Project Engineering Manager

Leonardo UK Ltd; Luton; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Leonardo UK Ltd offers an exciting opportunity for an Engineering Manager within the Combat Air Sector in Luton. You will lead a multi-disciplinary engineering team, overseeing product development and maintenance while ensuring project objectives are met. This permanent position involves significant responsibility in managing engineering solutions, stakeholder communication, and travel within the UK.

Qualifications

• Strong leadership competency and team-working skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of stakeholders.
• Knowledge of engineering lifecycle and business process.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a multi-disciplinary engineering team.
• Ensure technical quality, schedule and budget are met.
• Establish and maintain communication internally and externally.

Skills

Problem-solving

Communication

Leadership

Schedule control

Budget control

Education

Engineering or scientific Degree qualification (or equivalent)

Job description

Job Description:

Job Description:

The opportunity:

Leonardo has an exciting opportunity for Engineering Manager to join the Combat Air Sector. With a growing portfolio, several opportunities have become available.

You will join the engineering team on a permanent basis to cover an exciting and growing Integrated Project Team. This role will lead and manage a multi-disciplinary engineering team to deliver the project. The Engineering Manager will provide the engineering leadership and management in collaboration with the Chief Engineer and Senior Engineering Manager, to identify, develop, deliver and support the technical solution.

What you’ll do as an Engineering Manager

As an Engineering Manager in Combat Air you will be responsible for development, maintenance and enhancements of a product line.

This includes, but not limited to, owning, developing and executing the strategy required to enable the Product to meet the Sector long term Business Plan in line with the Product Maturity& Capability Roadmap, Production Needs and Support requirements.

This role will specifically look after the Obsolence Programmes for Typhoon, allowing the DASS capability on the platform to remain operational into the 2060's.

Typical day to day tasks include:

• Leading the Engineering aspects of the Project, ensuring technical quality, schedule and budget
• Management of cross-site, multi-disciplined engineering teams, ensuring that roles within the teams are clearly defined
• Create a positive working relationship with customers and partners, to deliver project capability
• Establish and maintain good lines of communication internally across the Engineering IPT, with the IPT lead, Project Manager, functional heads
• Work closely with the Systems Design Authority ensuring they are fully informed on technical progress, technical risk and any mitigation strategies
• Ensuring the design solution meets the end user requirement, is reliable, fully documented and works within the its designated environment
• Ensure the design solution is compatible with the business area route map
• Control project configuration and change management to ensure design reuse is maximised.
• Support the management of Suppliers and project Make or Buy decisions
• Candidate concept solutions are captured, including the results of any trade off studies and end user engagement
• Line Management
• Travel within the UK.

What we need from you:

You really must have:

• Ability to produce clear concise engineering plans
• Good problem-solving ability.
• Good schedule and budget control.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Commercially aware.
• Ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of stakeholders, across multiple sites.
• Strong leadership competency but also can demonstrate team-working skills.
• Knowledge of engineering lifecycle and business process.
• Willingness to travel within the UK and possibly overseas

It would be nice if you had:

• The military domain
• Requirements elicitation and defining software products
• Development and certification of airborne equipment
• New Product Introduction
• Engineering or scientific Degree qualification (or equivalent)

Primary Location:

GB - Luton - Cap. Green 300

Contract Type:

Hybrid Working:

Hybrid