Engineering Manager

Overview

In this Engineering Manager role at Devonport Royal Dockyard, you lead multidisciplinary engineering teams to deliver complex projects for a major defuel programme. You provide governance, planning and technical oversight to drive safe, compliant delivery and strategic decision-making. You collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to ensure timely, high-quality outcomes on national defence and critical infrastructure initiatives. This is a chance to shape engineering leadership in a high-stakes, regulated environment.

Pay / Benefits

• Generous holiday allowance
• Matched contribution pension scheme
• Digital GP and health checks via Aviva DigiCare+
• Employee share scheme
• Be Kind Day volunteering leave
• Professional Fees coverage

Responsibilities

• Lead multidisciplinary engineering teams and suppliers to deliver multiple projects safely, efficiently and on schedule
• Manage engineering resources, priorities and workload to support programme objectives
• Provide technical oversight, governance and assurance across lifecycles
• Build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders for effective collaboration
• Identify, manage and mitigate engineering risks while ensuring regulatory and safety compliance

Key requirements

• Applying systems engineering principles throughout the engineering lifecycle
• Delivering facility design projects and infrastructure upgrade programmes
• Supporting projects within a nuclear licensed site or similarly regulated environment
• Leading the delivery of complex engineering, infrastructure or major project activities
• Managing engineering governance, technical assurance and stakeholder engagement across multidisciplinary teams
• Degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics; Chartered Engineer (CEng) or Incorporated Engineer (IEng) or working towards registration; Membership of a professional institution

• Leadership and people management
• Stakeholder engagement
• Communication
• Systems engineering principles
• Facility design and infrastructure upgrades
• Regulatory compliance and safety governance

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