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Future Portfolio Weapon Family Engineer

Ref no. BHN576928
Salary £40,000 - £55,000/annum
Location Hertfordshire, England
Start date ASAP
Job type Permanent
Job status Open

Job summary

Lead strategic development for weapon systems, managing proposals, information flow, and process enhancement!

Key skills required for this role

Project Management, Strategic Planning, Analysis, Technical Expertise in Weapon Systems

Important

This position will require UK Security Clearance: British Citizen or a Dual UK national with British citizenship

Job description

This position will allow you the opportunity to work at the forefront of Defence Technology Development, contributing to the strategic direction and implementation of new systems and Technologies, potenital successor programmes and the decisoin making required to slect the concept options that will respond to customer needs.

In this role you will:

  • Develop Strategic Concepts: Capture and interpret customer inputs to define capability needs, collaborating with multiple partners to generate solid proposals for concept options.

  • Manage Information Flow: Coordinate the collation of materials from various partners to ensure cohesive information management across multiple project domains, supporting effective decision-making.

  • Influence Strategic Direction: Contribute to the strategic plan of the Weapon Family, assessing opportunities against military and portfolio benefit scoring to inform decisions.

  • Enhance Process Infrastructure: Develop and manage processes and infrastructure to efficiently organize and utilize large sets of information, facilitating easier access and manipulation of data.

  • Handle Reactive Needs: Actively address and respond to emergent customer queries and needs, adapting strategies and plans to meet evolving requirements.

  • Drive Cross-Domain Activities: Engage in transversal activities across all domains, ensuring the integration and alignment of efforts across the entire portfolio.

We would love to hear from you if you:

  • Are Highly Collaborative: You possess strong relationship-building skills and are adept at influencing partners and stakeholders to achieve common goals.

  • Can Navigate Ambiguity: You excel in dynamic and ambiguous environments, forming coherent and actionable strategies from complex information.

  • Have Relevant Expertise: You bring substantial knowledge and experience with weapon or missile systems, including an understanding of complex weapons technologies and subsystems.

  • Demonstrate Strong Values: You exhibit passion, integrity, commitment, and innovation in your work, driving projects forward with a team-oriented spirit.

Benefits:

  • Annual bonus potential.
  • 25 days of annual leave, with the option to purchase more.
  • Flexible working arrangements and support for ongoing learning.
  • Comprehensive health and dental insurance options, among others.
  • Enhanced Parental Leave: offers up to 26 weeks for maternity, adoption and shared parental leave. Enhancements are available for paternity leave, neonatal leave and fertility testing and treatments.
  • Facilities: Including subsidised meals.

Even If you feel like you don't meet every qualification, we encourage you to reach out an apply.

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