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L3Harris Chief Engineer in Bristol, United Kingdom
Job Title – Chief Engineer
Job Location – Bristol, Barrow-in-Furness OR Burgess Hill
Job ID – 12272
About this opportunity and L3Harris UK
From 12 UK sites, our team of over 1,400 people deliver unique capabilities across air, land, sea, space and cyber for military, security and commercial customers, worldwide.
L3Harris in Bristol/Burgess Hill/Barrow provides enduring, robust and cutting-edge Integrated Platform Management Systems (IPMS) for the UK Royal Navy sub-surface and surface fleets, notably current Astute submarine and Queen Elizabeth Class (QEC) aircraft carriers, in-build Type 26 and Type 31 frigates.
A few of our employee benefits are:
Hybrid working where possible – requirement to be onsite 2 to 3 days per week
Half day finish on a Friday
25 days holiday per year (plus bank holidays), increasing with long service and with the opportunity to buy/sell up to 5 days
Private medical insurance with optional family cover
Pension scheme of up to 7% employer contribution
Life Assurance 4x salary (flexible up to 10x)
Group income protection
Flexible opt-in extras such as a health care cash plan, dental insurance, gym membership, critical illness cover and cycle to work scheme
Employee assistance program providing mental health and wellbeing support
What the role will involve
The responsibilities of your role will include the following:
Lead the team technically and act as a technical focal point for both internal and external (customer and suppliers) leadership teams.
Ensure that the engineering team deployed on the programme is comprised of the required skillsets, with access to suitable tools and processes to be able to carry out their work effectively.
Work collaboratively with the Project Manager, Project Engineer, commercial and supply chain leads in order to deliver a compliant technical solution on budget and to schedule.
Ensure that the customer’s requirements have been fully analysed and incorporated into the solution, including all engineering activities and technical requirements encompassed by the contract.
Technical Management – Ensure that appropriate systems, processes, information and training is deployed within the project to ensure effective technical management
Understand the specialist needs of each engineering discipline and be able to advise strategically on the engineering requirements to delivery the project technically.
Ensure that all required technical deliverables are developed to the required maturity, and act as approver (or delegate) approval of those deliverables ensuring they were developed using correct information, using required processes and tools, appropriate levels of SQEP and peer reviews have been completed, and that the deliverables are fit for purpose. Work with the PE and PM to maintain a list of technical deliverables that is required to be produced by the project.
What you’ll bring
The role requires the following experience and skills:
Equivalent of Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 9 years of prior relevant experience working on complex engineering projects
Extensive experience delivering multi-disciplined projects comprising the following: electrical, mechanical, software, and specialist engineering analysis (support, security, systems).
Extensive experience designing and delivering complex systems to meet demanding customer requirements, defence standards, marine type approval and class society requirements, and international engineering, quality, systems, safety, software, electrical and mechanical standards (e.g. IEC, ISOs etc).
Excellent understanding of systems concepts, context, boundaries, interfaces, system hierarchy and the principles of system partitioning in order to help manage complexity
Broad knowledge of Systems Design methodologies
Important to know
Applicants who accept a conditional offer of employment must meet the requirement of right to work in the UK and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information and will be subject to government security checks.
As an equal opportunities employer, L3Harris is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.
We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join L3Harris.
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L3Harris Technologies is proud to be an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. L3Harris is committed to treating all employees and applicants for employment with respect and dignity and maintaining a workplace that is free from unlawful discrimination. All applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or other related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, characteristic or membership in any other group protected by federal, state or local laws. L3Harris maintains a drug-free workplace and performs pre-employment substance abuse testing and background checks, where permitted by law.
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