Chief Engineer

My client provides engineering design, delivery and support solutions to clients across various sectors, such as deployable containerised systems to clients’ performance and capability requirements. They are seeking a Chief Engineer to take responsibility for the entire project engineering team, approving project designs, assigning engineers and technicians and ensuring that safety and structural standards are met throughout the delivery of the project.

Chief Engineer

The Chief Engineer will oversee recruitment and mobilisation of the Project Engineering team, deliver the Design and Engineering Management Plan and develop and implement design and engineering project processes and procedures. You will lead and manage the Project Engineering Team and oversee the design team to develop engineering solutions to budget and regulatory standards, setting and managing the system of systems approach and ensuring the safety and efficiency of all project engineering operations. You will ensure that Design and Engineering tasks are completed to time, budget and standards, ensuring project design solutions comply with the customers system requirements documents, compliancy documents and contractual requirements.
You will also manage sub-contractor designs and engineering outputs and will be responsible for the development, management and execution of the Trials, Verification and Validation Plan.

The role will require significant UK and overseas travel (predominantly Europe) for supplier inspections and audits and equipment acceptance inspections.

To be considered for this role, applicants will need to be qualified to degree level in mechanical or electrical engineering, holding active certification with an engineering professional organisation and with advanced understanding of engineering principles and procedures.

You will have significant experience in an engineering or manufacturing environment at Chief Engineer or Design Management level with knowledge and experience of System Engineering principles and practices, able to collaborate and communicate across the engineering team, service technicians, business managers and clients.  You will also need experience leading teams of individuals from a variety of different backgrounds and disciplines.

You will need the following experience and knowledge:
 
ISO 9001:2015 Management Systems and ISO 45001:2018.
Use of design software packages.
Working with Military Organisations and associated procurement establishments.
Working knowledge and use of AQAP, Mil Stan, Def Stan, European, British and ISO standards.
Working knowledge of human factors engineering.
Exceptional organizational and time management skills with strong attention to detail.
Previous understanding of process for CE marking of equipment systems.
Chief Engineer
Weymouth area, Dorset
Salary negotiable based on experience.
Hybrid working – significant flexibility offered
 
Key Skills: Chief Engineer, Design Manager, Design Management, Defence, Military, Mechanical, Electrical, ISO, 9001:2015, 45001:2018, AQAP, Mil Stan, Def Stan, Systems of Systems, Systems Engineering, Human Factors, Collaboration.

Due to the nature of work undertaken at our client's site, incumbents of these positions are required to meet special nationality rules and therefore these vacancies are only open to sole British Citizens (or Dual UK nationals with British citizenship). Applicants who meet these criteria will also be required to undergo security clearance vetting, if not already security cleared to a minimum SC level.
 
Electus Recruitment Solutions provides specialist engineering and technical recruitment solutions to a number of high technology industries. We thank you for your interest in this vacancy. If you don't hear from us within 7 working days, please presume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. You are of course free to resubmit your CV/details in the future and we shall assess your suitability at that time. 
   
This role is a PERMANENT position