SC Cleared Chief Engineer - WFH

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We currently have a live requirement for an SC Cleared Chief Engineer for a defence client. It will be working on a presales team as part of an initial 6 month contract with view to extend. Work will mainly be remote with ad hoc travel to Farnborough.

The successful candidate will have a full understanding of the principles of system engineering, be able to demonstrate past successes in leading small diverse engineering teams and will have prior experience leading large small Systems Engineering teams for a programme. Using their experience in Systems Engineering, the successful candidate will be responsible for working with customers and suppliers to execute Systems Engineering activities across the full lifecycle.

Duties will include but not limited to:

*Collaborates with the pre-sales/bid team on all engineering effort:

oResource Management for engineering disciplines

oTechnical customer requirements - discovery and analysis of requirements. Production of impact assessment and estimates against customer-provided specifications

oSolution derived requirements, design and approach

oProject management items; technical measures, constraints, risks, technical deliverables, assumptions, dependencies. Own and plan the engineering effort for their aspect of the programmes.

*Reviews the proposed technical solution and approach with the purpose of establishing and managing an overall technical baseline for his aspect of the programme.

*Execute the engineering effort.

oCommunicates the technical plans and assignments to all members of their technical teams and sub-contractors

oEstablish the technical sub-teams based on the agreed organisation structure

oManage engineering analyses, trade studies, prototype development and test.

*Manage Bid deliverables

oPlan and direct the preparation, internal review, and customer delivery of bid deliverables.

oPlan, schedule, and lead technical bid reviews. Ensure all action items are recorded and assigned to the appropriate teams or individuals for disposition.

oTrack and manage the closure of review action items

*Document and maintain the outputs of the process

oConduct peer reviews on bid outputs of this process as defined by the project.

oObtain approval of technical process outputs from internal and external stakeholders as defined in the bid's plans.

Required Skills:

*The ability to communicate at all levels about high level architecture as well as the low level design layers.

*Excellent verbal and written communications skills with ability to interact at all levels from engineers to executives

*An ability to understand and translate customer needs and expectations

*Understanding of various system development methodologies

*Ability to lead, encourage and influence cross functional and multi-location teams

*Ability to define new strategies and processes, driving these through to their implementation

*Confidence to work independently and within a fast-paced team

*Experience of delivering solutions within the context of Service Orientated Architectures and associated service management solutions (people, process, governance & technology)

*Will have a high level of competency in the following areas:

oDelivering Engineering Solutions.

oManaging engineering processes.

oDelivering Quality.

oEngineering Planning.

oManaging Suppliers & Contractors.

oCost Estimating.

oITIL experience

oCloud Micro-services

Desired Skills:

*Knowledge of defence, Home Office or Police programmes desirable, however experience of equivalent domains or systems suitable

*Experience of transitioning from legacy systems to new capabilities

*Experience of model based system engineering methodologies and outputs

*Experience decomposing system of systems architectures and specification of systems at multiple levels

*Experience of specifying systems/services from user perspective and ability to produce abstract views of detailed internal service design

*Experience in designing Cloud-based Platforms would be an advantage, including large scale system virtualisation and orchestration

*Experience of utilising DOORS (or similar requirements management tool) to manage requirements and Model Based Systems Engineering tools for managing user scenarios

To be considered, please send through an updated CV.

Due to the nature and urgency of this post, candidates holding or who have held high level security clearance in the past are most welcome to apply. Please note successful applicants will be required to be security cleared prior to appointment which can take up to a minimum 10 weeks. LA International is a HMG approved ICT Recruitment and Project Solutions Consultancy, operating globally from the largest single site in the UK as an IT Consultancy or as an Employment Business & Agency depending upon the precise nature of the work, for security cleared jobs or non-clearance vacancies, LA International welcome applications from all sections of the community and from people with diverse experience and backgrounds.

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