Technical Programme Lead – Scale-Up & R&D

Rivan Industries; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

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Relocation assistance (including £6000

HQ Bermondsey in London

Private health insurance

Unlimited time off

Job summary

Rivan Industries in London is seeking a Technical Programme Manager to lead delivery of major technical programmes for our modular synthetic fuel technology. You will own programme scope, manage phases, schedules, risks and resources, and drive cross-disciplinary teams toward rapid, decisive results, with HQ located in Bermondsey.

The role combines systems engineering, requirements, testing and qualification with hands-on technical contribution, operating under tight timelines and uncertainty

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience in mechanical, process, systems or related engineering.
• Experience delivering complex R&D, scale-up or first-of-a-kind engineering programmes.
• Strong technical judgement and first-principles problem solving.
• Experience managing technical risk, schedules, resources and dependencies.
• Comfortable working across system-level engineering, requirements, testing and qualification.
• Able to work effectively under intense timelines and technical uncertainty.
• Takes problems end-to-end and can manage a team of technical specialists.

Responsibilities

• Own delivery of major technical programmes, subsystems or modules.
• Manage projects, phases, workstreams, tasks, schedules and dependencies.
• Identify critical paths, technical risks and resource constraints, and drive work to completion.
• When problems arise, establish what is known, identify what is missing and drive to a decision.
• Replan quickly: reprioritise, parallelise, outsource and remove blockers.
• Drive engineers across multidisciplinary teams through clear ownership and priorities.
• Contribute to system engineering, requirements, technical derisking, qualification and scale-up.
• Drive the research and development strategy to address company risks.

Skills

Years of experience

Mechanical engineering

Process engineering

Systems engineering

Technical risk management

Cross-functional leadership

First-principles problem solving

Requirements testing qualification

Team leadership

Job description

Rivan Industries in London is seeking a Technical Programme Manager to lead delivery of major technical programmes for our modular synthetic fuel technology. You will own programme scope, manage phases, schedules, risks and resources, and drive cross-disciplinary teams toward rapid, decisive results, with HQ located in Bermondsey.

The role combines systems engineering, requirements, testing and qualification with hands-on technical contribution, operating under tight timelines and uncertainty