Job Title: Integration Engineering Manager (FTC)
Salary: Negotiable
Location: Chippenham Hybrid (1-2 days per week on site)
Aeropeople are looking for an Integration Engineering Manager for our client based in Chippenham.
The role will be hybrid working, with an expectation to be on site 1- 2 days per week but this can be negotiated. There is also the opportunity to work in a local office if this is more suitable. There may be additional travel requirements for specific client events.
We are seeking an experienced Integration Engineering Manager to support programme coherence and systems integration across a complex environment. The role operates within the sensitive programme, providing leadership, coordination and assurance of integration activities across multiple projects, suppliers and stakeholders.
The Integration Engineering Manager will be responsible for defining and governing integration plans, ensuring cross programme coherence, and providing technical assurance across the lifecycle of system integration activities. The role plays a critical part in enabling successful programme delivery through effective integration governance, dependency management and impact assessment.
This is a fixed term contract which will start on 1st July and last until the end of March 2027 but may possibly be extended beyond this.
Due to the nature of our client’s business within the Defence sector, suitable candidates must already hold current SC clearance.
Main Responsibilities:
Programme Coherence & Systems Integration:
- Lead the project management of systems integration activities on behalf of the Assistant Head Coherence Manager.
- Ensure effective coordination of integration activities across projects, delivery teams and external suppliers.
- Maintain a clear view of integration dependencies, risks and constraints across the programme.
Integration Strategy & Planning:
- Support the implementation of the programme-wide integration strategy and management plan aligned with overall programme objectives.
- Ensure integration planning supports delivery milestones, change control and transition activities.
- Provide authoritative guidance on integration approaches, sequencing and priorities.
Integration Governance, Boards & Assurance:
- Establish and operate effective integration governance and assurance activities across the programme.
- Chair and/or support integration boards and working groups, ensuring clear outcomes, actions and escalation routes.
- Provide regular integration status reporting, including risks, issues and impacts to senior programme governance forums.
- Support technical assurance of integration change requests, including assessment of impact analyses and deconfliction of integration activities.
Dependency & Schedule Management:
- Provide technical support to system integration dependency management, ensuring dependencies are identified, tracked and actively managed.
- Enable effective programme integration schedule management by aligning technical dependencies with delivery plans.
- Support mitigation planning where integration risks threaten delivery timelines.
Benefits:
- Competitive day rate (PAYE)
- Holiday Pay
- 4% pension contributions
- Travel expenses paid
- Hotel accommodation paid
- Evening meal allowance
About You:
Essential:
- Proven engineering management experience on large complex programmes.
- Proven experience managing systems integration within large, complex programmes, ideally in the defence, aerospace and/or communication sectors.
- Experience developing and executing integration strategy, plans and governance frameworks.
- Strong background in systems engineering across the full system lifecycle.
- Ability to provide authoritative technical assurance across multiple delivery teams and suppliers.
- Strong stakeholder management skills, with experience operating across programme, commercial and technical boundaries.
- Knowledge of Communication Systems.
- Proactive: Anticipates needs, suggests actions and drives progress rather than waiting for direction.
- Resilient: Comfortable pushing for outcomes and maintaining focus where priorities shift.
- Credible: Able to challenge senior stakeholders constructively and with confidence.
- Collaborative: Works effectively across organisational boundaries, leaders and diverse teams.
Desirable:
- Experience working within MOD, Defence Digital or similar government delivery environments.
- Knowledge of ways of working in MOD including KiD and GEAR.
- Experience of Integrated Test, Evaluation and Acceptance (ITEA) activities on large projects.
- Experience of Integrating, Testing and Acceptance into service in one or more military domains e.g. Maritime, Land, etc.
- Knowledge of Military Communications Satellite Systems.
About Aeropeople:
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