Chief Engineer NEW

Maidenhead, Berkshire
Ultra Electronics Group
Role Overview

The Chief Engineer is a highly experienced engineer with in-depth experience of the full project lifecycle and the associated governance requirements.

The Chief Engineer provides oversight for multiple large, complex, and multi disciplinary projects within Ultra Cyber, ranging from tens of £k to several £m.

Business Development

• Maintain visibility of upcoming bids and opportunities.
• Work with BD to build proposals and costings.
• Review technical proposals for deliverability.
• Contribute towards the alignment of Ultra Cyber Business Strategy, Technical Strategy, and the engineering plan to deliver it, articulating the shared understanding of constraints.

Technical Governance of Bids

• At bid stage, agree an appropriate engineering design process for a proposed project and ensure that it is appropriately documented, consulting with the relevant Heads of Discipline.
• Ensure compliance with relevant and contractual, international, national, and local regulations/legislation when bidding.
• Support BD gate review process to ensure all engineering considerations, risks, and opportunities have been considered.
• Assure estimates for bids, providing sign off against deliverability.

Technical Governance of Projects

• During project delivery, assure that the agreed engineering design process is followed.
• Ensure analysis completed regarding relevant and contractual, international, national, and local regulations/legislation and requirements on projects.
• Chair engineering design reviews, acting as Gate Keeper to ensure progression only with well understood and acceptable levels of technical risk and debt.
• Oversee management of technical risks.
• Review project engineering metrics, supporting the project team in preparation and delivery of Technical Project Reviews.
• Assure projects and products meet the required performance and quality.

Project Engineering Change Control

• Review project engineering documentation, setting the bar for quality of design documentation.
• Approve technical documents for release, according to the DCRAM (Document Configuration Review and Approval Matrix).
• Provide Design Assurance, acting as signatory on DDP (Declaration of Design Performance), Technical File and Safety Checklist as required.

Security Advisory and Design Authority

• Act as customer/stakeholder point of contact for engineering aspects.
• Provide sounding board for projects (security, process, technical issues).
• Resolve/facilitate resolution of engineering conflict on project.
• Escalate issues through Engineering chain.
• Responsible for progressing security concerns.
• Security Adviser to the project to assure adherence to the Security Aspects Letter (SAL), provide guidance on the appropriateness of the SAL, and provide safety assurance through governance of the engineering development process.
• Act as Authority interface.

Additional Responsibilities

• Mentoring of senior engineers.
• Working with BD & Innovation to provide input to technical strategy.
• Capturing project/project knowledge from Lessons Learned (formal or informal) and inputting into SQEP plans.
• Act as an Independent Chief Engineer on a project, providing independent oversight, primarily chairing gate reviews but also providing a sounding board for the project.
• Act as a Design Authority on a project, if having appropriate domain and technical knowledge.

Qualifications

• Confident communicator, both written and verbal.
• Highly organised, self managing, able to manage multiple activities at any one time.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, able to engage effectively with all audiences and stakeholders at all levels in the organisation.
• Degree in an engineering, mathematical or science-based subject or equivalent experience.
• Significant experience in one or more of software, firmware, hardware or systems engineering.
• Expert knowledge of the V model, and good/best practice engineering process.
• Extensive experience in technical leadership and managing delivery of multi disciplined engineering projects.

Security Clearance

Candidates must be willing and able to obtain, and maintain, DV security clearance. Due to the nature of the programs we deliver for our customers, candidates may need to obtain the relevant security clearance or handle export controlled material as defined by the role’s requirements. Applicants must be able to obtain and maintain the appropriate level of security clearance for the role. Because of the nature of our work, a British citizen who has been resident in the UK for the past 5 years in order to apply for SC clearance and 10 years for DV is required. For more information, please visit the UKSV website.

Benefits

• Participation in an Annual Bonus Scheme.
• Private Medical Cover.
• 25 days’ holiday (plus Bank Holidays) with option to buy an extra 5 days.
• Pension Contribution.
• 4 x Life Assurance Cover.
• Flexible working hours with opportunity for a 1pm finish on a Friday.
• Flexible benefits including cycle to work scheme, will writing and more.
• Security Clearance Allowance – where relevant and subject to holding the required security clearance.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Statement

At Ultra I&C, we are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity and inclusivity. Underpinned by our values, behaviours, and policies, we want you to feel empowered to be the best version of yourself. We also believe that people from different backgrounds and cultures will increase our diversity of thinking, ensuring we successfully deliver to our customers. We, therefore, do not discriminate based on race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We also support requests for flexible working arrangements wherever possible.