared passion for saving lives.

This demanding role requires an experienced leader accustomed to targeting and delivering exceptional results. In return, you will be part of an extraordinary team and play a vital role in advancing the RNLI’s mission: saving lives at sea.

For more information and to apply, please visit our jobs page.

Closing date: 6 May 2025

Interview dates: 20/21 May 2025

Commitment to safeguarding and diversity

The RNLI is committed to safeguarding, protecting health, wellbeing, and human rights. We expect all employees and volunteers to share this commitment, with relevant criminal record checks during recruitment. We value diversity and welcome applications from all backgrounds, skills, and perspectives, aligning with our RNLI values: trustworthy, courageous, selfless, and dependable, working towards our vision: To save Every One.