Job Description

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Boeing Defence UK (BDUK) is a subsidiary of the Boeing Company and currently employs over 1,400 people in the UK. We are responsible for delivering several exciting contracts to our UK defence customers including new capabilities like the E-7 AEW&C and the P-8A Maritime Patrol Aircraft, C4ISR Services, Support for the Chinook & Apache Fleets, Logistic Information Services and Training Services and are very much in a growth phase.

As a BDUK employee, you will have access to flexible and virtual working arrangements, benefits packages, employee incentive programs and study assistance. You will also have access to many resources that you will be able to access in order to inform and support your development throughout your career with us.

Gladiator is a synthetic training capability and service provided by BDUK for the UK MOD. The system allows multiple aircrew to experience the same battlefield environment and threats simultaneously in a secure and safe environment. It will enable pilots to exercise capabilities, tactics and procedures that would be impossible in the live environment due to airspace, aircraft availability, or security constraints. The capability is starting the process of evolving to include enhanced functionality and increased capacity.

We require an experienced Project Engineer to join us to play a key part in the team responsible for scoping, designing and delivering the incremental changes to the capability. The role is fundamental in translating customer needs/requirements into appropriate solutions and will require the successful candidate to provide systems engineering support whilst coordinating multidisciplinary teams to both generate proposals and develop and verify deliverable solutions. 

While we work in agile and dynamic engineering environments, your wellbeing is important to us and we strive to find a healthy life balance and ethical team culture with a strong emphasis on openness, collaboration, innovation, safety and first-time quality.

Responsibilities will include:             

• Providing the Engineering leadership to project teams representing multiple skill areas, which may include internal and external resources and customers.
• Technically leading proposal development activities where required. Developing Statements of Work (SOWs) to satisfy research and development, ongoing and new business requirements. Working with customers and management to obtain agreement/approval.
• Leading project execution to complete the work statement. Coordinating baseline management throughout the project lifecycle. Identifying and reporting performance metrics. Responding to changes to SOW, assessing the impact and negotiating proposed changes to determine modifications to the deliverables, resources, costs and schedules.
• Being accountable for interfacing and managing current gaps with team/programme integrated planning and scheduling
• Tracking the status of all Gladiator programme deliverables
• Planning, identifying, and coordinating resources required over the life of the Gladiator programme.
• Managing Risks, Issues and Opportunities (RIOs). Defining plans for risk mitigation and opportunity realisation.
• Comparing actual results to the baseline plan to assess project/programme performance, efficiencies, productivity and lessons learned.
• Providing technical, business and integration leadership for the development and execution of project/programme and team plans.
• Championing and supporting Continuous Improvement across project activities.

You may also get the opportunity to work on a variety of other programmes, business development opportunities and contribute to engineering excellence across the company as part of your ongoing career development with Boeing.

Aside from your technical work you there is the potential to support company initiatives, for example, quality improvements, promoting a safety culture, promoting Diversity and Inclusion, mentoring and coaching, STEM outreach and a number of focus projects to support the growth of the company including its employees.

What we are looking for:

Required:

• An experienced Project Engineer who is able to adapt to new project environments quickly and effectively.
• Experience of Customer and wider stakeholder management;
• Ability to collaborate effectively with geographically dispersed and diverse teams;
• A "drive to action" approach, self-motivated, and with the ability to be resilient and flexible in a fast-paced environment;
• Strong interpersonal communication and influencing skills;
• An ability to effectively communicate written technical information;
• Proficient office IT skills.

Desirable:

• Experience working in software specification, integration and testing project environments, in particular simulation or synthetic training technologies;
• Experience in some of the following areas: C4ISTAR, Air Platforms, Mission Systems, Communications Systems and Networks, Training Systems and Training Related Technology.
• Applied experience across some or all elements of Systems Engineering: requirements management; interface management; system architectures; MBSE; integration of specialties; Verification and Validation; technical, governance and change management;

Preferred Qualifications:

A degree level (or equivalent) qualification in Engineering, Systems Engineering, or an Engineering related field (Preferred, not Essential) and already be, or aspire to be, a member of a recognised professional body such as the Institute of Engineering and Technology or the Royal Aeronautical Society.

Location

The primary location for our GCS&S Engineering team is Frimley, with the general expectation of 2 – 3 days a week in the office in order to successfully provide engineering leadership, and to foster collaboration and team efficiency. We will also consider applicants who may prefer to be based out of our Bristol offices, and potentially others dependent on the suitability of the candidate.

Work Authorisation: This position does not have sponsorship approval. This requisition is for a locally hired position in the UK. Candidates must have current legal authorisation to work immediately in the United Kingdom. Boeing will not attempt to obtain Immigration and labour sponsorship for any applicants

Security Clearance: This position requires the ability to obtain a UK security clearance for which the Government requires UK Citizenship

Relocation: This position does not offer relocation. Candidates must live in the immediate area or relocate at their own expense

Equal Opportunity Employer:

Boeing is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.