Project Engineering Manager

Job Description

Salary Range - £75,000 - £82,000

Leonardo

UK operates a grade-based salary framework with broad bands. The salary range shown reflects the approved grade band for this role, or a narrower hiring range published within that band, and is benchmarked against the external market. Exceptions above the standard range are managed through governance controls to protect internal equity.

Due to growth within the Precision Guidance business area we have a requirement for an additional Project Engineering Manager to deliver our modelling and software activities across a number of key programmes. Reporting to the Head of Engineering Projects, you will hold personal responsibility for the leadership of software development, from Requirements through to Acceptance. You will work with stakeholders to define software delivery methods ranging from model-driven code generation through to hand-coding.

Project Engineering Managers build strong relationships with Engineering Functional Leads and/or external partners to ensure the resourcing plans within the team they lead are realistic and any issues arising are resolved swiftly.

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 is managed effectively for each given project, delighting the customer and ensuring project success.

• The management of a dynamic Software engineering team.
• Working closely with the Projects to deliver their software to time, cost and performance budgets.
• The generation of clear and relevant engineering plans, establishing key milestones and identifying risks, opportunities and interdependencies.
• Reviewing the current engineering positions on projects, and adapting plans as required to mitigate risks to either cost, schedule or performance budgets.
• The preparation and communication of monthly engineering status reports.
• The coordination of engineering input into bids as part of the business winning process.
• Line management of a team of Software Engineers and System Modellers.

• Educated to a degree level in an engineering‑related subject – or equivalent experience (essential).
• Significant previous experience of leading Software engineering teams, including the effective use of Jira in an agile development environment (essential).
• Strong understanding and proven track record of the software engineering lifecycle and processes on technically complex development projects (essential).
• Experience with The Mathworks toolset, including code generation (desirable).
• Experience of working within the defence industry (desirable).

This role is subject to pre‑employment screening in line with the UK Government’s Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS). An additional range of Personnel Security Controls referred to as National Security Vetting (NSV) may apply; this could include meeting the eligibility requirements for The Security Check (SC) or Developed Vetting (DV). For more information and guidance please visit:

• Enjoy generous leave with the opportunity to accrue up to 12 additional flexi‑days each year.
• Benefit from our award‑winning pension scheme with up to 15% employer contribution.
• Free access to mental health support, financial advice, and employee‑led networks championing inclusion and diversity (Enable, Pride, Equalise, Armed Forces, Carers, Wellbeing and Ethnicity).
• All employees at management level and below are eligible for our bonus scheme.
• Free access to 4,000+ online courses via Coursera and Linked In Learning.
• Refer a friend:
  Receive a financial reward through our referral programme.
• Spend up to £500 annually on flexible benefits including private healthcare, dental, family cover, tech & lifestyle discounts, gym memberships and more.
• Flexible working:
  Flexible hours with hybrid working options. For part‑time opportunities, please talk to us about what might be possible for this role.
• For a full list of our company benefits please visit our website.

Primary

Location:

GB – Basildon

Contract Type:
Permanent

Hybrid Working:
Hybrid International, multicultural, innovative, technological