Project Engineer

Project Engineer Company: Boeing Defence United Kingdom Limited This post is for a Project Engineer reporting to the BDUK Vertical Lift (VL) Project Engineering Manager. The role will assist the BDUK VL Chief Programme Engineers (CPEs) by supporting the delivery of the Rotary Wing Enterprise (RWE) programme objectives, ensuring that assigned activities are appropriately coordinated, managed and reported. This role is primarily based at Yeovil, with Bristol offered as a secondary work location. The role will involve occasional travel to other BDUK and customer sites, and options exist for hybrid working. Position Responsibilities: • Providing coordination to engineering teams representing multiple skill areas, which may include internal and external resources and customers. • Developing and maintaining internal and external Statements of Work (SOWs) to satisfy current and emerging RWE programme requirements. • Championing systems engineering best practice in the management of the RWE programme requirements hierarchy, ensuring that requirements are of a good quality with an associated compliance verification strategy, are allocated appropriately, and have adequately traceability between the different requirement tiers. • Working with programme leadership to obtain required approvals to ensure business continuity for tasks relating to the proposed delivery of the RWE contracted service. • Coordinating RWE future state and ‘additional tasking’ project proposal development activities, and ensuring the engineering leadership team are aware of associated proposal gate milestones and objectives. • Identifying metrics and reporting to VL programme leadership to provide a status of functional performance. • Comparing actual results to baseline plans to assess project performance, efficiencies, productivity and lessons learned. • Planning, identifying, and coordinating resources required to support the RWE programme through the management of functional resource requirements and reporting into status reviews. • Responding to changes to SOWs, assessing the impact and negotiating proposed changes to determine modifications to deliverables, resources, costs and schedules. • Providing technical coordination for the development and execution of the project deliverables. • The tailoring and application of engineering initiatives, best practices and quality processes. • Contributing to Continuous Improvement. • Risk, Issues and Opportunities management.   Employer will not sponsor applicants for employment visa status.   Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience): • A Degree level (or equivalent) qualification in Engineering, Systems Engineering, or an engineering related field, with experience in requirements management for systems and / or services. • Knowledge of the Chinook and/or Apache rotorcraft platforms. • Experience in Project Planning and Management; Excellent SE knowledge and skills, Good IT skills; Excellent Customer Facing Skills Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience): • Registration with the Engineering Council as an Incorporated or Chartered Engineer (IEng or CEng), or the ability to demonstrate a credible route to IEng or CEng accreditation. • Knowledge of Military Airworthiness Authority (MAA) Regulatory Articles.   Relocation: This position does not offer relocation. Candidates must live in the immediate area or relocate at their own expense.   What Boeing offers you: The Boeing benefits package goes above and beyond, focusing on your physical, emotional, financial and social well-being. Here’s a snapshot of what we offer: • Competitive salary and annual incentive plans • Continuous learning - you’ll develop the approach and skills to navigate whatever comes next • Success as defi