Unleash the Power of Multi-Mission Excellence: Safeguarding the Seas for the World's Navies.

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.

It's the 'innovating' and 'empowering' values that we ASPIRE to be. 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

About you

The Engineering Manager will be responsible for successfully delivering engineering activities to time, cost and quality across all engineering aspects; providing engineering leadership to the multi-disciplinary project team; ensuring solutions meet their requirements / are fit for purpose; and providing technical governance to other programs as required.

An experienced Engineering Manager is sought, with an extensive background in delivery of R&D projects. Experience of taking a project from a low Technology Readiness Level (TRL) through to production is required.

The Engineer Manager will provide Engineering leadership for a multi-disciplinary team to:

• Define and describe the Technical Solution during bids or project scope changes; support the Programme Manager in cost estimation, approving the estimated cost and schedule.
• Provide the primary technical interface to Customers and Partners.
• Managing project mobilisation of engineering activities, including the definition of delivery strategies, definition of Work and Organisation Breakdown Structures, resource requirements and agreement of work-packages.
• Provide oversight of estimation of engineering work packages.
• Planning and managing engineering activities to ensure delivery to time, cost and quality requirements.
• Identification of all resources (people, tools and process) required to deliver the projects.
• Identifying, assessing and mitigating engineering and technical risk.
• Ensuring engineering projects are managed in accordance with company process.
• Working with the Programme Manager to successfully deliver solutions that meet the Customer's needs / requirements to cost / schedule.
• Coaching and mentoring of other engineers.
• Lead or Chair technical and design reviews.
• Support the continuous improvement of the Engineering function.

Skills, Qualifications and Experience as an Engineering Manager

RequiredSkills:

• Bachelor's Degree in Maths, Physics, Computer Science or Engineering or equivalent experience.
• Candidate must be capable of acquiring security clearance.
• Experience in managing Engineering projects experience within a low TRL environment.

Desired Skills:

• Chartered Engineer or equivalent
• Master's Degree an asset
• Maritime Domainexperience an advantage but not necessary
• Underwater Warfare, Torpedo Defence or Acousticsknowledge an advantage
• System Engineering lifecycle selection and experience in all phases of it
• Delivery to Defence customers, including design and qualification to military standards
• Engineering management of a multi-disciplinary teams to successfully deliver complex solutions using new technology
• Led multiple Design Reviews
• Supervised the Requirements Phase of multiple programmes
• Supervised the System, Preliminary and Critical Design Phases for multiple programmes
• Technical management of subcontractors
• Supervised the transition from design into production for multiple programmes
• Supervised Integration, Verification and Validation activities
• Knowledge of System Engineering lifecycles
• Supervise an interdisciplinary team and manage the perspectives of disciplines
• A team-oriented individual that works collaboratively to achieve team goals
• Strong communication skills; positive attitude
• Must be self-motivated, adaptable, and attentive to details
• Willing to effectively prioritise and execute tasks in a deadline-oriented environment
• Occasional travel within UK and Overseas

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Every employee is critical to our success and as such we offer a range of flexible employee benefits along with career development opportunities.

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In addition, you will receive:

• Flexible working within core working hours (flexible start/finish times)
• 25 days' holiday with the option to buy/sell 5 days plus bank holidays.
• 4 times your annual salary in life assurance
• Flexible benefits package (retail vouchers, gym discounts, employee share scheme, health screening and more!)
• Pension Scheme - Less than 5 years' service up to 5.5% employer contributions, 5 years' service + up to 7.5% employer contributions.

• A confidential Employee Support Helpline

How do you find the hidden, detect the soundless, and see the invisible? How would you like to lead a team that develops and manufactures next-generation technologies and products that help find our nation's stealthiest adversaries? Find out more about what we do and the people who currently help us succeed.

Relocation Support

Attracting high-level talent and people that can add value and expertise, is vital to our success. Attracting and retaining brilliant people is imperative so that's why we search across the UK for talent. We offer financial support to candidates that are considering relocating; this is considered on a case-by-case basis per role and subject to HMRC guidelines.

Nationality Requirements

Candidates must be eligible to obtain the relevant security clearance required for the role, due to the nature of the programmes we deliver for our customers.

Diverse & Inclusive Employer

Ultra Maritime is an equal opportunities employer that values diversity, inclusion, equity and equality. Underpinned by our values, behaviours, and policies, we want you to feel empowered to be your best and authentic self.

We promote a workplace that welcomes people from all backgrounds and cultures; believing that this will increase our diversity of thinking, and ultimately ensure we continue delivering on our commitments to our customers.

We do not discriminate based on race, religion, colour, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status and welcome applications from all candidates.