Project Engineering Manager

Job Title: Project Engineering Manager

Location: Cowes, Portsmouth, Great Baddow – Minimum 2-3 days onsite

We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements - please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: Circa £68,000 dependent on skills & experience + bonus scheme

Who we are:

Join BAE Systems and you’ll be part of something bigger. As a valued member of our global colleague network, you’ll bring your unique skills and perspectives to help pioneer progress and protect what matters most. You’ll be trusted to play your part in delivering the advanced, technology-led defence, aerospace and security solutions of tomorrow, shaping a safer future, for all of us.

From the depths of the ocean, to the far reaches of space, there’s no limit to where a career at BAE Systems could take you.

Role description:

You will lead and coordinate multidisciplinary engineering resources across projects, ensuring effective planning, resource forecasting, risk management and delivery. Working closely with customers, suppliers and internal teams, you will oversee engineering work packages, drive collaboration, maintain compliance and safety, and ensure projects meet cost, quality, schedule and performance requirements.

Core duties:

• Leading engineering activities for current and future products, ensuring quality customer engagement and delivery
• Planning, forecasting and allocating engineering resources, supporting capability growth and succession planning
• Developing and maintaining project schedules, collaborating closely with project controls and delivery teams
• Managing project budgets, engineering risks and mitigation activities to support successful outcomes
• Building strong relationships with customers and stakeholders through reviews and ongoing collaboration
• Contributing to bid activities by coordinating engineering inputs, estimates and technical reviews

Essential skills:

• Degree, HNC or HND qualified, or equivalent engineering experience and expertise
• Proven engineering management experience leading multidisciplinary teams and complex work packages
• Strong understanding of the engineering lifecycle, from concept through support
• Ability to deliver engineering outcomes to cost, quality and schedule requirements
• Experience managing stakeholders, customer requirements and cross-functional technical delivery
• Effective leadership, communication and problem-solving skills, with a collaborative approach

The Radar team:

Join us in shaping the Future of Radar Technology. Building on our heritage of cutting‑edge, world‑leading radar products, we are rapidly evolving our portfolio to enhance existing capabilities while pioneering brand new systems designed to counter emerging and future threats across the battlespace. Through close collaboration with our customers and sustained investment in exceptional talent, we are committed to remaining at the forefront of defence innovation and defining the next generation of radar solutions.

Our workplace in Cowes is an easily accessible commute from Southampton with a regular foot passenger ferry and BAE shuttle service from the ferry terminal to site.

Why BAE Systems?

Here you’ll build a career with purpose and limitless possibilities. With lifelong learning and meaningful work, this is a place where you can grow your career with confidence and be empowered to be your best. You’ll be recognised for your contribution and enjoy rewards tailored to what’s most important to you and your family, support for your financial and personal wellbeing, as well as a balanced lifestyle. In an environment embracing sustainable ways of working and with a strong sense of shared purpose, our supportive culture is a place you can feel you belong and proud of the difference you make.

A place where everyone can thrive:

We’re committed to building an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and supported. We know that a diversity of backgrounds, perspectives and experiences strengthens our teams and is vital to the work we do.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date: 29th October 2026

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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