Job summary

Our client, a large government customer, are looking for a Lead DT P1 (L4) Engineer for the delivery of the RAF Fylingdales Solid State Phased Array Radar (SSPAR) Operations & Maintenance (O&M) relet.

Key skills required for this role

Space Delivery Team, Lead Engineer, RAF,GEAR, JSP440, JSP604, DefStan 00-051,00-056

Important

Space Delivery Team, Lead Engineer, RAF,GEAR, JSP440, JSP604, DefStan 00-051,00-056

Job description

Our client, a large government customer, are looking for a Lead DT P1 (L4) Engineer for the delivery of the RAF Fylingdales Solid State Phased Array Radar (SSPAR) Operations & Maintenance (O&M) relet. Provide System of systems thinking to lead, manage and generate engineering tasks, artefacts to support Project and contracting/contract activities.

Main responsibilities may include:

• The Lead Engineer is responsible to the Chief Engineer for the delivery of the Engineering for an OBI in accordance with regulatory and legal requirements.
• The Lead Engineer is likely to hold a Safety Delegation in accordance with ASEMS Leaflet 17/2023.
• The Lead Engineer is responsible to the Chief Engineer for the Engineering Management Plan for their scope of work and the management of technical authorship within their scope of work. This includes being accountable for all Engineering owned information products applicable to the project.
• OBIs will articulate the engineering products, activities or services to be undertaken in an Engineering Management Plan. A Lead Engineer will usually be assigned to generate the Engineering Management Plan and work with the OBI Team Lead to prioritise and allocate the engineering resource.

Other Responsibilities:

• Adhere to appropriate engineering processes including the application of GEAR (Tailored according to risks), including but not limited to, JSP440 and JSP604, DefStan 00-051 and 00-056, and adherence to other relevant government, industry and domain standards.
• Ensure the Subject Matter Experts authoring, reviewing or approving Engineering Function content within their scope of work are competent to do so.
• The Lead Engineer is specifically responsible for the EMP, GEAR Review Report and Common Engineering WBS Tool.
• File documents in accordance with the "Manage Information" process
• Manage technical risk and use engineering judgement to escalate where necessary.
• Plan and manage the development or maintenance of the equipment safety case.
• Lead the team of engineers assigned to the team.
• Promote an open safety culture in the engineering team, including psychological safety where team members are encouraged to raise technical concerns.
• Facilitating effective communication between Engineering, ODF, PM across the team and other stakeholders.
• Represent the Space DT at RAF Stakeholder and customer meetings to provide engineering input, guidance and recommendations, Ensuring the correct application of relevant guidance and policy

Assignment specific experience requirements

• Delivery and sustainment of Phased Array Radar and sensor systems
• Installation and replacement of Power and distribution systems
• Installation and replacement of Network information systems
• Working in an ITAR/TAA environment
• Working with RAF Site Co-ordinating Installation Design Authority (SCIDA) and compliance to JSP604 leaflet 4800.
• Writing system Operation and Maintenance requirements
• Monitoring contractor performance though engineering KPIs