Engineering Manager

Location: Dorset Innovation Park, Winfrith Newburgh, Dorchester DT2 8ZB

Employment status: Permanent. At TKMS ATLAS UK, we support our staff to create work-life balance and encourage applications from individuals who are looking for part time or condensed hours as well as full-time opportunities

Purpose of job: To lead multi-disciplinary engineering teams with respect to the planning and delivery of ATLAS UK bids, projects and product developments

Reporting relationships: Engineering Head of Delivery / Engineering Head of Division

Staff responsibility: No line management – responsible for managing the overall engineering team in line with the specific bid or project

Budget responsibility: In-line with work package agreements for engineering team scope

Qualifications and skills

• Excellent written skills, including writing bids and technical reports
• Excellent communication skills, including giving presentations

Knowledge and experience (will be developed in the job role if not held)

• Expert knowledge of ATLAS UK products and components across the design, development, qualification and acceptance phases.
• Significant evidence of leadership across internal engineering resource and sub-contractors in the planning and development of ATLAS UK products.
• Specialist engineering knowledge (in one or more of the following areas Mechanical / Electrical/Systems / Electronics / Software)
• The implementation of engineering lifecycles and robust system engineering processes within a product development environment
• Planning and leading engineering work-package and delivery projects
• Leading engineering design activities and providing engineering support throughout the design, test and acceptance
• phases to ensure specifications are met, problem areas and risks are identified, and design is fit for purpose
• Leadership of the technical concept development of innovative solutions to meet challenging technical requirements
• Generating design specifications and technical procurement specifications
• Documenting the design process including demonstrating the verification of system requirements
• Understanding the application of project management principles and practice
• Technical management delivery experience as a supplier/integrator. Understanding of estimation, costing, pricing, contract, tender and bid processes

Challenges

• You will be required to work in a high paced environment that requires the ability to use your full breadth of knowledge and skills in a flexible and responsive manner

Key accountabilities may include

• Development of the engineering technical solution and associated costs, risks and programmes for the subsequent delivery of engineering work-packages
• Delivery of technical outputs to time, cost and quality; applying project management methodologies and system engineering principles
• Building and developing positive relationships with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders
• Management of the engineering teams to deliver agreed work packages including meetings, reporting, resource and issues management in accordance with ATLAS UK processes
• Reporting on the team’s delivery with respect to cost, schedule, quality and risk to the overall project team and engineering division management

Behavioural requirements

• Highly motivated, energetic, able to see the big picture.
• Effective time management within a multi-tasking environment.
• Strive to deliver innovation and best practice.
• The ability to work effectively within a growing, changing workplace.
• Consistently sound judgement and decision making.
• Promotes a “can do” attitude.
• Energy to increase the capability to deliver and improve business results.
• Use expertise and knowledge to make a strong contribution to bids and projects.
• Strive to exceed stakeholder expectations.
• Have a good working relationship with team members and suppliers

More information
The successful candidate must be able to achieve full SC (Security Clearance). Due to the nature of our work and the projects you will be working on, all candidates must be eligible to gain security clearance. TKMS ATLAS UK is an Equal Opportunities employer and welcomes applications for all posts from suitably qualified people regardless of age, disability, ethnicity, gender, marital status, sexual orientation, religion or belief. Only successful applicants will be contacted.