Strategic MCCS Engineering Lead – Naval Comms & Systems

Thales Group; Reading; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private healthcare

Pension scheme

28 days annual leave

Volunteer days

Job summary

Thales Group in Crawley, UK, is seeking a senior engineering leader to drive the MCCS programme. You will provide governance, anticipate risks, and maximise opportunities across engineering delivery while coaching teams to deliver customer-focused solutions.

Reporting to the Head of Systems Engineering, you will work with stakeholders across business areas, maintain strong governance, and ensure outputs meet requirements.

Qualifications

• Significant senior engineering leadership experience.
• Proven ability to coordinate technical teams.
• Strong governance and risk management skills.
• Experience with naval communications domain is desirable.
• Ability to coach and mentor others.

Responsibilities

• Provide senior engineering leadership for MCCS programme.
• Oversee governance and risk mitigation across bids and programmes.
• Coordinate across stakeholders, competence centres and delivery teams.
• Ensure engineering outputs meet business and customer requirements.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Risk governance

Engineering leadership

Cross-functional coordination

Problem solving

Education

Engineering degree

Job description

Thales Group in Crawley, UK, is seeking a senior engineering leader to drive the MCCS programme. You will provide governance, anticipate risks, and maximise opportunities across engineering delivery while coaching teams to deliver customer-focused solutions.

Reporting to the Head of Systems Engineering, you will work with stakeholders across business areas, maintain strong governance, and ensure outputs meet requirements.