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Project Engineering Manager
Apply locations GB - Basildon, GB - Southampton
Time type: Full time
Posted on: Posted Yesterday
Job requisition id: R0012881
Job Description:
Due to continued growth within a number of our business areas, we have a requirement for additional Project Engineering Managers within the Integrated Sensing and Protection (ISP) Line of Business (LoB) within Leonardo Electronics UK.
Within this LoB, the projects are diverse and exciting, encompassing various stages of their lifecycle from new core product development to customer-funded projects and in-service support contracts.
Project Engineering Managers are responsible for the total engineering activity undertaken on projects, managing a cross-disciplined engineering team as well as Project Engineering Leads supervising projects or sub-sections of larger projects. They ensure that the engineering team delivers solutions that meet customer requirements and comply with contractual and legislative requirements. The Project Engineering Manager must effectively plan and manage the engineering effort within any projects they supervise directly from a performance, schedule, and cost perspective, while also supporting their subordinate Project Engineering Leads.
Reporting to the Head of Engineering Project, the Project Engineering Manager will contribute to the monthly engineering governance cycle through preparation of engineering status reports. They build strong relationships with Engineering Functional Leads to ensure realistic resourcing plans within the IPT they supervise and swiftly resolve any arising issues. Project Engineering Managers also play a vital role in business winning activities, coordinating the collection of engineering costs, preparing engineering plans, and holding engineering bid reviews.
The role requires a self-motivated and enthusiastic candidate with strong leadership and behavioral skills. The ability to foster and develop effective working relationships is key to ensure engineers perform to the required levels. A strong commercial and business awareness is essential to manage the engineering effort correctly for each project.
Key Responsibility Areas
* Management of multi-disciplined engineering teams across multiple projects.
* Generating clear and relevant engineering plans, establishing key milestones, and identifying risks, opportunities, and interdependencies.
* Reviewing current engineering positions on projects and adapting plans as required to mitigate risks to cost, schedule, or performance budgets.
* Supporting and supervising subordinate Project Engineering Leads to ensure appropriate project management.
* Preparation and communication of monthly engineering status reports for assigned projects.
* Coordination of engineering input into bids as part of the business winning process.
* Representation of engineering on the multi-functional management team at progress and reporting meetings.
* Attendance at regular monthly Board level Project reviews to report on status and progress.
Skills, Qualifications & Knowledge Required
The following skills and experience are required:
* Educated to a degree level in an engineering-related subject (essential).
* Significant previous experience of managing and/or leading multi-disciplined engineering teams on large scale development projects (essential).
* Strong understanding and proven track record of engineering lifecycles and processes on technically complex development projects (essential).
* Previous experience of being a leader of leaders (desirable).
* A strong understanding and experience of systems integration and testing (desirable).
* Experience of collaborating with external partners for development (sharing of models, code etc) would be advantageous (desirable).
* Knowledge and experience of Communications, Electronic Warfare, and/or CEMA technology (desirable).
* Experience of working within the defence or aerospace industry (desirable).
Intrinsic Factors
The candidate must have demonstrable relevant experience and proven success in their previous roles.
The candidate must have well-rounded engineering experience in all phases of the design lifecycle and previous significant exposure to all aspects of engineering planning.
Primary Location: GB - Basildon
Additional Locations: GB - Southampton
Contract Type: Permanent
Hybrid Working: Hybrid
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