Innovate Basildon, England, United Kingdom
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Head of Engineering
Location: Basildon
Salary: £90,000 to £120,000 depending on experience plus competitive benefits package
Our client, a market leader within the Defence / Space industry, is currently looking for a Head of Engineering to review, analyse, and evaluate business procedures in order to improve day-to-day operations, ensuring smooth processes.
Key Responsibilities:
* Provide strategic direction and leadership across all aspects of Engineering, ensuring organisational goals and objectives are aligned.
* Lead a multidisciplinary team of engineers to deliver projects to time, cost, and quality.
* Create a culture of excellence and accountability, inspiring team members to achieve their full potential and deliver exceptional results.
* Support business development activities by participating in customer meetings, providing input into proposals, and identifying engineers to support conceptual designs.
* Manage the R&D team to execute internal research to support programmes.
* Manage the Engineering overhead budgets, including training, engineering infrastructure, equipment, and R&D projects.
* Work with other departments to contribute to cross-functional excellence across the programmes.
Skills, Experience and Qualifications:
* Bachelor’s degree in Electronic and Electrical Engineering or equivalent.
* Experience in the development of electronics and/or imaging systems.
* Proven leadership experience overseeing large teams and complex organisations.
* Ability to build and maintain engineering teams that can execute challenging projects.
* Strong knowledge of electronics design and systems engineering.
Seniority Level:
Director
Employment Type:
Full-time
Industries:
Engineering Services, Defense and Space Manufacturing, and Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
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