Senior Project Engineering Manager - Hybrid & Growth

Leonardo Worldwide Corporation; Basildon; Hybrid; GBP 75,000 - 82,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus scheme

Pension scheme

Private healthcare

Flexible benefits

Career development

Job summary

Leonardo UK is seeking a Project Engineering Manager to lead engineering delivery within the Precision Guidance IPT. You will coordinate multi-disciplinary teams, align with programme plans and customer requirements, and drive delivery to cost, schedule, and quality targets.

The role emphasizes providing clear engineering reporting, managing risks, and supporting design reviews and verification activities within a regulated environment. Hybrid working options are available.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in an engineering delivery or project engineering role within complex systems programmes.
• Strong understanding of engineering lifecycle processes (requirements, design, integration, V&V).
• Experience working within multi-disciplinary engineering teams.
• Demonstrable ability to manage delivery to cost, schedule, and quality targets.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the planning, coordination, and delivery of engineering activities across assigned projects or work packages.
• Ensure engineering outputs meet cost, schedule, and technical performance targets.
• Manage day-to-day engineering delivery risks, issues, and dependencies.
• Act as the focal point for engineering delivery within the IPT, ensuring alignment with Programme plans and Customer requirements.
• Line-manage a multi-disciplinary team of engineers and contribute to their development.

Skills

Engineering delivery

Stakeholder management

MBSE

Cross-functional leadership

Safety-critical environments

Job description

Leonardo UK is seeking a Project Engineering Manager to lead engineering delivery within the Precision Guidance IPT. You will coordinate multi-disciplinary teams, align with programme plans and customer requirements, and drive delivery to cost, schedule, and quality targets.

The role emphasizes providing clear engineering reporting, managing risks, and supporting design reviews and verification activities within a regulated environment. Hybrid working options are available.