Project Engineering Lead: Supply Chain & Manufacturing Excellence

Leonardo UK Ltd; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Time to Recharge

Pension scheme

Mental health support

Bonus scheme

Online courses (Coursera/LinkedIn)

Job summary

Leonardo UK Ltd seeks a Project Engineering Lead to head a multidisciplinary team maturing PCB/PCA designs for the ECRS Mk2 programme, split between Edinburgh and Newcastle. You will steer supplier improvements, manufacturing readiness, and industrialisation, reporting to the Project Engineering Manager.

You will oversee root-cause analyses, drive quality initiatives, and collaborate with Procurement, Manufacturing, and Programme teams to deliver on-time, within-cost solutions in a challenging,

Qualifications

• Degree required in Engineering, Manufacturing, Electronics, Physics or equivalent.
• Experience leading engineering teams or complex manufacturing, industrialisation, NPI or supply chain work packages.
• Experience working with suppliers to improve quality, delivery and manufacturing capability.
• Strong understanding of manufacturing processes, quality systems and continuous improvement methodologies.
• Ability to identify root causes and implement corrective/preventive actions.
• Experience leading supplier reviews, audits or performance improvement activities.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Self-motivated with the ability to provide structure, focus and momentum in delivery environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead ECRS Mk2 Supply Chain Improvement Team with direction, prioritisation and governance.
• Develop and deliver a strategy to improve supplier quality, yield, throughput, lead time and production readiness.
• Interface between Leonardo, suppliers and internal teams advising on design changes for manufacturability, schedule and cost.
• Drive root cause investigations and robust corrective/preventive actions.
• Run regular supplier performance reviews focusing on yield, quality, capacity and schedule adherence.
• Carry out supplier assessments, technical reviews and manufacturing readiness evaluations.
• Provide engineering leadership for manufacturing non-conformities and quality issues.
• Collaborate with Engineering, Procurement, Manufacturing, Quality and Programme teams.
• Promote Design for Manufacture, Design for Assembly and industrialisation best practices.
• Report updates to Project Engineering Manager, Chief Engineer, Programme Leadership Team and Head of Programmes.

Skills

Team leadership

Supply chain & manufacturing

Root cause analysis

Supplier management

Design for Manufacture

Industrialisation

Education

Degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, Electronics, Physics or equivalent technical discipline

Job description

Leonardo UK Ltd seeks a Project Engineering Lead to head a multidisciplinary team maturing PCB/PCA designs for the ECRS Mk2 programme, split between Edinburgh and Newcastle. You will steer supplier improvements, manufacturing readiness, and industrialisation, reporting to the Project Engineering Manager.

You will oversee root-cause analyses, drive quality initiatives, and collaborate with Procurement, Manufacturing, and Programme teams to deliver on-time, within-cost solutions in a challenging,