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Job Description
Our client is looking for a Project Engineer to join their team in Bristol on a 6-12month contract.
This post is for aProject Engineerreporting to the BDUK Project Engineering Manager. The role will assist the BDUK Vertical Lift Chief Engineer by supporting the delivery of the Vertical Lift (VL) programme objectives, ensuring that assigned activities are appropriately coordinated, managed and reported.This role is primarily based at Bristol, with Yeovil offered as a secondary work location. The role will involve occasional travel to other BDUK and customer sites, and options exist for hybrid working.
Key Tasks include:
Providing coordination to engineering teams representing multiple skill areas, which may include internal and external resources and customers.
Developing and maintaining Supplier Statements of Work (SSOWs) to satisfy current and emerging programme requirements.
Championing systems engineering best practice in the management of the programme requirements hierarchy, ensuring that requirements are of a good quality with an associated compliance verification strategy, are allocated appropriately, and have adequately traceability between the different requirement tiers.
Working with programme leadership to obtain required approvals to ensure business continuity for tasks relating to the proposed delivery of the VL contracted service.
Coordinating project proposal activities and ensuring the engineering leadership team are aware of proposal gate milestones and objectives.
Identifying metrics and reporting to programme leadership to provide a status of functional performance.
Comparing actual results to baseline plans to assess project performance, efficiencies, productivity and lessons learned.
Planning, identifying, and coordinating resources required to support the programme through the management of functional resource requirements and reporting into status reviews.
Responding to changes to requirements, assessing the impact and negotiating proposed changes to determine modifications to deliverables, resources, costs and schedules.
Providing technical coordination for the development and execution of the project deliverables.
The tailoring and application of engineering initiatives, best practices and quality processes.
Contributing to Continuous Improvement.
Risk, Issues and Opportunities management.
Preferred Skills and Experience
A Degree level (or equivalent) qualification in Engineering, Systems Engineering, or an engineering related field, with experience in requirements management for systems and / or services.
Experience in Project Planning and Management; Excellent SE knowledge and skills, Good IT skills; Excellent Customer Facing Skills.
Knowledge of the Chinook and/or Apache rotorcraft platforms.
Registration with the Engineering Council as an Incorporated or Chartered Engineer (IEng or CEng), or be able to demonstrate the ability to work towards IEng/CEng.
Knowledge of Military Airworthiness Authority (MAA) Regulatory Articles.
Work Authorisation:This requisition is for a locally hired position in the UK. Candidates must have current legal authorisation to work immediately in the United Kingdom.
Security Clearance:This position requires the ability to obtain a UK security clearance requiring 5 years continuous residency in the UK
