ME Technical Program Manager

Overview

As a Technical Program Manager, you will lead end-to-end Gas Turbine component programs (aerofoils, blades, vanes, combustor, hot gas path) across MRO, repair development, manufacturing, and supply chains. You’ll coordinate cross-functional teams, governance, and multi-stakeholder interfaces to deliver complex, multi-stream initiatives, including reverse engineering projects for a Gas Turbine Services client. Your leadership will drive technical, commercial, and operational execution while building strong customer relationships. This role offers strategic impact through domain expertise and program governance in a global engineering context.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end programme delivery for gas turbine components across multiple workstreams
• Serve as primary interface between engineering, manufacturing, quality, suppliers and executive stakeholders
• Drive technical, commercial and operational execution with strong governance
• Manage multi-disciplinary engineering teams and recover/turnaround programmes when needed
• Oversee manufacturing process planning and lifecycle management for bladed components
• Coordinate with OEMs, repair vendors, and global teams to meet delivery challenges
• Build and maintain relationships with customers and internal stakeholders
• Ensure alignment with FPQ/FAI/PPAP/PLQ/NPI/APQP/Lean Six Sigma processes

Key requirements

• Extensive experience in technical programme or project management within Gas Turbines, Aerospace, Energy or Industrial Turbomachinery
• Proven track record delivering programmes for Gas Turbine System OEMs
• Strong understanding of gas turbine engine architecture and component lifecycle management
• Knowledge of aerofoil manufacturing and repair processes
• Familiarity with FPQ, FAI, PPAP, PLQ, NPI, APQP, Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma
• Experience managing multi-disciplinary engineering teams
• Programme recovery and turnaround capability
• Strong PMO and governance experience
• Ability to manage multi-million-pound technical programmes
• Knowledge of manufacturing process planning for bladed components (turbine/compressor blades and vanes)
• Knowledge of inspection methods and materials for turbine blades, compressor blades and vanes
• Ability to build strong relations with customers and stakeholders

• Clear, unambiguous communication with customers and internal teams
• Strong stakeholder management and relationship-building
• Strategic thinking with problem-solving under pressure
• Gas turbine domain expertise
• Executive stakeholder management
• Supplier performance management

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