Job Description:
At Leonardo, we have a fantastic new opportunity for a Project Engineering Lead within our Land Communications Integrated Project Team (IPT), part of the Comms and Force Protection Business Area within Integrated Sensing and Protection.
Within this IPT, the projects are diverse and exciting. There is a wide portfolio of work from core products that have been in service for many years and will continue to be so, requiring support and development to enable this, alongside numerous forward-looking developments, technology demonstrators, and research projects that put us at the cutting edge of technology. Products within this business area range from soldier radios in service with many militaries across the world and world-leading force protection products, all designed and manufactured within Leonardo following a full engineering lifecycle process. With all of this, the opportunity to be involved as a Project Engineering Lead represents a chance to be at the heart of a diverse range of technologies and exciting projects.
Responsibilities:
Project Engineering Leads are responsible for the management of multi-disciplined engineering teams across multiple projects. Their responsibilities include:
1. Managing the total engineering activity undertaken on a project or portfolio of projects.
2. Ensuring that the engineering team delivers a solution that complies with customer technical requirements, contractual requirements, and legislative requirements.
3. Planning and managing the engineering effort within projects from a performance, schedule, and cost perspective.
4. Preparing engineering status reports to contribute to the monthly engineering governance cycle.
5. Building strong relationships with Engineering Functional Leads to ensure realistic resourcing plans.
6. Coordinating the collection of engineering costs and holding engineering bid reviews.
The role requires a candidate who is self-motivated, proactive, and enthusiastic, with strong leadership and communication skills. The ability to foster and develop effective working relationships is key to ensure engineers perform to the levels required of the projects. A strong commercial and business awareness is also essential to ensure that the engineering effort can be managed in the correct context for each given project.
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Qualifications & Knowledge Required:
The following skills and experience are required:
1. Educated to a degree level in an engineering-related subject (essential).
2. Previous experience of managing and/or leading multi-disciplined engineering teams (essential).
3. Strong understanding and proven track record of engineering lifecycles and processes (essential).
4. An appreciation of RF and equipment designs (desirable).
5. An appreciation of supporting products through manufacture, both low and high volume (desirable).
6. Experience of working within the defence industry (desirable).
You must have demonstrable relevant experience and proven success in your previous roles. You must have well-rounded engineering experience in all phases of the design lifecycle and must have previous significant exposure to all aspects of engineering planning.
You must be eligible for full security clearance. For more information and guidance please visit: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/united-kingdom-security-vetti...
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