Programme Director

KBR, Inc.; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

KBR, Inc. is looking for a Programme Director to oversee complex engineering programmes from FEED to detailed design. This role encompasses leadership, governance, and client interface, ensuring alignment to strategic objectives while managing risk.

The successful candidate will have significant experience in leading engineering teams, managing large projects, and interfacing with executive-level stakeholders. The position offers hybrid working arrangements across Reading, Bristol, and Plymouth.

Qualifications

• Must have senior leadership experience in engineering or EPC programmes.
• Accountability for FEED and detailed design execution is essential.
• Ability to manage multi-discipline engineering teams and workstreams is required.

Responsibilities

• Provide overall leadership for engineering programmes spanning FEED and detailed design phases.
• Establish programme governance, controls, and reporting aligned to objectives.
• Lead multi-discipline engineering teams ensuring technical integration.

Skills

Senior leadership experience delivering large-scale engineering or EPC programmes

Direct accountability for FEED and detailed design execution

Experience managing multi-discipline engineering teams

Proven responsibility for programme cost, schedule, and risk control

Experience delivering programmes within regulated or safety-critical industries

Background working with major UK or international engineering contractors

Experience interfacing with executive-level clients and stakeholders

Education

Chartered Engineer status or equivalent professional accreditation

Degree in Engineering or related technical discipline

Job description

Title

Programme Director

A career at KBR can change the world — and change your life. If you’re ready, let’s get started.

The KBR team of teams delivers future-forward science, technology and engineering solutions and mission-critical services that help governments and companies around the world accomplish their most important objectives, while also helping achieve their sustainability goals.

About The Role

The Programme Director – Engineering provides strategic leadership and delivery oversight for complex engineering programmes, with accountability across FEED and detailed design phases.

This role establishes and maintains programme governance, ensuring alignment to technical, commercial, and schedule objectives while managing risk and stakeholder expectations. Working across multi‑discipline engineering teams, the Programme Director integrates project controls, engineering assurance, and client engagement to drive predictable and high‑quality outcomes.

The position operates as a senior interface with clients and partners, shaping delivery strategies and decision‑making frameworks. Through structured leadership and clear accountability, the role supports safe, compliant, and efficient execution across the programme lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Provide overall leadership and direction for engineering programmes spanning FEED and detailed design phases
• Establish programme governance, controls, and reporting aligned to cost, schedule, risk, and quality objectives
• Lead and coordinate multi‑discipline engineering teams, ensuring technical integration and design maturity
• Act as senior client interface, managing expectations and supporting key commercial and delivery decisions
• Oversee programme risk management, change control, and mitigation planning
• Ensure engineering deliverables meet contractual, regulatory, and assurance requirements
• Collaborate with project controls, procurement, and construction teams to support downstream readiness
• Drive continuous improvement in programme execution, assurance, and delivery performance

Experience Required

• Senior leadership experience delivering large‑scale engineering or EPC programmes
• Direct accountability for FEED and detailed design execution
• Experience managing multi‑discipline engineering teams and workstreams
• Proven responsibility for programme cost, schedule, and risk control
• Experience delivering programmes within regulated or safety‑critical industries
• Background working with major UK or international engineering contractors
• Experience interfacing with executive‑level clients and stakeholders

Qualifications/Certifications

• Chartered Engineer status or equivalent professional accreditation
• Degree in Engineering or related technical discipline

Location

Reading/Bristol/Plymouth - hybrid working with a mix of office-based and remote working.

Security Requirements

SC Clearance

Due to the secure nature of this project, restrictions in relation to UK residency and nationality will apply.

KBR is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, veteran status, genetic information, union status and/or beliefs, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.