Project Engineering Lead

Project Engineering Lead

Defence; Aerospace; Marine; Naval; Maritime; Electronics

Technical Leadership; Engineering Manager; Engineering Projects; Full lifecycle

Luton, option to WFH; Remote

£50,000 - £60,000 + excellent benefits

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Project Engineering Lead to join the engineering team on a permanent basis to cover an exciting and growing large scale flagship project.

The role will involve dealing with multiple internal and external clients on a project-by-project basis to develop and deliver world class concept and system designs.

As a Project Engineering Lead your key accountabilities will include:

• Producing effective, efficient and realistic plans to deliver the solution

• Ensuring effective implementation of the company's Lifecycle Management, including Design & Gate Reviews and Processes, to:

• Agree qualification & acceptance criteria and design certification

• Validating and Meeting Targets for Development of Design Maturity

• Be responsible for all engineering aspects of the monthly Project Performance Reviews

• Ensure the engineering team delivers the "best value" solution compliant with the customer's technical and budgetary requirements, contractual, safety and legislative standards and is consistent with the business strategy.

• Promoting streamlined ways of working across the engineering lifecycle in order to be competitive.

• Establish and maintain good lines of communication across the Engineering IPT and upwards to the IPT lead and Engineering Leadership

• Support the management of Suppliers and project Make or Buy decisions

• Control project configuration and change management

• Deliver to agreed performance targets

Project Engineering Lead - Skills and Qualifications:

• Ability to produce clear concise engineering documentation

• Degree qualified or equivalent.

• Good schedule and budget control.

• Commercially aware.

• Ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of stakeholders, across multiple sites.

• Strong leadership competency but also can demonstrate team working skills.

• Knowledge of Engineering lifecycle and business process.