FCAS Head of Systems Design

Head of FCAS Systems Design Co-Ordination inside IR35 can be based out of Stevenage or Bristol or Bolton

Candidates must be eligible for UK Eyes Only SC

Skillset/experience required:

• Demonstrable ability to form and maintain strong relationships within both the sector and with our external partners
• Strong leadership to be able to develop individuals roles on project and ensure they have the right opportunities
• Excellent understanding of multiple stakeholder needs and how these align within a wider business context to aid effective decision making
• Ability to influence and drive a narrative
• Fantastic attention to detail along with excellent organisational and communication skills

Overview of department:

FCAS is one of the largest, most exciting and challenging programmes within Defence - to design and deliver a Future Combat Air Programme for the RAF in record time. The key cornerstone of FCAS is the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP), which sees the UK working with our international partners Italy and Japan. FCAS and GCAP combined present a unique opportunity to influence the design of the platform and wider system to reflect a new approach to weapon integration and employment of effects rather than just traditional integration of effectors to an existing platform.

The FCAS portfolio consists of a number of different projects and contracts looking at different areas within Combat Air. Client is involved in a number of these projects including the TEMPEST project, where some novel technologies are being explored, the main UK FCAS Acquisition Programme, as well as the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP).

This is a fantastic opportunity to join the FCAS Programme within the Systems Delivery Coordination area as the Head of FCAS Systems Engineering Co-ordination.

As the Head of FCAS Systems Engineering Co-ordination you would support a team of 70 engineers, a highly visible role that would report directly to the Chief Systems Engineer (CSE) and also deputise for them within client our external partners and the Customer.

This role will have responsibility to define sector wide engineering process and will ensure co-ordination over the CSE organisation.

This is an exciting role that reaches across FCAS

Responsibilities:

• Senior Engineering manager for System Products & Technologies Task Group (CSE owned Task Group - SPaT)
• Support with recruitment
• Support the team with effective development plans
• Manage mobility within the team
• Lead the Systems Design Co-Ordination & Transversals Team (SDCaT Team)
• Line management of team within SDCaT
• Ownership of activities assigned to SDCaT:
• Human Factors management and co-ordination
• Through Life Services
• Safety
• Product Security
• Weapon Integration
• Manage programme wide engineering governance
• Ownership of Project gates and design reviews
• Ownership of Engineering Management Plan and Systems Engineering Management Plan
• Management of Stakeholders
• Manage relationship with BAE (customer for FCAS)
• Manage relationship with MOD
• Manage relationship with MBDA internal stakeholders
• Bid and long term planning for SDCaT
• Provide technical review of the outputs from SPaT

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