Role: Head of Engineering – SKYNET

Location: Bristol, 3 days onsite 2 from home

Duration: 6-month contract

Rate: 750 - 1500 PD

Overview

The purpose of the role is to lead and manage the Skynet SDW Engineering and Operational Teams defining its top-level strategy (resource / capability) and providing effective direction and guidance.  You will be leading the delivery of engineering activity on the Skynet 6 Service Delivery Wrap (SDW) programme, including providing leadership to the engineering team to deliver a range of new and modified subsystems, end to end services covering a range of Military and Commercial technologies and software. Reporting to the SDW Programme Director, you’ll also be part of a multi-million-pound programme of technology change.

Responsibilities

• Define the strategy of the SKYNET SDW Engineering Team, while managing resources in a safe, secure, and cost-efficient manner, and ensuring consistency with the broader Engineering, Operations, and Business Unit strategies.
• Manage the capacity of competent resources to meet agreed technical programme, operational and site deliverables.
• Ensures that SKYNET SDW Engineering Team performance metrics, procedures, processes, and systems are developed, implemented and of a quality that delivers against our Lines of Business requirements.
• Support and mentor members within the SKYNET SDW Engineering and Operational Team in the production of solutions and their career progression.  Including undertaking the role of a professional mentor.
• Engage and inspire colleagues, promoting a diverse and inclusive environment that encourages them to seek opportunities for continuous improvement and personal development.
• Works effectively with others, building relationships and interfaces with people, programme, projects, disciplines, international collaborators, supply chain, and key stakeholders in delivering the Programme and Operational Requirements.
• Translates strategy into operational reality and deliver to agreed Mission Systems Blueprints.
• Adopt a “See it, Solve it” mindset by identifying obstacles to success and taking ownership to find solutions to those problems.
• Maintain and promote high personal standards in environment, safety, health, security, and quality and be a great team player.

Skillset

• Significant relevant (MilSatCom) proven ability and subject matter expertise.
• Proven ability of leading and managing multi-disciplinary technical teams and programmes with demonstrable capability of Project Delivery on large and/or complex engineering Projects.
• Leading transformation and change.
• Proven track record of driving delivery, performance, and continuous improvement.
• Demonstrates financial and commercial awareness, management of budgets, and improvements.
• Understanding of Operational Management, and an appreciation of Regulation, Legislation, Control of Works to ensure correct provision of resource to support Safe and Secure Operations.
• Problem solving capability and the ability to simplify, prioritise, and resolve issues, using data as well as good judgement.
• Able to communicate complex concepts and technologies, clearly and digestibly, to non-specialists, from the most junior colleague to the most senior Customer.
• Ability to motivate teams to deliver great output on time and on cost, whilst creating a high performing team culture.