Engineering Authority (Senior Engineering Manager)

Requisition ID: R10112465

Category: Engineering

Location: New Malden, London, UK

Citizenship Required: United Kingdom Citizenship

Clearance Type: Security Check (SC)

Telecommute: Yes-May consider hybrid teleworking for this position

Travel Required: Yes, 10% of the Time

Relocation Assistance: Relocation assistance may be available

Positions Available: 1

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.

Your Opportunity to Define Possible. Our Opportunity to Deliver the Nation’s Security. Together.

Salary: £70,000 - £88,000

Role Clearance Type: You must be able to gain and maintain UK Government clearance

Location: Burlington House, New Malden, Kingston-Upon-Thames, London, UK.

About Your Opportunity:

The role will report to the Above Water Account Lead, and is accountable for the line management of the account’s engineering workforce, as well as technical leadership through the deliveries, and has delegated accountabilities for ensuring the technical quality of work performed.

Driven by enthusiasm of changes and innovations in the Defence industry, the Engineering Authority will support the relevant Defence Chief Technologist in setting and delivering the technical direction through understanding trends, risks and opportunities, to bring a clear-eyed view as to what should be adopted now and in the future.

Your Benefits:

Flexible working schedules - we offer flexible and hybrid working arrangements. Talk to us at the application stage about any scheduling preferences you may have.

Flexible Benefits Package – choose which NGUKL benefits you want to satisfy your personal needs. Core Benefits provided for you are Healthcare, Dental, Life Assurance and Pension. Benefits you can flex include Critical Illness Cover, Health Cash Plan, and Health Assessments.

Employee Incentive Programme – exceptional performance is recognized through our annual incentive programme which is awarded to top performers who excel.

Career Development – opportunity for ongoing professional development and career growth opportunities.

Your Responsibilities:

1. Contributes to the Defence technical strategy and engaging our workforce and our clients in that strategy; making sure that the work we are doing is current and aligned with the Technical Strategy.
2. Accountable for the technical quality of the artefacts the Account produces, ensuring deliverables have been produced in line with the Business processes.
3. Accountable for the leadership and management of the Engineering workforce aligned to the Account.
4. Develop and maintain workforce plans with the Account leadership, covering resourcing, training and development. Work with EA’s from the other accounts in DOU to share resource as necessary to meet business priorities.
5. Ensure career progression is in alignment to the relevant competency framework & expected behaviours, and NG Leadership Characteristics. Promoting the relevant Practice for the associated materials to support career discussions and development.
6. Work with the Account Leads and Defence Chief Technologists to deliver a team that meets the OU vision and strategy through structured training and recruitment.

Your Experience:

1. Demonstrable experience in the Defence Maritime industry.
2. Significant demonstrable full-lifecycle Defence development experience.
3. An individual that is looking to play a major part in growing a business to its full potential.
4. Excellent leadership skills in engaging Northrop Grumman’s workforce in our technical strategy and what it means to them and to foster innovation (in line with the technical strategy towards areas of future market growth).
5. Excellent client relationship-building skills based on a passion to solve our clients’ complex mission challenges: a collaborative individual with the confidence and integrity to earn customer and internal stakeholders’ confidence.
6. Excellent strategist and communicator who can provide clear and concise messaging both externally to clients and internally within Northrop Grumman.

Your Future Team:

“As the most senior engineer in the account, I depend on the Engineering Authority to oversee the complex technical challenge that our deliveries of platform management and integrated navigation systems presents. Working hand-in-hand with the delivery team and sharing their knowledge and experience with a broad, cross-functional group of engineers, this is a senior role with huge scope to influence the critical work we are delivering to the Royal Navy’s surface fleet.”
Chris Parnell-Smith - Account Lead Above Water Battlespace

We are a group of committed and passionate people working to achieve a common goal. As a multi-disciplined collaborative team structure that delivers total solutions to our customers. Being so diverse provides an excellent opportunity for us all to build our knowledge, skills and experience. Together we are all very passionate about solving the UKs most pressing technical challenges and are proud to deliver quality engineering solutions to our customers.

We believe that creating a team that values diversity and fosters inclusion is essential to great performance and we are proud to deliver quality systems to our customers.

Diversity is at the heart of our success. Our team share experience, knowledge and new thinking gained from a wide range of backgrounds perspective, culture, gender, race, age and many other elements across several industries. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from communities currently under-represented within our industry. We treat everyone with respect and foster safe and inclusive environments.

About Our Responsibilities:

Our customers operate in unique environments which offer new and exciting challenges every day, cultivating a place where you can learn and thrive, working alongside the best minds in industry. We’ll give you space to develop your career, where your ideas can shape the future of our dynamic business.

We promote collaboration to achieve more than we could imagine, together. And within a respectful and inspirational environment, we value what you say and do.

How to Apply:

Interested in our opportunity?

Yes – then simply submit your application online. Your application will be reviewed by one of our expert recruiters who’ll then respond advising you of the outcome and next steps for successful candidates.

Possibly, I’d like to find out more – email talentenquiries@uk.ngc.com to connect with one of our Sourcing Specialists who will be happy to support you with any enquiries.

Background checks and potentially security clearance form part of the recruitment process, our team will inform you of the procedures when required.

Northrop Grumman UK:

Work with a global brand that makes a real contribution to our nation’s security and future. At Northrop Grumman UK, the brightest minds come together to push the boundaries and Define Possible. As leaders in the digital transformation of Aerospace, Defence and Intelligence we are providing ground-breaking outcomes for our customers.

UK Defence Business:

Our UK Defence business is a Sovereign software and systems centre of excellence. As well as developing and supporting UK wide and internationally deployed multi-domain command and control systems, our work is critical to the modern backbone of the Royal Navy. We pioneer – with fierce curiosity, dedication, and innovation, we seek to solve the world’s most challenging problems.

Find out more: https://www.northropgrumman.com/careers/job-search-united-kingdom/

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