Project Engineer

Boeing Defence United Kingdom Limited; Yeovil; Hybrid; GBP 52,000 - 76,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and annual bonus (L

Continuous learning

Inclusive culture

Pension plan with up to 10% employer

Company paid BUPA Medical Plan

Holiday entitlement: 23 days + UK PHs

Winter Break between Christmas and New

Job summary

Boeing Defence United Kingdom Limited is seeking a Project Engineer to support the Rotary Wing Enterprise (RWE) programme objectives. The role reports to the BDUK Vertical Lift Project Engineering Manager and is based primarily in Yeovil, with Bristol as a secondary location.

Travel to BDUK/customer sites and hybrid working options are available. The project engineer will coordinate engineering teams, develop SOWs, ensure traceability of requirements, and work with leadership to secure approvals

Qualifications

• Experience in project planning and management in a systems/defence environment.
• Strong knowledge of systems engineering principles and processes.
• Excellent customer-facing communication and IT skills.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate engineering teams across multiple skill areas and stakeholders.
• Develop and maintain Statements of Work (SOWs) for the RWE programme.
• Champion systems engineering best practice and ensure proper requirements traceability.
• Obtain approvals to ensure continuity of tasks and delivery of contracted services.
• Coordinate future state proposals and milestone objectives with engineering leadership.
• Identify metrics and report status to programme leadership.
• Compare progress against baselines to assess performance and lessons learned.
• Plan resources and manage changes to SOWs, deliverables, costs, and schedules.
• Provide technical coordination for development and execution of project deliverables.
• Apply engineering initiatives, best practices, and quality processes.
• Contribute to Continuous Improvement and manage risks, issues and opportunities.

Skills

Project Planning & Management

Systems Engineering knowledge

IT skills

Customer facing skills

Rotorcraft knowledge (Chinook/Apache)

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field

Job description

Project Engineer

Company: Boeing Defence United Kingdom Limited

This post is for a Project Engineer reporting to the BDUK Vertical Lift (VL) Project Engineering Manager. The role will assist the BDUK VL Chief Programme Engineers (CPEs) by supporting the delivery of the Rotary Wing Enterprise (RWE) programme objectives, ensuring that assigned activities are appropriately coordinated, managed and reported. This role is primarily based at Yeovil, with Bristol offered as a secondary work location. The role will involve occasional travel to other BDUK and customer sites, and options exist for hybrid working.

Position Responsibilities

• Providing coordination to engineering teams representing multiple skill areas, which may include internal and external resources and customers.
• Developing and maintaining internal and external Statements of Work (SOWs) to satisfy current and emerging RWE programme requirements.
• Championing systems engineering best practice in the management of the RWE programme requirements hierarchy, ensuring that requirements are of a good quality with an associated compliance verification strategy, are allocated appropriately, and have adequately traceability between the different requirement tiers.
• Working with programme leadership to obtain required approvals to ensure business continuity for tasks relating to the proposed delivery of the RWE contracted service.
• Coordinating RWE future state and ‘additional tasking’ project proposal development activities, and ensuring the engineering leadership team are aware of associated proposal gate milestones and objectives.
• Identifying metrics and reporting to VL programme leadership to provide a status of functional performance.
• Comparing actual results to baseline plans to assess project performance, efficiencies, productivity and lessons learned.
• Planning, identifying, and coordinating resources required to support the RWE programme through the management of functional resource requirements and reporting into status reviews.
• Responding to changes to SOWs, assessing the impact and negotiating proposed changes to determine modifications to deliverables, resources, costs and schedules.
• Providing technical coordination for the development and execution of the project deliverables.
• The tailoring and application of engineering initiatives, best practices and quality processes.
• Contributing to Continuous Improvement.
• Risk, Issues and Opportunities management.

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience)

• A Degree level (or equivalent) qualification in Engineering, Systems Engineering, or an engineering related field, with experience in requirements management for systems and / or services.
• Knowledge of the Chinook and/or Apache rotorcraft platforms.
• Experience in Project Planning and Management; Excellent SE knowledge and skills, Good IT skills; Excellent Customer Facing Skills

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience)

• Registration with the Engineering Council as an Incorporated or Chartered Engineer (IEng or CEng), or the ability to demonstrate a credible route to IEng or CEng accreditation.
• Knowledge of Military Airworthiness Authority (MAA) Regulatory Articles.

Relocation: This position does not offer relocation. Candidates must live in the immediate area or relocate at their own expense.

What Boeing offers you

• Competitive salary and annual incentive plans
• Continuous learning - you’ll develop the approach and skills to navigate whatever comes next
• Success as defined by you - we’ll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way
• An inclusive culture - you’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs
• Excellent Adoption and Parental leave options
• 23 days plus UK public holidays and a Winter Break between Christmas and New Year
• Pension Plan with up to 10% employer contribution
• Company paid BUPA Medical Plan
• Short Term Sickness: 100% pay for the first 26 weeks
• Long Term Sickness: 66.67% of annual salary from 27th week
• 6x annual salary life insurance
• Learning Together Programme to support your on-going personal and career development
• Access to Boeing’s Well Being Programs, tool and incentives

Language Requirements: Not Applicable

Education: Not Applicable

Relocation: Relocation assistance is not a negotiable benefit for this position.

Security Clearance: This position requires the ability to obtain United Kingdom Security Check.

Visa Sponsorship: Employer will not sponsor applicants for employment visa status.

Contingent Upon Award Program This position is not contingent upon program award.

Shift: Not a Shift Worker (United Kingdom)

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