Project Manager (Engineering) / Project Engineer in Basildon, Essex

Your Impact

Leonardo has an exciting opportunity for a Project Engineering Manager to join the Test Engineering team, within the ISP sector, supporting three business areas. With a growing portfolio of development projects, this opportunity has become available. You will join the test engineering team on a permanent basis to lead & coordinate the Test Solution Delivery activities. This role will lead the tasking of a multi-disciplinary engineering team to deliver the projects. The Engineering Manager will provide the engineering leadership and management in collaboration with the Technical Lead, to identify, develop, deliver and support the technical solution.

What you'll do as an Engineering Manager

As a Project Engineering Manager in Test Engineering, you will be responsible for development, maintenance and enhancements of test capability to meet the needs of the product line. This includes, but is not limited to:

• Owning, developing and executing the strategy required to enable the test equipment to meet the Sector long term Business Plan in line with the Product Maturity & Capability Roadmap, Production Needs and Support requirements.
• Establishing and prioritising forward load requirements and expanding on the current multi-discipline team of permanent staff and outsourced resource, as required, to translate requirements into test strategies, implementation plans and final delivered solutions.
• Management of the day-to-day project tasks of a multi-disciplined engineering team, ensuring that roles within the teams are clearly defined.
• Creating a positive working relationship with customers and partners, to deliver project capability.
• Establishing and maintaining good lines of communication internally across the Engineering IPT's, with the IPT leads, Project Managers, functional heads.
• Working closely with the Design Authorities and Systems Design Authorities (Chief Engineers) ensuring they are fully informed on technical progress, technical risk and any mitigation strategies.
• Ensuring the design solutions meet the end user requirement, is reliable, fully documented and works within its designated environment.
• Ensuring the design solution is compatible with the business area product road map.
• Controlling project configuration and change management to ensure design reuse is maximised.
• Supporting the management of Suppliers and project Make or Buy decisions.
• Capturing candidate concept solutions, including the results of any trade off studies and end user engagement.

What we need from you: Skills, Qualifications & Knowledge Required:

• Degree qualified in a relevant Science / Technology / Engineering / Maths discipline or similar experience.
• Ability to produce clear concise engineering plans.
• Good problem-solving ability.
• Commercial awareness.
• Knowledge of engineering lifecycle and business process.
• Experience in the military domain.
• Requirements elicitation and experience of projects involving software development.
• Development and certification of military equipment.
• New Product Introduction.
• Experience of electro-optic or RF products.
• Engineering or scientific degree qualification (or equivalent).

This is not an exhaustive list, and we are keen to hear from you even if you might not have experience in all the above.

We offer a comprehensive, company-funded benefits package that supports your wellbeing, career development, and work–life balance. Whether you're looking to grow professionally, care for your health, or plan for the future, we're here to help you thrive.

Secure your Future: Benefit from our award-winning pension scheme with up to 15% employer contribution. Free access to mental health support, financial advice, and employee-led networks championing inclusion and diversity (Enable, Pride, Equalise, Armed Forces, Carers, Wellbeing and Ethnicity).

Rewarding Performance: All employees at management level and below are eligible for our bonus scheme.

Never Stop Learning: Free access to 4,000+ online courses via Coursera and LinkedIn Learning.

Refer a friend: Receive a financial reward through our referral programme.

Spend up to 500 annually on flexible benefits including private healthcare, dental, family cover, tech & lifestyle discounts, gym memberships and more.

Flexible working: Flexible hours with hybrid working options. For part time opportunities, please talk to us about what might be possible for this role.

For a full list of our company benefits please visit our website. Headquartered in Italy, we employ over 53,000 people worldwide including 8,500 across 9 sites in the UK. At Leonardo we are committed to building an inclusive, accessible, and welcoming workplace.