Job Description Engineering Team Lead Heybridge/ Hybrid or Bristol/Hybrid (minimum 3 days/week on-site) Full time Several new exciting opportunities have arisen for Engineering Team Leads to join our teams at Rolls-Royce Power Systems. We have one vacancy in Heybridge and two vacancies in Bristol. In this role, you will manage a team of talented engineers that design and develop low voltage power distribution and automation system and deliver solutions across multiple projects of varying complexity. You will be working closely with the programme management team to prioritise and allocate your engineers onto programme and projects to deliver against their engineering schedules. Your responsibilities will include reporting progress, communicating technical risks and effectively managing your team’s professional development. Why Rolls-Royce? Rolls-Royce is one of the most enduring and iconic brands in the world and has been at the forefront of innovation for over a century. We design, build and service systems that provide critical power to customers where safety and reliability are paramount. We are proud to be a force for progress, powering, protecting and connecting people everywhere. We want to ensure that the excellence and ingenuity that has shaped our history continues into our future and we need people like you to come and join us on this journey.4 NautIQ Solutions is a part of Rolls-Royce Power Systems that focuses on delivering electrical, automation and autonomy products to our Naval and Commercial Marine customers. The business is based around two Product Centres in Bristol and Heybridge with shared support resources provided from our team in East Grinstead; we operate an integrated programme delivery team across the Bristol and Heybridge sites. You can read more about it under this link. We’ll provide an environment of caring and belonging where you can be yourself. An inclusive, innovative culture that invests in you, gives you access to an incredible breadth and depth of opportunities where you can grow your career and make a difference. This dynamic and impactful people leadership role will allow you to lead a talented team of engineers, driving innovative systems development at Rolls-Royce Power Systems, within a culture that values continuous learning and development. You will need to be comfortable with ambiguity and able to define and implement plans that achieve business delivery and growth of capability as well as demonstrate active commitment to continuous improvement. What we offer: We offer excellent development opportunities, a competitive salary, and exceptional benefits. These include bonus, employee support assistance and employee discounts. Your needs are as unique as you are. Hybrid working is a way in which our people can balance their time between the office, home, or another remote location. It’s a locally managed and flexed informal discretionary arrangement. As a minimum we’re all expected to attend the workplace for collaboration and other specific reasons, on average three days per week. What you will be doing: You will be responsible for a team of around 15 engineers that support a variety of programmes and projects for automation and low voltage power distribution systems, to meet customer demands and the organisation’s strategic objectives. You will also: Act as the focal point for all aspects related to your teams engineering discipline and resolve technical issues, liaising with the Engineering Governance Team as necessary. Engage with the Programme Management team to ensure that engineering estimates are accurate and achievable so that plans are resourced with the right skills, to deliver against planned and emergent demands. Support the business resource planning activities by providing resource and capability forecasts, including the skillsets (now and predicted) and the tools/infrastructure requirements. Robustly manage the workflow into your team and engage with stakeholders to manage technical delivery of engineering schedules. Own the commitment, communication, and daily management of your team resources in support of all programmes and projects. Who we’re looking for: At Rolls-Royce we put safety first, do the right thing, keep it simple and make a difference. These principles form the behaviours that guide us and are an essential component of our assessment process. They are the fundamental qualities that we seek for all roles. And for this role, we are looking for someone who is/has: Professional experience in management of technical engineering teams, ideally in a design and development context. A degree level qualification or equivalent industry experience. A proactive, adaptable, and pragmatic mindset, willing to lead and serve your team to ensure they are fully enabled and supported in their work. Understanding of the principles of Product Change Control and Design Change Approval, and the appropriate tools and processes to enable management. It would be advantageous if you: Are professionally registered with an engineering body, ideally at a chartered level. Have experience in the authorship and approval of technical documentation and designs. Hold programme management experience or qualifications to enable you to engage with the PM team effectively. Join us & Make an impact We are an equal opportunities employer. We’re committed to developing a diverse workforce and an inclusive working environment. We believe that people from different backgrounds and cultures give us different perspectives. And the more perspectives we have, the more successful we’ll be. By building a culture of respect and appreciation, we give everyone who works here the opportunity to realise their full potential. We welcome applications from people with a refugee background. You can learn more about our global Inclusion strategy at Our people | Rolls-Royce Job Category Project Management Posting Date 21 Oct 2024; 00:10 Posting End Date 03 Nov 2024