Are you a seasoned engineering professional with a wealth of experience delivering complex integration outcomes? Do you hold a professional engineering qualification such as IEng or equivalent, and are you looking for an engaging opportunity within the defence sector? If so, we want to hear from you.
Our client, a leading organisation within the Defence and Aerospace industry, is seeking a AJAX Integrate Engineering Manager to join their dynamic team. This role offers a hybrid working arrangement: two days per week onsite in Bristol, two days in Merthyr Tydfil (expenses claimable), and one day per week working from home.
What you’ll be doing:
- Leading issue resolution across cross-project engineering activities within the AJAX programme’s Integrate Pillar.
- Providing strategic technical advice to project leads and chief engineers to resolve complex design conflicts.
- Fostering collaboration across teams to identify and mitigate integration challenges early on.
- Overseeing Tiger Team initiatives for rapid resolution of critical engineering issues.
- Maintaining clear communication, documentation, and sharing lessons learned to continuously improve project outcomes.
- Supporting risk management activities related to design and integration conflicts.
- Ensuring engineering solutions meet programme requirements, standards, and quality expectations.
Who you’ll need to be:
- An experienced engineer with a track record of delivering successful engineering outcomes in complex environments.
- Professionally registered as an IEng or equivalent.
- Possessing broad and deep technical expertise, particularly in integration within defence programmes.
- Ideally familiar with managing engineering change processes and configuration management.
- Experience within an Engineering Production Environment or Defence Major Programmes (GMPP/CAT A) is a plus.
Details:
- Location: Hybrid (Bristol & Merthyr Tydfil), with remote working options
- Start: ASAP
- Contract Length: Until 31/03/2027 (extension scope possible)
- Day Rate: Up to £600 per day (inside IR35)
- Security Clearance: SC clearance required
- Standard Hours: 7.5 hours/day
If you are ready to contribute your expertise within a high-profile aerospace project and meet the outlined criteria, we encourage you to apply. Evodia Limited acts as an employment business for this vacancy, committed to a straightforward and transparent recruitment process.