Project Engineering Manager

Project Engineering Manager

£55p/hr Umbrella - PAYE available

8 Months Contract

Job Description

Project Engineering Manager are responsible for the total engineering activity undertaken on a project and so manage a cross-disciplined engineering team. The Project Engineering Manager is tasked with ensuring that the engineering team delivers a solution that is compliant with the customer requirements, contractual and legislative requirements. Working closely with a Project Manager, the Project Engineering Manager must effectively plan and manage the engineering effort within projects from a performance, schedule and cost perspective.

Reporting to the Head of Engineering Project, the Project Engineering Manager will contribute to the monthly engineering governance cycle through preparation of engineering status reports. Project Engineering Managers build strong relationships with Engineering Functional Leads to ensure the resourcing plans for their projects are realistic and any issues arising are resolved swiftly. Project Engineering Managers are a vital part of business winning activity, coordinating the collection of engineering costs, preparation of an engineering plan and holding an engineering bid review. 

The role requires a candidate who is self-motivated and enthusiastic, with strong leadership and behavioural skills. The ability to foster and develop effective working relationships is key to ensure engineers perform to the levels required of the project. A strong commercial and business awareness is also essential to ensure that the engineering effort can be managed in the correct context for each given project.

Key Responsibility Areas

• The Project Engineering Managers is responsible for the management of multi-disciplined engineering teams. Working closely with project managers, they are responsible for delivery of the overall engineering output on time, cost and performance budgets.
• The Project Engineering Managers is responsible for generating strong engineering plans, establishing key milestones and identifying risks, opportunities and interdependencies.
• The Project Engineering Managers is responsible for reviewing the current engineering position within a project, and adapting plans as required, to mitigate risks to either cost, schedule or performance budgets.
• The Project Engineering Managers is responsible for preparation and communication of monthly engineering status reports for each of their assigned projects.

 Skills, Qualifications & Knowledge Required

• Educated to a degree level in an engineering-related subject
• Previous experience of managing and/or leading multi-disciplined engineering teams
• Strong understanding and proven track record of following engineering lifecycles and processes
• A strong understanding and experience of Electronic Warfare and communication technology