Engineering Project Lead

Engineering Project Lead

Middlesex or Gloucester

Hybrid working

*This role requires a UK passport*

Brief

Engineering Project Lead needed for a leading Defence organisation based in either Middlesex or Gloucester who are looking to employ an experienced and well-rounded Engineering Project Lead that takes pride in their work.

Scope of role:

• Provision of engineering leadership to ensure that programs are delivered to cost and schedule.
• Responsible for the executing the engineering delivery of projects of a variety of sizes

What the role entails:

Some of the main duties of the Engineering Project Lead will include:

• Responsible for the executing the engineering delivery of projects of a variety of sizes.
• Supports the Program Management team in the planning and scheduling of their project; proposes optimisations to schedule logic that improve schedule.
• Identifies resource needs in good time for their introduction to the project; works with the discipline leads to ensure that resource requirements are generally always met; provides input to longer term recruitment strategy (skills gap identification etc.); adapts to manage resource problems on project.
• Ensures that engineering artefacts for their project are delivered to budget and schedule; strives to beat schedule and deliver improved margin.
• Quickly and clearly raises resource concerns or any other impediments to project success; proposes and manages solutions to those; requires only limited support in this activity.
• Articulates and quantifies technical risks on the project; actively manages their mitigation to minimise risk to project.
• Is responsible for the engineering budget on the project and both monitors and forecasts costs to completion; seamlessly implements solutions to remedy overspend or schedule slip; requires only limited support in this activity.
• Coordinates all engineering resources on the project; performs day-today tasking. · Provides any input required for business and customer reporting; proposes improved means of monitoring and reporting (metrics); represents the company on their project with customers, suppliers and subcontractors.
• Ensures that all engineering work carried out on the project is pre-authorised; proposes solutions that are cheaper/quicker than the obvious.
• Proposes improvements and drives innovation to increase project margin.
• Effectively resolves any concerns with other functions (e.g., production engineering, test systems); optimises business needs across all functions.
• Manage security of information as defined in the Security manual

What experience you need to be the successful Engineering Project Lead:

• Able to travel within UK
• Clean driving license
• Willing and able to obtain, and maintain, DV security clearance.

This really is a fantastic opportunity for an Engineering Project Lead to progress their career. If you are interested, please apply as soon as possible as this position will be filled quickly so don't miss out!

Services advertised by Gold Group are those of an Agency and/or an Employment Business.
We will contact you within the next 14 days if you are selected for interview. For a copy of our privacy policy please visit our website.