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Job Description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Engineering Delivery Manager. This role will be on at least one of our significant development and production projects within OME. As an Engineering Delivery Manager you will work in collaboration with the Programme Managers, the Engineering Delivery Lead, the Head of Engineering Delivery and the wider engineering team to ensure delivery of the engineering development projects.

In this role you will be responsible for:

leading high performing, multi-discipline engineering teams to generate engineering solutions that meet the Customer needs
the definition of the engineering delivery strategy and resource profile based on the engineering estimates to ensure the delivery of the project
managing the interfaces with the overall delivery strategy for the wider programme
defining the organisation and work breakdown, with the Programme Manager, required to deliver to the Customer needs
defining and being in charge of meeting cost, schedule and quality of the whole engineering delivery for the programme
defining the engineering team’s work packages in terms of resources required, budgets assigned to each task, risks and assumptions on these and the timescales to deliver within
the planning and prioritisation of activities required to deliver the solution to the contract schedule, costs and quality
day to day management of the engineering team’s activities ensuring proactive management of issues, opportunities and risks
managing and reporting of the engineering efficiency for the project
the identification of re-use opportunities across the project
act as the People Manager for the engineering team on the project and provide feedback into the people manager reviews with the functional discipline leads

The successful candidate will have a strong background in engineering with knowledge in successfully defining and leading the delivery of multi-disciplinary engineering projects. They will be highly customer focused with excellent communication skills and have the ability to work in a fast moving environment with multiple parallel objectives and have an understanding of systems engineering life cycle, practices and tools. Knowledge of naval, air or land products would be beneficial to this role.

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate the following:

acting with agility to ensure that the business objectives remain in focus
dealing with multiple strands of complexity to achieve business objectives
engaging with stakeholders to achieve a common goal
creating a competitive advantage by managing risk, identifying opportunities and fostering continuous improvement
supporting the development of others to ensure we continuously improve for our customers

This role will work closely with the Programme Manager and the Project Design Authority (PDA) for the specific projects. This role will report to the Head of Engineering Delivery.

Due to the nature of the work, many of our roles are subject to security restrictions. This role requires you to be a sole British National from birth and achieve Security Clearance (SC) without any caveats . It would be advantageous if currently held, however, if not currently held, it is a requirement that the successful applicant undergo, achieve, and maintain SC Clearance prior to commencing employment. Please visit the UKSV website for further guidance