About the role

  • Senior Engineering Manager overseeing complex naval ship projects as part of a global defence organisation. Leading teams in delivering technical scopes safely and effectively during a secondment in Indonesia.

Responsibilities

  • Influence programmes essential to national and international defence while developing advanced leadership, stakeholder management and technical skills.
  • Undertake a six‑month secondment to Surabaya, Indonesia, becoming the focal point for planning, coordinating and overseeing complex multi‑discipline naval ship projects.
  • Lead multi‑discipline engineering teams to deliver complex technical scopes safely and effectively.
  • Manage customer relationships to ensure timely and efficient delivery of project outputs.
  • Approve key technical documentation throughout the engineering design lifecycle.
  • Manage resource planning across recruitment, development and allocation to meet project requirements.
  • Ensure project and technical audits are completed and drive continuous improvement, with mission system integration on naval platforms considered desirable.

Requirements

  • Engineering lead experience overseeing complex, multi‑discipline tasks and projects.
  • Strong knowledge of naval ship design and integration.
  • Experience driving cultural development and positive change within engineering teams.
  • Proven stakeholder management capabilities across internal and external customers.
  • Broad engineering background across design, analysis, specification, safety support, installation and commissioning.
  • Engineering or science degree in a relevant discipline with significant demonstrable experience.
  • Chartered Engineer and member of a relevant professional institution.
  • The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.

Benefits

  • Generous holiday allowance
  • Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
  • Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
  • Employee shopping savings portal
  • Payment of Professional Fees
  • Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
  • Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement.
  • ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity

Job title

Senior Engineering Manager

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Location requirements

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