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CS3 operates across the UK, providing innovative and invaluable support solutions to our customers in the Land, Sea and Air domains. We help to ensure the availability of front-line capability wherever and whenever required for military defence and civil customers.\nThis role will support various areas within CS3 as required by the business needs including but not limited to Service Delivery, and Product and Maintenance Repair Operations (P&MRO).\nAs a PEM you will lead and manage a multi-disciplinary engineering team controlling, reporting and supporting on a number of different projects. You will be critical to our success and responsible for creating a supportive environment that motivates our engineering teams.\nWhat you’ll do as a Project Engineering Manager:\nBe the Customer facing representative for engineering delivery both internal customers and external customers\nPlan, lead, monitor, adapt, and report on our engineering activities to make our support solution delivery successful and ensure the full range of in-service technical elements including maintenance, repair, software, hardware, processes and upgrades for all contracts and customers are addressed and managed\nPlan and monitor engineering resource expenditure to ensure that resources are available and utilised within budget and in the most cost-effective manner\nResponsible for reporting engineering performance both internally and externally, including\nSummary of overall performance of contracts/services\nEngineering Milestone status and adherence\nManage Key Technical Issues/Problems/Resolution\nManage Engineering Risk and Opportunity\nIdentification of opportunities to optimise the current business, or expand the business areas, through project scope increases or peripheral work streams\nMaintain project compliance with the company policies and procedures, including life cycle management\nResponsible for maintaining a positive working relationship across all internal and external stakeholders, and achieve Customer and Partner relationships and satisfaction through an understanding of their needs and drivers\nMentor and manage the performance and development of the engineering team members, fostering a culture of continuous improvement within the team\nIdentification and implementation of product, process and service improvements - with the focus on cost, performance and Customer/Partner satisfaction\nDeliver on commitments made to both internal and external Customers and Partners.\nProvide engineering solutions and estimates to current and future bid and proposal activities, including support to the design of new or improved support solutions to secure new business\nWhat you’ll bring\nProven leadership skills and experience in managing and motivating multi-disciplined and geographically dispersed teams.\nProven communication & negotiation skills at all internal and external levels\nKnowledge and operation of multi-contractual support environment.\nDemonstrated ability to work in multi company collaborations or partnered working environments and building strong trusted relationships\nStrong Engineering background with significant experience in development, production and support activities.\nExperience in certification and release of military equipment.\nSubstantial analytical and problem-solving skills\nSelf-motivated leader and team player capable of working with minimum direction.\nExcellent communication and interpersonal skills, proven ability to build trust and respect at different levels with international partners.\nKnowledge of general engineering lifecycle and business process\nCoordinate multi-stakeholder analysis into reports and presentations for delivery to customers & industry partners.\nProven communication & negotiation skills at all internal and external levels Experience of multifunctional team management with skills and strength to supervise, coach, train and motivate teams.\nSecurity Clearance\nThis role is subject to pre-employment screening in line with the UK Government’s Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS). An additional range of Personnel Security Controls referred to as National Security Vetting (NSV) may apply, this could include meeting the eligibility requirements for The Security Check (SC) or Developed Vetting (DV). For more information and guidance please visit: https://careers.uk.leonardo.com/gb/en/security-and-vetting\nWhy join us\nAt Leonardo, our people are at the heart of everything we do. We offer a comprehensive, company-funded benefits package that supports your wellbeing, career development, and work-life balance. Whether you're looking to grow professionally, care for your health, or plan for the future, we’re here to help you thrive.\nTime to Recharge: Enjoy generous leave with the opportunity to accrue up to 12 additional flexi-days each year.\nSecure your Future: Benefit from our award-winning pension scheme with up to 15% employer contribution.\n Your Wellbeing Matters: Free access to mental health support, financial advice, and employee-led networks championing inclusion and diversity (Enable, Pride, Equalise, Armed Forces, Carers, Wellbeing and Ethnicity).\nRewarding Performance: All employees at management level and below are eligible for our bonus scheme.\nNever Stop Learning: Free access to 4,000+ online courses via Coursera and LinkedIn Learning.\nRefer a friend: Receive a financial reward through our referral programme.\nTailored Perks: Spend up to £500 annually on flexible benefits including private healthcare, dental, family cover, tech & lifestyle discounts, gym memberships and more.\nFlexible working: Flexible hours with hybrid working options. For part time opportunities, please talk to us about what might be possible for this role.\nFor a full list of our company benefits please visit our website.\nLeonardo is a global leader in Aerospace, Defence, and Security. Headquartered in Italy, we employ over 53,000 people worldwide including 8,500 across 9 sites in the UK. Our employees are not just part of a team-they are key contributors to shaping innovation, advancing technology, and enhancing global safety.\nAt Leonardo we are committed to building an inclusive, accessible, and welcoming workplace. We believe that a diverse workforce sparks creativity, drives innovation, and leads to better outcomes for our people and our customers. 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