Hybrid Defence Project Engineering Manager

Leonardo

Luton

Hybrid

GBP 70,000 - 110,000

Full time

4 days ago

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Job summary

Leonardo in the United Kingdom is seeking a Project Engineering Manager (PEM) to lead engineering teams within a growing Integrated Project Team. This permanent role offers hybrid working and a chance to drive technical innovation across defence solutions.

The PEM will partner with the Chief Engineer and Senior Engineering Manager to develop and deliver the technical solution, align with the Product Maturity & Capability Roadmap, and ensure requirements are met with robust documentation and risk

Qualifications

Ability to produce clear concise engineering plans.
Good problem-solving ability.
Good schedule and budget control.
Good written and verbal communication skills.
Commercially aware.
Ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of stakeholders, across multiple sites.
Strong leadership competency but also can demonstrate team-working skills.
Knowledge of engineering lifecycle and business process.
Willingness to travel within the UK and possibly overseas.

Responsibilities

Leading the Engineering aspects of the Project, ensuring technical quality, schedule and budget.
Management of cross-site, multi-disciplined engineering teams, ensuring that roles within the teams are clearly defined.
Creating a positive working relationship with customers and partners, to deliver project capability.
Establishing and maintaining good lines of communication internally across the Engineering IPT, with the IPT lead, Project Manager and Functional Heads.
Working closely with the Systems Design Authority ensuring they are fully informed on technical progress, technical risk and any mitigation strategies.
Ensuring the design solution meets the end user requirement, is reliable, fully documented and works within the designated environment.
Ensuring the design solution is compatible with the business area route map.
Controlling project configuration and change management to ensure design reuse is maximised.
Support the management of Suppliers and project Make or Buy decisions.
Ensuring Candidate concept solutions are captured, including the results of any trade off studies and end user engagement
Development of the Engineering Team, providing mentoring, coaching, setting objectives and appraising.