At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead a dynamic engineering team and ensure successful programme delivery in aerospace.
- Company: Join a leading aerospace company focused on innovation and quality.
- Benefits: Competitive hourly rate, flexible working, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Fast-paced environment with potential for career advancement.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in aerospace while developing your leadership skills.
- Qualifications: Experience managing engineering teams and strong stakeholder management skills.
The predicted salary is between 75 - 75 £ per hour.
- Programme Delivery Manager
- 6 months
- Pitstone, Hertfordshire
- Description
We are seeking an experienced Programme Delivery Manager to lead a major engineering and quality services programme.
This is not a traditional project management role.
You will be responsible for the successful mobilisation, deployment and ongoing management of a multi-disciplinary engineering team, ensuring customer satisfaction, resource availability, delivery performance and effective programme governance.
The role will oversee a team of up to 22 engineers, quality professionals and PMO resources supporting critical aerospace programmes.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the mobilisation and ramp-up of engineering and quality resources.
- Manage customer demand, capacity planning and resource forecasting.
- Act as the primary customer interface for service delivery activities.
- Coordinate recruitment, onboarding and deployment of resources.
- Monitor service performance, utilisation and customer satisfaction.
- Manage programme risks, issues and escalations.
- Lead weekly and monthly governance reviews.
- Develop recovery plans for resource gaps, demand increases and delivery issues.
- Maintain programme reporting, KPIs and performance dashboards.
- Support commercial discussions, change requests and growth opportunities.
Within the first six months, you will
- Successfully manage the ramp-up of engineering and quality resources.
- Establish robust governance and reporting.
- Maintain strong customer satisfaction.
- Ensure resource demand and capacity remain aligned.
- Identify and mitigate delivery risks proactively.
- Create a scalable operating model capable of supporting future growth.
Skills that will come of use
- Ramp-up experience - Proven delivery of 10 + personnel
- Stakeholder management - Able to manage customer, engineering, quality and leadership teams effectively
- Commercial awareness - Understands revenue, utilisation, margins and scope control
- Ownership mentality - Brings solutions and fights problems
- Recruitment knowledge - Experienced in hiring, onboarding and workforce planning
- Risk management - Identifies issues early and drives mitigation
- Executive communication - Can confidently present status, risks and recovery plans to senior leaders
- Influencing skills - Challenges unrealistic demands
- Organisation and governance - Maintains clear reporting, actions, forecasts and dashboards
- Aerospace/engineering experience - Understands realities of technical resource delivery and customer environment
Requirements
- Experience managing engineering or technical services teams.
- Experience mobilising or scaling teams of 15+ resources.
- Strong customer-facing stakeholder management skills.
- Experience in aerospace, defence or regulated industries.
- Commercial awareness including forecasting, utilisation and resource planning.
- Proven track record managing risks, escalations and customer expectations.
- Ability to operate independently with minimal supervision.
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