Programme Delivery Manager - INSIDE IR35 Contractor for 6 months

Safran; Pitstone; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Safran Engineering Services is seeking an experienced Programme Delivery Manager to lead a major engineering and quality services programme. You will mobilise and deploy a multi-disciplinary team, ensuring customer satisfaction, resource availability and governance.

The role oversees up to 22 engineers, quality professionals and PMO resources supporting aerospace programmes. The successful candidate will manage resource demand, ramp-up activities, governance reviews and reporting, while

Qualifications

• Experience leading engineering or technical services teams.
• Mobilising or scaling teams of 15+ resources.
• Strong customer-facing stakeholder management.
• Experience in aerospace, defence or regulated industries.
• Commercial awareness, forecasting, utilisation and planning.
• Proven track record managing risks and escalations.
• Independent operator with minimal supervision.

Responsibilities

• Lead the mobilisation and ramp-up of engineering and quality resources.
• Manage customer demand, capacity planning and resource forecasting.
• Act as the primary customer interface for service delivery activities.
• Coordinate recruitment, onboarding and deployment of resources.
• Monitor service performance, utilisation and customer satisfaction.
• Manage programme risks, issues and escalations.
• Lead weekly and monthly governance reviews.
• Develop recovery plans for resource gaps, demand increases and delivery issues.
• Maintain programme reporting, KPIs and performance dashboards.
• Support commercial discussions, change requests and growth opportunities.

Skills

Ramp-up experience

Stakeholder management

Commercial awareness

Ownership mentality

Recruitment knowledge

Risk management

Executive communication

Influencing skills

Organisation and governance

Aerospace/engineering experience

Job description

Safran Engineering Services is seeking an experienced Programme Delivery Manager to lead a major engineering and quality services programme supporting Safran Electrical & Power. This is not a traditional project management role. You will be responsible for the successful mobilisation, deployment and ongoing management of a multi-disciplinary engineering team, ensuring customer satisfaction, resource availability, delivery performance and effective programme governance. The role will oversee a team of up to 22 engineers, quality professionals and PMO resources supporting critical aerospace programmes.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the mobilisation and ramp-up of engineering and quality resources.
• Manage customer demand, capacity planning and resource forecasting.
• Act as the primary customer interface for service delivery activities.
• Coordinate recruitment, onboarding and deployment of resources.
• Monitor service performance, utilisation and customer satisfaction.
• Manage programme risks, issues and escalations.
• Lead weekly and monthly governance reviews.
• Develop recovery plans for resource gaps, demand increases and delivery issues.
• Maintain programme reporting, KPIs and performance dashboards.
• Support commercial discussions, change requests and growth opportunities.

Success in This Role

Within the first six months, you will:

• Successfully manage the ramp-up of engineering and quality resources.
• Establish robust governance and reporting.
• Maintain strong customer satisfaction.
• Ensure resource demand and capacity remain aligned.
• Identify and mitigate delivery risks proactively.
• Create a scalable operating model capable of supporting future growth.

Some other points/ attributes and skills that will come of use

• Ramp-up experience - Proven delivery of 10 + personnel
• Stakeholder management - Able to manage customer, engineering, quality and leadership teams effectively
• Commercial awareness - Understands revenue, utilisation, margins and scope control
• Ownership mentality - Brings solutions and fights problems
• Recruitment knowledge - Experienced in hiring, onboarding and workforce planning
• Risk management - Identifies issues early and drives mitigation
• Executive communication - Can confidently present status, risks and recovery plans to senior leaders
• Influencing skills - Challenges unrealistic demands
• Organisation and governance - Maintains clear reporting, actions, forecasts and dashboards
• Aerospace/engineering experience - Understands realities of technical resource delivery and customer environment

Essential Experience

• Managing engineering or technical services teams.
• Mobilising or scaling teams of 15+ resources.
• Strong customer-facing stakeholder management skills.
• Experience in aerospace, defence or regulated industries.
• Commercial awareness including forecasting, utilisation and resource planning.
• Proven track record managing risks, escalations and customer expectations.
• Ability to operate independently with minimal supervision.

Desirable Experience

• Within an engineering services or consultancy environment.
• Resource delivery or workforce planning experience.
• Contractor and subcontractor management experience.
• Knowledge of quality and engineering delivery environments.

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