Senior Engineering Portfolio Delivery Lead

Energy Jobline ZR; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Energy Jobline ZR is seeking an Engineering Product/Portfolio Delivery Lead to guide engineering delivery across a portfolio of complex electro‑mechanical products. Hybrid work (2–3 days on-site) and a strong engineering background will help shape how designs are reused, managed for obsolescence and delivered with value across projects.

You’ll work at the intersection of engineering, operations and commercial outcomes, coordinating with Functions, Equipment Teams and Centres of Excellence, and

Qualifications

• Significant experience in engineering with full lifecycle understanding.
• Background in sectors such as aerospace, automotive, rail, defence or similar complex environments.
• Proven ability to manage packages of work and align stakeholders without losing technical integrity.
• Strong stakeholder skills and ability to influence senior management and customer representatives.
• Experience leading through influence without formal line management.

Responsibilities

• Lead engineering delivery across a portfolio of complex electro‑mechanical products.
• Embed CMR principles with project teams to ensure designs are reusable, secure and commercially sensible.
• Review predicted and measured benefits for realism from an engineering perspective and challenge assumptions where needed.
• Act as a key contact between Functions, Equipment Teams and Centres of Excellence, coordinating responses when risks or issues arise and ensuring dependency plans exist and are maintained.
• Ensure obsolescence removal does not disrupt dependencies or downstream products and platforms.
• Support supply chain and commercial discussions by understanding how engineering decisions impact cost, schedule, exportability and performance.
• Drive continuous improvement and new ways of working around commonality, modularity, reuse and obsolescence, reducing hardships for delivery teams.
• Provide clear, concise summaries of multi‑faceted problems and lead small teams to agreed outcomes through positive influence.

Skills

Engineering experience

CMR principles

Stakeholder management

Obsolescence management

Systems thinking

Job description

Energy Jobline ZR is seeking an Engineering Product/Portfolio Delivery Lead to guide engineering delivery across a portfolio of complex electro‑mechanical products. Hybrid work (2–3 days on-site) and a strong engineering background will help shape how designs are reused, managed for obsolescence and delivered with value across projects.

You’ll work at the intersection of engineering, operations and commercial outcomes, coordinating with Functions, Equipment Teams and Centres of Excellence, and