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Engineering Manager | Defence & Aerospace
🚀 Lead complex engineering delivery. Own the workflow. Shape outcomes across major aerospace programmes.
A leading defence & aerospace prime is seeking experienced Engineering Managers to join their EW/FCA teams, driving engineering delivery across cutting‑edge aerospace systems. This is a 12‑month contract with 80% on‑site working (4 days/week) at their Luton facility — essential for close collaboration with engineering teams, suppliers and programme leadership.
🔧 The Opportunity
You’ll sit at the heart of an Integrated Project Team (IPT), leading cross‑functional engineering activity to deliver complete, compliant solutions that meet customer, contractual, legal and company requirements. Expect real ownership: structuring work packages, planning and scheduling engineering tasks, managing resources, tracking progress, risks and costs, and ensuring engineering delivery stays aligned with performance, budget and schedule. This is a role where your leadership directly shapes programme success.
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💼 What You’ll Be Doing
- Leading and organising engineering work across multi‑discipline teams
- Defining the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) and engineering plans
- Drumbeating engineering workflow, tracking technical progress, risks and costs
- Coordinating engineers across sites to deliver one integrated solution
- Ensuring all work meets customer, legal and company requirements
- Maintaining strong communication across IPT leads, PMs and functional heads
- Managing configuration and change control to maximise design reuse
- Ensuring designs are fully documented and aligned to customer needs
🎯 What You’ll Bring
- Strong ability to plan and organise engineering work packages
- Solid problem‑solving skills and engineering judgement
- Experience managing budgets, schedules and multi‑discipline teams
- Confident communication with stakeholders, suppliers and customers
- Understanding of the engineering lifecycle and commercial awareness
- Leadership, teamwork and the ability to drive clarity and delivery
- Willingness to travel (UK and potentially abroad)
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🌍 Why This Role?
You’ll be joining a major aerospace programme where engineering leadership, structure and clarity are essential. Expect close collaboration, technical challenge, and the chance to influence delivery across a high‑profile defence capability. If you’re an engineering leader who thrives on structure, coordination and driving delivery — this is a role worth exploring.
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