Engineering Manager

Description:

Expleo is a global company and a trusted partner for end-to-end, integrated engineering, quality services and management consulting. We help businesses harness unrelenting technological change to successfully deliver innovations that will help them gain a competitive advantage and improve the everyday lives of people around the globe.

This role is part of the Engineering Delivery Management roles that are focused on the overall management of engineering activities, including technical, schedule and cost. They manage and monitor the solution engineering activities and the teams and are responsible for the development and deployment of processes, practices and tools for a specific project. The individual will be responsible to ensure alignment between project solutions and Engineering group guidance. The role also includes support to bids and initial feasibility and concepts work.

Due to the nature of this role and project, successful applicants will be required to undergo the Security Clearance process and be able to gain UK SC Clearance. Unfortunately applicants with dual nationalities cannot be considered.

The role requires the successful applicant to be onsite in Devonport 3 days a week (Tuesday to Thursday).

Manage and coordinate engineering teams performing a work package, to conduct all activities to reach completion regarding its technical, industrial, schedule and financial objectives while satisfying the needs of the Program Manager.
Develop and agree to project budgets and scope by estimating costs, setting the agreed budget with the Project Manager, and managing actual and forecast costs against the budget.
Schedule internal activities in coordination with subcontractor activities, including supporting the development of a project Integrated Master Schedule with defined milestones and dependencies.
Define the system development cycle, tailor and document the system engineering process, practices and tools. This may include Agile and Lean methodology depending on the context.
Define resource requirements for the work package and anticipate and communicate resource issues and constraints, internal and external.
Manage scope of the work package ensuring requirements are clear and bounded and desired results are documented.
Review and validate internal and subcontractor plans.
Manage internal and external reviews, including peer reviews as necessary.
Manage timely deliveries to the customer.
Allocate the contractual requirements and track throughout the project lifecycle.
Monitor the engineering activities through project engineering dashboards.
Organize, control and monitor the integration activities.
Ensure an efficient and effective problem reporting process.
Participate in the management of Risks of Opportunities throughout the lifecycle of the project.
Manage the various Engineering Changes Proposal (ECPs) (technical content and impact analysis).
Control and monitor corrective actions as identified through Reviews and Quality evaluations.
Issue the engineering status reports to Project Management.
Ensure timely and accurate reporting of any event that could threaten Schedule, Performance or Cost objectives; and Jointly with Engineering Resource Managers (RM).
Providing day-to-day technical direction to dedicated employees on your project, and supports performance management activities throughout the year.
Coach, mentor, and develop staff, including supporting new employee onboarding; Leads employees to meet the organization's expectations for productivity, quality, continuous improvement, and goal accomplishment; Fosters a spirit of teamwork and unity among department members that allows for cohesiveness, support, and working effectively together to enable each employee and the department to succeed.
Jointly with the Chief Engineers (CE): Identifies and reviews the technical risks and opportunities and the related mitigation plans throughout the bid or project; Organises when appropriate technical meetings and peer reviews in order to perform the solution or solution element technical assessment and validation.
Lines of Authority: The EM reports dually to the CE and to the Project Manager (PM).
The EM coordinates with the Engineering Departments to assign system engineers, specialty engineering resources, and support functions including Configuration Management (CM) to the project. The EM has authority to create and retire engineering roles within the project, to modify their team organisation, and to appoint individuals to roles under their purview.
Lines of Communication; The EM maintains regular communication with the PM and CE in relation to the key responsibilities specified herein.
The EM maintains regular communication with the Engineering Head of Disciplines and contributes to capitalization within their discipline
The EM communicates with subcontractors and suppliers in concert with the PM and the Subcontracts and Procurement function.

Bachelor's/Master degree in an engineering discipline or equivalent education with relevant experience.
Applications are also welcomed from individuals with significant demonstrable experience who don't hold formal qualifications
Certifications: P.Eng. or CET or eligible to obtain P.Eng or CET