Project Engineering Lead

Leonardo UK Ltd; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Leonardo UK Ltd is seeking a qualified Project Engineering Lead for its Fire Control Radar projects in Newcastle. The role involves leading complex engineering teams, managing project activities, and ensuring successful delivery while maintaining focus on quality and budget. Ideal candidates will have strong engineering lifecycle knowledge and experience in a high-pressure environment.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Access to private healthcare

Employee Assistance Programme

Discounted Gym membership

Pension scheme with 10% employer contribution

Training access through Coursera

Bonus scheme for employees

25 days holidays plus bank holidays

Qualifications

• Practical experience managing multidisciplinary teams.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Experience with system change management processes.

Responsibilities

• Manage technical investigations and system-level issues.
• Produce realistic plans for project delivery.
• Lead and motivate a multi-discipline engineering team.

Skills

Engineering lifecycle knowledge

Problem-solving

Interpersonal skills

Leadership

Tools

Requirements management tools

Job description

Job Description:

The opportunity:

At Leonardo in Newcastle, we are looking for strong technical leaders to join and lead our most critical and challenging projects.

Project Engineering Leads are critical to the success of our projects. They plan, predict, lead and adapt engineering activities to make product delivery successful. They are responsible for not just delivering to quality, time and budget, but to also for creating a supportive environment that motivates our world-class engineers.

If you are an experienced technical leader we will offer you a challenging and rewarding opportunity to apply your leadership and management skills across a wide range of projects. You will quickly develop an understanding of our technology and processes and work closely with our engineers and managers to ensure we continue to deliver at pace.

Our projects are complex. Our workplace is diverse. This requires our leaders to have high attention to detail, to maintain focus, and to respond in an adaptive way to changes as they arise.

What you’ll do as a Project Engineering Lead

We are looking for a Project Engineering Lead to join one of our mature Fire Control Radar projects. This project is high profile, complex, and fast moving. It requires a skilled leader and experienced systems engineer in order to ensure the project teams supported and remain focused on delivery.

As a PEL you will

• Manage and assess reported system-level issues captured during lab testing, integration and flight trials
• Lead technical investigations and re-design activities in line with project priorities
• Produce effective, efficient and realistic plans to deliver the solution and communicate these to Engineering Management to ensure forward load is correct and resources are available
• Ensure effective implementation of the company's Lifecycle Management process and project engineering processes are followed
• Work closely with the Engineering Management team and Chief Engineers to make and enact decisions quickly within the project
• Establish and maintain good lines of communication across the project, engineering disciplines and engineering management
• Lead and motivate a multi-discipline engineering team
• Ensure your team is equipped and supported to deliver against their commitments

This role will require full time onsite working due to the nature of the project.

What we need from you:

You really must have:

• Strong knowledge and practical experience of working across different stages of the engineering lifecycle
• The ability to quickly understand and break down complex problems both on your own or as part of a team
• Experience of following a system change management process
• The ability to keep track and mange a diverse set of activities with many interactions and dependencies
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills to build effective relationships with engineers, managers, subject matter experts and customers
• Experience of managing, motivating and supporting multidisciplinary teams
• Good practical experience of using requirements management tools such as DOORS
• A high level of personal resilience when working in a high pressure environment.

It would be nice if you had:

• Familiarity with RF systems/Radar systems design and operation
• Familiarity of Software, Hardware, Firmware and integration

Security Clearance

You must be eligible for full security clearance and access to UK-caveated and ITAR controlled information. For more information and guidance, please visit: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/united-kingdom-security-vetting-clearance-levels

Life at Leonardo

With a company funded benefits package, a commitment to learning and development, and a flexible approach to working hours focused on the needs of both our employees and customers, a career with Leonardo has never offered as many opportunities or been more accessible to as many people.

• Flexible Working: Flexible hours with hybrid working options. For part time opportunities, please talk to us
• Company funded flexible benefits: Access to private healthcare, dental schemes, Workplace ISA, Go Green Car Scheme, technology and lifestyle options (£500 annual allowance)
• Holidays: 25 days plus bank holidays, option to buy/sell leave and to accrue up to 12 additional flexi leave days per year
• Pension: Award winning pension scheme (up to 10% employer contribution)
• Wellbeing:Employee Assistance Programme with access to free mental health support, financial wellbeing support and network groups to demonstrate our ongoing commitment to diversity & inclusion (Enable, Pride, Equalise, Reservists, Carers)
• Lifestyle: Discounted Gym membership, Cycle to work scheme
• Training: Free access to more than 4000 online courses via Coursera
• Referral Incentive: You can earn a reward for successfully referring a friend or family member
• Bonus: Scheme in place for all employees at management level and below

For a full list of our Company benefits please visit our website.

Leonardo is a global high-tech company and one of the key players in Aerospace, Defence and Security. Headquartered in Italy, Leonardo has over 45,000 employees, of which 8,000 are based at 8 sites throughout the UK.

Primary Location:

GB - Newcastle

Contract Type:

Hybrid Working:

Onsite