Chief Engineer in Fareham, Hampshire

We are currently supporting a marketing leading Air Traffic Management client who is in the market for a Chief Engineer to come on board and take technical leadership of a flagship project based in Fareham, Hampshire. The right candidate will have extensive Systems Engineer experience and proven experience managing both Internal and external Stakeholders.

About the role
You will have technical leadership of the solution through the life of the system. Your role includes owning, steering and ensuring delivery of the technical solutions from bid stage through to commissioning and operation. You are the first point of contact for both the customers as a technical lead, and internally for the key stakeholders.

Your Main Responsibilities
* Technical leadership of the solution through the life of the system with the customer
* First point of contact for our customer and internal stakeholders for all technical matters
* Steer and own the design process in projects incorporating development and reviewing design documentation, ensuring final customer sign off
* Technical and budgetary feasibility of technical solutions, including life cycle management
* Successfully integrating systems, testing and commissioning technical solutions
* Plan and coordinate technical resources, including work packages and monitoring schedules/ timelines
* Analysing technical project risks and opportunities, and preparing contingency plans
* Overseeing and working with the project team to define Change Requests
* Collaboration and coordinating with all internal and external project stakeholders (development/ testing/ documentation etc).
* Ensuring agreed technical project milestones and defined quality elements are met/ complied with
* Technical collaboration and definition of interface specifications with 3rd parties

Your Knowledge & experience
* Experience in successfully designing and delivering complex technical solutions
* Extensive experience in a Systems Engineering role (Stakeholder Management, Requirements Capture/ Management)
* Safety Critical technical delivery experience essential
* Telecommunications/IT/Cloud technologies experience
* Air traffic management experience is desirable

Your Qualities
* Strong customer and service orientation
* Ability to lead and deliver from a technical perspective
* A strong communicator and able to influence stakeholders
* Solutions focussed in how you think and act
* Are proactive in your approach & show initiative
* Organised & able to balance multiple priorities
* Able to build and sustain relationships quickly and have a positive impact
* Passionate about personal learning & development
* Able to travel internationally on occasion

Disclaimer:

This vacancy is being advertised by either Advanced Resource Managers Limited, Advanced Resource Managers IT Limited or Advanced Resource Managers Engineering Limited ("ARM"). ARM is a specialist talent acquisition and management consultancy. We provide technical contingency recruitment and a portfolio of more complex resource solutions. Our specialist recruitment divisions cover the entire technical arena, including some of the most economically and strategically important industries in the UK and the world today. We will never send your CV without your permission.