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Step into a world where cutting-edge technology meets unparalleled expertise. Ultra Maritime pioneers delivering multi-mission solutions that protect and empower the naval forces worldwide. With our extensive portfolio of capabilities, our innovations are utilised on naval fleets across our allied navies around the globe.
As the maritime and underwater battlespace evolves, we tirelessly push the boundaries to develop advanced specialist systems that provide our ‘five-eyes’ Defence customers with an unbeatable warfighting edge. From surface vessels to sub-surface operations and unmanned platforms, we are revolutionizing the way naval missions are executed.
We thrive on collaboration and partnering with our customers to ensure mission success. Our expert solutions encompass an array of game-changing technologies, including state-of-the-art sonar, radar, expendables, signature management, and naval power systems.
Join us in shaping the future of naval warfare and together, we will safeguard the seas and empower navies worldwide!
Flexible Working
At Ultra Maritime, we understand that your personal life is just as important as your professional one. That’s why we support and promote flexible working arrangements where possible. Whether you prefer a hybrid model, working remotely, or the structure of being on-site, we will support you as best as we can.
Embrace the freedom to shape your work hours according to your needs, whether it’s part-time, compressed hours, or a unique arrangement that suits your lifestyle.
Loudwater, Greenford, and Weymouth exclusively offer a 9-day fortnight working pattern, offering extended weekends every other week, granting you more time to pursue your passions. And that’s not all – we provide flexible start and finish times, as well as Time off in Lieu (TOIL) for up to 1 day per calendar month which tie in with our Values of Integrity, Transparency and Alignment. We welcome the challenge to work in new ways and have trust in you when getting the job done because we recognise, our business is our people.
Job Description
We are looking to grow our engineering leadership capability within the Ultra Maritime UK business.
We have a number of exciting opportunities to join us as a Project Engineering Lead. The Project Engineering Lead is a key role within our engineering delivery teams.
This role works closely with the Project Manager and the System Design Authority on a project. As the Project Engineering Lead you will be responsible for successfully delivering engineering activities to time, cost and quality. You will lead a multi-disciplinary team, delivering a defined scope of engineering work.

This role will suit someone with a background in working on complex engineering projects with experience of work package management. Ideally you will have:

• Great communication skills to build strong relationships within the team and with stakeholders
• Experience of managing a team through an engineering development project, ideally from requirements elicitation stage through to production
• Experience of defence projects
• Experience of engineering estimation
• Experience of producing engineering plans with dependencies, assumptions, risk and opportunities identified, communicated and managed
• An understanding of the different design gates a project goes through, from bid to full scale production readiness review
• An understanding of configuration management and change management
• A background in systems engineering, with an understanding of electrical, mechanical and software engineering

This role requires eligibility for Security Check (SC) clearance (ideally with no caveats).
We have three sites: Greenford, Loudwater and Weymouth. This is a hybrid role giving you the flexibility to balance working from home and being on-site as necessary, with occasional UK travel.
To be successful in the is role you are likely to need to be regularly on site at either Greenford or Weymouth, typically three days per week.

Benefits on offer:

• Optional 9 day fortnight

• Great communication skills to build strong relationships within the team and with stakeholders
• Experience of managing a team through an engineering development project, ideally from requirements elicitation stage through to production
• Experience of defence projects
• Experience of engineering estimation
• Experience of producing engineering plans with dependencies, assumptions, risk and opportunities identified, communicated and managed
• An understanding of the different design gates a project goes through, from bid to full scale production readiness review
• An understanding of configuration management and change management
• A background in systems engineering, with an understanding of electrical, mechanical and software engineerin