Project Lead - Safety and Reliability

Moog Inc.; Aylesbury; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering firm in the UK is looking for a highly experienced Project Lead - Safety and Reliability. This senior role involves managing complex reliability and safety programs, providing technical leadership, and collaborating with multiple teams to ensure alignment on safety standards. The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of reliability modelling and statistical forecasting. This position offers a challenging yet rewarding opportunity to lead critical programs in an innovative environment.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to manage complex programs and develop analytical solutions.
• Strong understanding of reliability modelling and statistical methods.
• Excellent interpersonal skills essential for leading teams.

Responsibilities

• Manage reliability and safety programs for complex systems.
• Design cost-effective reliability test strategies.
• Analyse guarantee terms and develop reliability models.
• Serve as Group Leader for technical advisement.
• Interface with internal disciplines for successful program delivery.

Skills

Program management

Reliability modelling

Statistical forecasting

Risk analysis

Leadership

Interpersonal skills

Job description

We are seeking a highly experienced Project Lead - Safety and Reliability to take ownership of complex reliability programs and lead initiatives that ensure the highest standards of safety and system performance. This senior role combines technical expertise with leadership responsibilities, managing reliability activities across advanced programs involving system integration and teaming arrangements with major subcontractors and partners.

Responsibilities

• Lead Complex Programs: Manage reliability and safety programs for complex systems, including integration responsibilities and coordination with team partners and subcontractors. Provide guidance and oversight for reliability activities conducted at partner facilities and within Moog's reliability team.
• Develop Reliability Test Programs: Design and propose cost-effective reliability test strategies (e.g., RDGT) that meet contractual requirements and deliver meaningful evaluations for electro-hydraulic and mechanical systems.
• Reliability & Availability Guarantees: Analyse and interpret guarantee terms, develop reliability models, and prepare statistical forecasts to predict failure rates, repair activity, and inventory sizing. Ensure risk mitigation and accurate cost exposure analysis for extended coverage programs.
• Technical Leadership: Serve as Group Leader for Component Engineering, offering technical advisement on component selection, obsolescence, and PMP issues. Act as liaison between engineering teams and remote sites.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Interface with internal disciplines such as Design, Quality Assurance, Product Engineering, Environmental Test Engineering, and Program Management to ensure alignment and successful program delivery.

Skills & Attributes

• + Proven ability to manage complex programs and conceptualize unique analytical solutions.
• + Strong understanding of reliability modelling, statistical forecasting, and risk analysis.
• + Excellent interpersonal skills-tact, persuasiveness, and the ability to lead cross-functional teams.
• + Ability to work independently with minimal supervision and make critical decisions confidently.