Project Engineering Manager

Location: City of Edinburgh

## Project Engineering Manager Apply:
GB - Edinburgh:
Full time:
Posted Today:
R0034107
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* Job Description:

**** Your Impact
** At Leonardo, we have a fantastic opportunity for a Project Engineering Manager (PEM) to join our team within the Customer Support and Service Solutions (CS3) line of business. CS3 operates across the UK, providing innovative and invaluable support solutions to our customers in the Land, Sea and Air domains. We help to ensure the availability of front-line capability wherever and whenever required for military defence and civil customers.  

This role will support various areas within CS3 as required by the business needs including but not limited to Service Delivery, and Product and Maintenance Repair Operations (P&MRO).  As a PEM you will lead and manage a multi-disciplinary engineering team controlling, reporting and supporting on a number of different projects. You will be critical to our success and responsible for creating a supportive environment that motivates our engineering teams.
** What you’ll do as a Project Engineering Manager:
*** Be the Customer facing representative for engineering delivery both internal customers and external customers
* Plan, lead, monitor, adapt, and report on our engineering activities to make our support solution delivery successful and ensure the full range of in-service technical elements including maintenance, repair, software, hardware, processes and upgrades for all contracts and customers are addressed and managed
* Plan and monitor engineering resource expenditure to ensure that resources are available and utilised within budget and in the most cost-effective manner
* Responsible for reporting engineering performance both internally and externally, including
* Summary of overall performance of contracts/services
* Engineering Milestone status and adherence
* Manage Key Technical Issues/Problems/Resolution
* Manage Engineering Risk and Opportunity
* Identification of opportunities to optimise the current business, or expand the business areas, through project scope increases or peripheral work streams
* Maintain project compliance with the company policies and procedures, including life cycle management
* Responsible for maintaining a positive working relationship across all internal and external stakeholders, and achieve Customer and Partner relationships and satisfaction through an understanding of their needs and drivers
* Mentor and manage the performance and development of the engineering team members, fostering a culture of continuous improvement within the team
* Identification and implementation of product, process and service improvements - with the focus on cost, performance and Customer/Partner satisfaction
* Deliver on commitments made to both internal and external Customers and Partners.
* Provide engineering solutions and estimates to current and future bid and proposal activities, including support to the design of new or improved support solutions to secure new business
** What you’ll bring
*** Proven leadership skills and experience in managing and motivating multi-disciplined and geographically dispersed teams.
* Proven communication & negotiation skills at all internal and external levels
* Knowledge and operation of multi-contractual support environment.
* Demonstrated ability to work in multi company collaborations or partnered working environments and building strong trusted relationships
* Strong Engineering background with significant experience in development, production and support activities.
* Experience in certification and release of military equipment.
* Substantial analytical and problem-solving skills
* Self-motivated leader and team player capable of working with minimum direction.
* Excellent communication and…