Engineering Programme Manager

Overview

As an Engineering Programme Manager, you will steer high-value, complex development and production programmes in a multidisciplinary setting. You will align projects with broader business objectives and drive long-term strategic benefits while reporting progress and risks to stakeholders. This role focuses on cross-functional leadership, schedule integrity, and effective governance to deliver mission-critical outcomes. You join a values-driven team that emphasizes safety, empowerment, and collaboration to solve challenging aerospace and defence problems.

Pay / Benefits

• Flexible working within core hours
• 25 days holiday (+5 buy/sell)
• Life assurance four times annual salary
• Flexible benefits package
• Funded health benefits
• Pension up to 8% employer contributions

Responsibilities

• Manage high-value, complex programmes in a multi-disciplinary environment
• Apply Product Lifecycle Management concepts to design and development work
• Create and maintain schedules (WBS, OBS, PBS) and integrated master schedules across projects
• Coordinate resources and workloads across multiple projects within a programme or portfolio
• Define, manage and control work packages and subcontract statements of work
• Execute risk, issue and opportunity management, including schedule and cost risk analysis
• Utilise ERP systems (e.g., IFS) and report project data to governance requirements
• Ensure programmes align with business objectives and oversee critical phases
• Provide strategic direction for multiple projects and managers and manage budgets and resources
• Produce project plans and technical documents, and provide monthly cost-focused reports
• Address non-conformances with timely closure plans
• Occasionally act as delegated authority for programmes when required

Key requirements

• Five years of project management experience (external candidates)
• Experience delivering similar projects in engineering/defence/aerospace
• APM PPQ or actively pursuing, or equivalent professional qualification
• Strong stakeholder management and conflict/priority management skills
• Experience with project finance, commercial, quality, supply chain and trade compliance
• Ability to coach and mentor and engage with customers at senior levels
• Can-do attitude aligned with Eaton PCS values
• Demonstrated capability to manage large values (5m+)

• Stakeholder management
• Conflict and priority management
• Coaching and mentoring
• MS Project or equivalent scheduling tools
• Product Lifecycle Management
• Integrated master scheduling

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