MCCS Engineering Lead - Naval Communications & Systems

Thales Group; Fareham; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private healthcare

Pension scheme

28 days annual leave

Volunteer days

Cycle to work

Job summary

Thales Group is seeking a senior engineering leader to drive MCCS programme delivery from Crawley, ensuring governance and risk management across multi-disciplinary teams. You will coach engineers, coordinate across stakeholders, and align technical solutions with customer requirements.

The role emphasizes leadership, collaboration across cultures and strong problem-solving to navigate complex bids and programmes within defence, space and security domains.

Qualifications

• Significant engineering leadership experience across large programmes.
• Ability to coordinate technical teams and stakeholders at multiple levels.
• Strong governance and risk management skills in complex engineering environments.

Responsibilities

• Provide senior engineering leadership across MCCS programme.
• Coordinate technical teams and ensure delivery meets business and customer requirements.
• Conduct engineering reviews of bids, projects and solutions; coach and mentor staff.

Skills

Leadership

People management

Problem solving

Governance

Cross-border collaboration

Mentoring

Attention to detail

Multi-disciplinary teamwork

Education

Engineering degree

Job description

Thales Group is seeking a senior engineering leader to drive MCCS programme delivery from Crawley, ensuring governance and risk management across multi-disciplinary teams. You will coach engineers, coordinate across stakeholders, and align technical solutions with customer requirements.

The role emphasizes leadership, collaboration across cultures and strong problem-solving to navigate complex bids and programmes within defence, space and security domains.