Global Engineering Delivery Systems Engineering Lead
Babcock International Group
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Warrington • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
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Senior
About the role
- Champion a Centre of Excellence approach across Nuclear, Marine, Land, Aviation, and international operations
- Define and evolve strategies, frameworks, and governance that drive innovation, accelerate mobilisation, and strengthen delivery of complex programmes
- Ensure engineering teams are structured for consistent, efficient, scalable, and safe delivery
- Provide the best available capability, applying best practice approaches, and ensuring technical outcomes that minimise risk
- Define and evolve Systems Engineering strategy, endorsed practices, and role taxonomy
- Align talent to maximise impact and support enriched career pathways
- Design and operationalise pre-mobilisation and readiness processes to shorten mobilisation times
- Provide SME input into early gate reviews, mobilisation plans, and high-risk delivery reviews
- Create and lead communities of practice and technical forums to accelerate innovation and continuous improvement
Requirements
- Proven systems engineering experience in complex, multi-sector capital delivery or major programmes
- Ability to drive results through collaboration, ensuring enterprise success is achieved together
- Strong commercial acumen and ability to identify global market opportunities aligned to strategy
- Broad technical knowledge and innovative thinking using data and insights to optimise engineering capability
- Experience influencing at senior levels and delivering measurable improvements in engineering delivery
- Chartered Engineer (CEng) accreditation with a recognised Engineering Institution, or equivalent experience commensurate with the role
- Masters in Engineering/Science (MEng or equivalent) or Bachelor of Engineering/Science (BEng or equivalent)
Benefits
- Generous holiday allowance
- Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
- Car allowance, Private Medical Insurance, Annual Incentive Plan
- Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
- Employee share scheme and shopping savings portal
- Payment of Professional Fees
- Reservists receive 10-days special paid leave
- Holiday Trading and ‘Be Kind Day’ volunteering leave
- Flexible working options and a dynamic environment
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
systems engineeringcomplex programmesdata analysisengineering capabilitymobilisation strategiesrisk managementinnovation frameworkstechnical governanceprogramme deliveryrole taxonomy
Soft skills
collaborationcommercial acumeninfluencingleadershipcommunity buildingstrategic thinkingcontinuous improvementproblem-solvingcommunicationteam alignment
Certifications
Chartered Engineer (CEng)Masters in EngineeringBachelor of Engineering