Skip to main content
AdobeStock_425318986-2000x400
Stem recruitment specialists

Find your future role

Job title

Chief Engineer

Ref no. BHN549772
Location Berkshire, England
Start date ASAP
Job type Permanent
Job status Closed

Job summary

Want to Join a business who's capabilities address the highest classification levels of High Grade and Type 1 National Security, across a growing and thriving sector?

Key skills required for this role

Chief Engineer, Engineering, Management, SME

Important

Chief Engineer, Engineering, Management, SME

Job description

Important: Due to the nature of the role, all candidates will need to be prepared to undertake DV clearance and therefore as a minimum be living in the UK 10 years.

Working: Possible Flexible and some remote working potentials.

The Chief Engineer will have oversight responsibility for a team of Engineering Project Leads who each lead all engineering work for one or more projects within the Chief Engineer's portfolio. They will work closely with the Engineering Project Leads to ensure that the technical solution is sound, the engineering work is following process, the scope of work is properly bounded with work packages.

You will work closely with the PM for their portfolio area to ensure a robust forecast of engineering costs, schedule adherence, and engineering resource demands. They will work closely with the Heads of Discipline (functional resource owners) to ensure that assigned personnel are suitably qualified and experienced, identifying and feeding back performance concerns and driving these to resolution to ensure project needs are met.

Key Experience needed:

· Degree 2.1(Hons) or higher in a relevant discipline

· Experience / appreciation of a broad range of engineering disciplines; i.e Electronics, Software or Systems Engineering.

· Demonstrable and significant experience in line management and resource management of multi-disciplinary teams.

· Experience in providing strategic direction to the department: defines and delivers progressive technical roadmap that supports business needs; manages PV budget and developments to cost and schedule; works to ensure that all development activities (funded and PV) support the technical roadmap as far as possible.

Key responsibilities:

· Ensuring all projects have the appropriate level of Work Package Management applied, with regular review and reporting of progress against the Work Packages.

· Early identification of project issues impacting compliance, schedule, milestones or costs, development of mitigation and/or recovery strategies and appropriate escalation to the Senior Leadership Team.

· Coaching, supporting and overseeing the Engineering Project Leads in the delivery of their projects by ensuring all aspects of the delivery are being considered and that company processes are being followed.

· Ensuring that there is a realistic, achievable and ambitious plan in place for project delivery for all projects within their portfolio.

· Ensuring that technical and engineering risk is pro-actively managed with suitable mitigation strategies are in place.

· Managing the start-up of projects, definition the Engineering WBS and OBS, and supporting the formation of the right project team.

· Defining the delivery strategy for a project and the appropriate process tailoring (via the management plans).

· Forming a strong relationship with the PM to collaboratively deliver projects.

· Presenting the position of the projects at project reviews.

· Leading the definition of the technology roadmap for the portfolio area, coordinating input from technologists, business development and customers, and harmonising this with current project and IRAD development.

· Ensure all development is compliant with relevant internal and external processes and legislation.

· Acting as a senior representative with customers, suppliers and other external bodies relevant to own portfolio area and using this to constructively further the company's aims

For full information, please get in touch!

Matchtech is a STEM Recruitment Specialist, with over 35 years’ experience

Learn more about Matchtech

Let us find jobs for you