Head of Engineering Forward

Job Title: Head of Engineering Forward
Location Andover
Compensation: £95,000 – Negotiable
Role Type: Full time / Permanent or FTC available
Role ID: SF51115

At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as Head of Engineering Forward.

The role does require occasional Travel to Europe.

The role

As Head of Engineering Forward you will have a role that’s out of the ordinary. Working where your knowledge and drive is really needed to make a difference, an exciting New Project with international exposure. The purpose of this role is to manage, review and validate technical military equipment questions, responses and solutions received from the operational user /customer.

The purpose of this role is for the delivery and operational outputs of the Babcock Equipment Support function under a new Project, Project BLUEPRINT.

Main tasks

• Responsible for the security, management and the Real-Life Support of Babcock Forward personnel, Supply Chain and Industrial partners, in support of Phase 1-4 of the Op BLUEPRINT programme based in Europe
• Manage the day-to-day Equipment Support activities and resources.
• Direct link to the Technical Reach Back Co-ordination Cell responsible for generating BLUEPRINT metrics and progress on a weekly and monthly basis
• Attend all Project related meetings
• Leads on the liaison with key strategic partners based forward
• Provides engineering sign off to technical solutions
• Responsible for the accounting of P-Cards with Babcock finance
• Lead for communicating, maintaining and developing the Equipment Support Functions with key stakeholders
• Provide leadership by building and motivating team members to meet ES goals and adhering to their responsibilities

Essential experience of the Head of Engineering Forward,

• Chartered Engineer
• Excellent planning, co-ordination and organisation skills
• Strong leadership, diplomatic and motivational skills including the ability to lead up, across and down multiple business and operational functions in the organisation
• Commercial awareness and customer relationship management skills.
• Self-motivated, decisive, with the ability to adapt to change and competing demands
• Research best practices within and outside the organisation to establish benchmark data and use continuous process improvement disciplines to achieve results
• Coach, mentor, motivate and supervise team members supported with strong influencing skills
• Willingness to travel within the UK and Europe

Only candidates who satisfy security requirements can be considered for this post. You must hold current, valid ‘Security Check’ (SC) clearance

Our Benefits

• Generous holiday allowance
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Employee share scheme
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive ten days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows the majority of 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

For the full extensive Benefits package please visit our Careers pages

Babcock International
For over a century Babcock International have helped to defend nations, protect communities, and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.

If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please let us know. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working - please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

Closing date: 19 May 2023

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