Senior Systems Engineering Manager

at  Expleo Group

Overview:
Expleo is a trusted partner for end-to-end, integrated engineering, quality services and management consulting for digital transformation. We help businesses harness unrelenting technological change to successfully deliver innovations that will help them gain a competitive advantage and improve the everyday lives of people around the globe.
Expleo are supporting the UK’s commitment to maintaining and enhancing its naval electronic warfare capabilities to address modern threats and challenges in the maritime domain.
As the Senior Systems Engineering Manager you will join our Engineering Delivery Management team. In this critical role, you will lead and coordinate engineering teams to achieve technical, schedule, and financial objectives from start to finish. Responsibilities include developing project budgets, managing costs, scheduling activities, defining system development cycles, and ensuring resource requirements are met. You will oversee internal and subcontractor plans, manage timely deliveries, and maintain efficient problem reporting processes. Additionally, you will provide technical direction, mentor staff, and manage risks and opportunities, ensuring clear communication and alignment across all project facets. If you’re looking for a role where your engineering management skills can shine and make a real impact, this is it!

Responsibilities:

• Manage and coordinate engineering teams to achieve technical, schedule, and financial objectives.
• Develop and agree on project budgets, managing actual and forecast costs.
• Schedule internal activities and coordinate with subcontractors.
• Define the system development cycle and document processes, practices, and tools.
• Define resource requirements and communicate issues and constraints.
• Ensure clear and bounded work package requirements and manage scope.
• Review and validate internal and subcontractor plans.
• Manage timely deliveries and ensure efficient problem reporting.
• Monitor engineering activities through dashboards and manage risks and opportunities.
• Issue engineering status reports to Project Management.
• Provide technical direction and support performance management.
• Coach, mentor, and develop staff, fostering teamwork and continuous improvement.
• Identify and review technical risks and mitigation plans with Chief Engineers.
• Maintain regular communication with Project Manager, Chief Engineers, and subcontractors.
• Coordinate with Engineering Departments to assign and manage resources and roles.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline or equivalent education with relevant experience.
• Certifications: P.Eng. or CET or eligible to obtain P.Eng or CET
• Preferred:
• Incorporated or Chartered Engineer or have evidence of progress towards Professional Registration with a PEI.Experienced in Defence / Aerospace or safety regulated environments.

Essential skills:

• Naval Combat Systems Integration
• Acceptance, Test and Commissioning
• Subcontractor management
• Senior Systems Engineering Delivery Experience including IVVQA experience
• Certification experience MOD defence

Desired Skills:

• Electronic warfare background
• C2 command and control background highly desirable. E.g: CMS, Tactitos

Experience:

• Experience: 5+ years experience in coordinating system engineering activities and proven experience managing cost and schedule.
• Experience with electronic systems.
• Experience with JIRA, DOORS, EA

Benefits:

• Collaborative working environment – we stand shoulder to shoulder with our clients and our peers through good times and challenges
• We empower all passionate technology loving professionals by allowing them to expand their skills and take part in inspiring projects
• Expleo Academy - enables you to acquire and develop the right skills by delivering a suite of accredited training courses
• Competitive company benefits such as medical and dental insurance, pension, life assurance, employee wellbeing programme, sports and social events, birthday hampers and much more!

• Always working as one team, our people are not afraid to think big and challenge the status quo

As a Disability Confident Committed Employer we have committed to:

• Ensure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible
• Communicating and promoting vacancies
• Offering an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job
• Anticipating and providing reasonable adjustments as required
• Supporting any existing employee who acquires a disability or long term health condition, enabling them to stay in work at least one activity that will make a difference for disabled people

“We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age”.

• Manage and coordinate engineering teams to achieve technical, schedule, and financial objectives.
• Develop and agree on project budgets, managing actual and forecast costs.
• Schedule internal activities and coordinate with subcontractors.
• Define the system development cycle and document processes, practices, and tools.
• Define resource requirements and communicate issues and constraints.
• Ensure clear and bounded work package requirements and manage scope.
• Review and validate internal and subcontractor plans.
• Manage timely deliveries and ensure efficient problem reporting.
• Monitor engineering activities through dashboards and manage risks and opportunities.
• Issue engineering status reports to Project Management.
• Provide technical direction and support performance management.
• Coach, mentor, and develop staff, fostering teamwork and continuous improvement.
• Identify and review technical risks and mitigation plans with Chief Engineers.
• Maintain regular communication with Project Manager, Chief Engineers, and subcontractors.
• Coordinate with Engineering Departments to assign and manage resources and roles