Engineering Programme Manager

My client is looking for a Technical/ Engineering Project Manager to work on contract basis on a project working on scanner/radar/sensor-based technology.

This is a senior role, and it does demand the experience of someone who has worked across the whole systems lifecycle and can work with software development teams.

• Track record in managing & delivery technology solutions including hardware & software integration
• Procurement and management of suppliers of complex systems
• Demonstrable experience of managing complex system development
• Experience of delivering fixed price solutions, including managing scope, managing risk and contingency, etc.
• Track record in service delivery & management
• Proven experience as an engineering or technology project or programme manager across the full lifecycle from requirements and design through to testing and deployment
• Management of bids or handover from bids to projects
• Developing fully resourced project schedules and securing the right resources

Essential knowledge:

• Understanding of systems engineering methods and approaches
• Understanding of software development methodologies
• Understanding of system-of-systems integration, test & acceptance
• Project management methodologies and approaches, including application of Agile and Waterfall
• Scope and change control, including requirements management