At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead major consulting projects and develop innovative systems engineering solutions.
- Company: Rapidly growing consultancy firm with a strong reputation in multiple sectors.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, pension contributions, private healthcare, and extensive training opportunities.
- Other info: Join a dynamic team with excellent mentorship and career growth potential.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in defence and energy sectors while advancing your career.
- Qualifications: Extensive systems engineering experience and strong analytical skills required.
The predicted salary is between 60000 - 80000 £ per year.
- Role
- Principal Consultant - Systems Engineering
We are a rapidly growing consultancy firm, renowned for our reputation and our keen ability to understand and meet customer requirements effectively.
Our team is dedicated to delivering high‑quality, end‑to‑end consultancy services, ranging from requirements management, modelling and simulation through to P3M.
We operate across multiple sectors, including defence, energy, and health.
We are looking for a Principal Consultant to join our Systems Engineering team as we go through our next phase of growth.
Our Systems Engineering function is responsible for understanding client challenges and finding solutions to their problems.
Our capabilities cover the full lifecycle from Requirements Engineering; Architecture Development; Systems Analysis, Analysis of Alternatives; Integration, Verification, Validation and Testing; through to Sustainment; Disposal and Replacement.
With staff that are active members of INCOSE, we can provide you with technical leaders and a trusted service that is based on best practice and places systems thinking and systems approaches at the heart of any project.
Responsibilities
- Lead major consulting projects, ensuring technical excellence and client satisfaction.
- Provide strategic advice on systems engineering approaches for defence programs.
- Lead the development of architectures, system integration strategies, and technical roadmaps.
- Lead business development by identifying opportunities, contributing to bids, and expanding client relationships.
- Act as a subject matter expert in systems engineering disciplines such as model‑based systems engineering (MBSE), capability development, and technical assurance.
- Mentor and develop internal capability, supporting training and professional development initiatives.
Qualifications
- Extensive experience of systems engineering in a consulting setting, demonstrating capability analysis techniques and a proven ability to develop technical solutions to business problems.
- Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills, with the ability to develop innovative and practical solutions for client challenges.
- Proven experience in stakeholder engagement, including working with UK MOD, defence primes, and government bodies.
- Ability to lead and mentor teams, providing technical oversight and professional development to junior and mid‑level consultants.
- Experience developing and implementing best practices in systems engineering, shaping company methodologies and frameworks.
- Excellent communication skills, capable of influencing senior stakeholders and presenting complex technical information to a wide range of audiences.
- Strong business acumen and commerciality, leading business development by identifying opportunities, bid delivery, and expanding client relationships.
- Deep technical knowledge in systems engineering within defence or similar high‑integrity domains.
- Experience leading technical teams and projects within the defence, aerospace, or security sectors.
- Familiarity with defence acquisition frameworks.
Requirements
- Existing right to live and work in the UK.
- Willingness to undergo an internal baseline personnel security standard check prior to starting employment with the company.
- Eligibility to complete a United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) security clearance application to the Security Check (SC) level upon starting employment with the company.
To gain SC Clearance you will normally need at least 5 years' UK experience.
Benefits
- Mentoring and internal and external training opportunities with specialist sector organisations and in‑house courses.
- Competitive benefits package including pension (7% company contribution), additional holiday purchase options, private health care, life assurance and electric vehicle scheme.
- Exposure to subject matter experts and additional online learning packages.
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