Product Development Bid Engineer

Roxel; Larkhill; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

Roxel is an Anglo-French company that designs, develops and manufactures solid propellant rocket motors for tactical missiles. The role reports to the Chief Engineer within the Development team and scopes key aspects of new rocket motor development and production programmes to support customer enquiries.

The successful candidate will also develop cross‑functional tools, templates and systems of working for Roxel UK bid teams to deliver bids faster and more robustly.

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent in Engineering or Chemistry.
• Experience in scoping, costing and proposing engineering development programmes.
• IT literate with MS Office tools (PowerPoint, Excel, Word).
• Ability to assimilate technical information from multiple disciplines.
• Ability to present complex information clearly to engineers.

Responsibilities

• Create bids for new engineering programmes (~50% of role).
• Develop an understanding of the NPI lifecycle and customer requirements.
• Produce costed WBS and technical proposal documentation.
• Lead and participate in Technical Proposal Reviews and Bid Reviews.
• Develop and mature bid/production process tools, templates and QMS processes (~50% of role).
• Identify opportunities to reduce time and cost of NPI programmes and improve robustness.

Skills

Engineering product development

Scoping and costing programmes

MS Office proficiency

Technical reporting

Communication of complex information

Cross-functional collaboration

Commercial awareness

Education

Engineering or Chemistry degree

Tools

PowerPoint

Excel

Word

Job description

Roxel is an Anglo-French Company that designs, develops and manufactures a range of solid propellant rocket motors for use in tactical missiles. Its operations are spread across several sites in the UK and France and it has an annual turnover of about £250M and nearly 1000 staff, with 300 in the UK.

We have a requirement for a permanent Product Development Bid Engineer reporting to the Chief Engineer within the Development team. Day to day the successful candidate will be responsible for scoping and compiling key aspects of new rocket motor development and production programmes to support customer enquiries. Additionally, they will also be responsible for developing and maturing the cross‑functional tools, templates, and systems of working employed by Roxel UK bid teams to deliver bids faster and more robustly than ever before.

Responsibilities

• Creation of Bids for New Engineering Programmes (~50% of role)
  • Develop an in-depth understanding of Roxel’s rocket motor development / New Product Introduction (NPI) lifecycle
  • Review, understand, and analyse all requirements related to a customer enquiry
  • Attend and contribute to discussions with potential external customers
  • Attend and contribute to Customer Requirements Reviews
  • Work as part of a multi‑functional bid team to produce a costed Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) for the proposed programme
  • Identify opportunities to deliver the proposed programme quicker and at a lower cost whilst still meeting key requirements
  • Create Anticipated Compliance Matrices against the customer’s technical requirements
  • Create Technical Proposal documentation
  • Attend and lead Technical Proposal Reviews
  • Attend and contribute to Bid Reviews
• Develop Roxel UK’s Bid Compilation Process and Product Development Process (~50% of role)
  • Develop an awareness of other NPI models used across the aerospace and defence industries
  • Identify opportunities and ways of working to reduce the time and costs of NPI programmes at Roxel UK
  • Work cross‑functionally to produce tools and templates to help bid teams create costed programmes quicker, cheaper, and more robustly
  • Update Roxel’s QMS processes associated with bid compilation to improve clarity on roles / responsibilities (using a RACI structure) and the use of tools / templates / historic data

Educational Qualifications

• A formal qualification (degree or equivalent) in an Engineering or Chemistry related field

Experience

• Experience working in an engineering product development role
• Experience of scoping, compiling, and costing proposed engineering development programmes in meet customer requirements
• IT literate with experience of working with Microsoft Office tools (Power Point, Excel, Word, etc)
• Knowledge of document/report writing
• An ability to assimilate and evaluate technical information from a wide range of disciplines
• An ability to present complex information clearly and logically to specialist and non‑specialist engineers
• Desirable experience: interest in business and commercial awareness
• Knowledge of trials/assessment testing (e.g. structural testing, vibration, etc)

Person Specification

• Demonstrate behaviours that align with Roxel’s values of ‘Commitment’, ‘Innovation’, ‘Trust’ and ‘Teamwork’
• Communicate and work effectively with other disciplines
• Be able to communicate and work well with the customer to meet their requirements
• Organisational skills, able to manage own time and prioritise tasks

Security Clearance

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