Project Engineering Manager
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Locations: GB - Edinburgh
Time Type: Full time
Posted On: Posted Yesterday
Job Requisition ID: R0012186
Job Description:
An opportunity has arisen for a Project Engineering Manager to lead & coordinate the Test Solution Design, Development and Delivery activities across multiple Advanced Targeting programmes within the Radar & Advanced Targeting Line of Business in Edinburgh.
This role requires strong leadership skills, clear thinking with a proven ability to identify and prioritise key issues during Design, Development & Delivery of complex Test Solutions.
As part of the Test Solutions Design Team, this role is Edinburgh based offering hybrid working. Reporting on a day-to-day basis is to the Head of Engineering Projects based in Edinburgh.
Key Responsibility Areas:
* Initially required to establish and prioritise forward load requirements and expand on the current multi-discipline team of permanent staff and outsourced resource, as required, to translate requirements into test strategies, implementation plans and final delivered solutions.
* Day-to-day management of the team under your responsibility, ensuring that roles and tasks are clearly defined, understood and delivered.
* Management of the Test Solutions Engineering technical quality, schedule and budget.
* Understand and interpret user needs / requirements in order to influence and define the system requirements, architecture, and design, liaising with the various prime equipment teams.
* Establish and maintain good lines of communication across the Engineering IPTs and upwards to the Head of Engineering Projects.
* Management of cost adherence to the Programme budgets. Work Package cost management for project control and reporting.
* Liaise closely with the System Design Authority to ensure technical integrity of programmes.
* Technical point of contact and liaison.
* Technical interface and management of Programme contractors & sub-contractors.
* Setting of goals, appraisal of core staff and agreeing project specific training needs.
* Configure and maintain performance measures and matrices for the Test Solutions area.
* Identify performance improvements / key enablers and propose candidate solutions and implementation methods.
* Travel within the UK, and potentially worldwide, to meet with our customers and industry partners.
Skills, Qualifications & Knowledge Required:
* Degree qualified in a relevant Science / Technology / Engineering / Maths discipline or similar experience.
* Good knowledge of Test Solutions in a high tech environment, utilising common systems (where appropriate) to develop an end to end solution.
* Experience of engineering team management in a challenging environment.
* Good problem solving ability.
* Good schedule and budget control.
* Good written and verbal communication skills.
* Commercial awareness.
* Ability to develop close relationships with key internal and external stakeholders to understand, interpret, and influence current and future user needs and requirements.
* Strong leadership competency but also can demonstrate team-working skills.
* Enthusiasm to take on new challenges.
* A passion for knowledge sharing and developing others.
Skills, Qualifications & Knowledge that would be Desirable:
* Proven technical expertise and management on Defence programmes and full knowledge and experience of other related disciplines.
* Understanding of financial management and impacts on programmes.
* Experience in a “customer facing” role.
* Experience of interaction with senior external personnel on significant engineering matters often requiring coordination between organisations.
Primary Location: GB - Edinburgh
Contract Type:
Hybrid Working: Hybrid
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