Junior Programme Engineering Manager

Our client, a prominent entity within the Defence & Security sector, is currently seeking a Junior Programme Engineering Manager to join their dynamic team in Wiltshire. This permanent, hybrid role offers an excellent opportunity to be a part of a mission-driven team dedicated to transforming Defence training systems.

• Provide governance and progress reporting of the Engineering deliverables for the programme, ensuring alignment with various levels of reporting requirements.
• Generate, maintain, and review engineering development plans, executing them according to Raytheon's standards and overall programme needs.
• Create and govern accurate Basis of Estimates (BOEs) for new work and update existing BOEs to support planning and the Raytheon UK Estimate At Complete (EAC) process.
• Manage work packages, including planning, tracking, and reporting key performance indicators, working collaboratively with the Senior PEM and other key stakeholders.
• Maintain and promote regular updates across the engineering team for task tracking and reporting using approved tools.
• Ensure programme adherence to the Engineering resource plan, costs, and schedule, utilising Earned Value techniques where applicable, and conducting variance and root cause analysis reporting.
• Manage internal projects and risk management for all Engineering deliverables, including mitigation strategies to reduce risks to closure.
• Ensure all documentation and deliverables are managed via a Configuration Management / Data Management plan that meets programme needs.
• Coordinate resources and responses, following corporate governance policies, including Gate Reviews.
• Champion and foster a culture of Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) compliance and continuous improvement.

• Demonstrable ability to plan, report, organise, and drive forward the efforts of a multi-faceted engineering team to deliver complex programme outcomes within time, quality, and cost constraints.
• Broad technology experience, particularly in enterprise capability development (people, process, and technology).
• Strong understanding of systems engineering principles and processes.
• Solid grasp of programme and project management principles and tools.
• Understanding of risk management.
• Experience working with large teams, including tasking and budgeting.
• Proficiency in producing cost estimates against known or future scopes of work.
• Ability to manage engineering budgets and regularly reforecast expected costs to end of project.
• Willingness to travel to programme and customer meetings across the UK as required.

• Experience working on UK Government projects, especially within a defence/security environment.
• Familiarity with training projects constructed in line with Defence Systems Approach to Training (JSP 822).
• Experience with Earned Value Management techniques and public sector engineering standards and regulatory frameworks.
• Background in training transformation or learning platforms.
• SAFe and ITIL4 certifications.
• Security clearance or ability to obtain (SC or above).

• Competitive salary
• 25 days holiday plus statutory public holidays, with the opportunity to buy and sell up to 5 days
• Contributory Pension Scheme (up to 10.5% company contribution)
• Discretionary company bonus scheme
• Life Assurance (6 times salary) with pension
• Flexible Benefits scheme with extensive salary sacrifice options, including Health Cashplan, Dental, and Cycle to Work
• Enhanced sick pay
• Enhanced family-friendly policies including enhanced maternity, paternity, and shared parental leave
• Car or car allowance, depending on grade/role
• Private Medical Insurance, depending on grade

• 37-hour working week with a 1.30pm finish on Fridays
• Flexible working options including remote, hybrid, and site-based opportunities
• A flexible working culture focused on output, not time spent at the desk
• Up to 5 paid days for volunteering each year

If you are ready to contribute to a highly impactful mission and possess the qualities we are looking for, we encourage you to apply now to join our client's dedicated team! Reach out for further details