SC Cleared Senior Project Engineer

We are currently hiring for an SC Cleared Senior Project Engineerfor an initial 6 months contract assignment.

Before applying for this role, please read the following information about this opportunity found below.

(Duration is very likely to extend).

You must hold current active SC Clearance.

This is a hybrid role of remote and office based.

At least 50% office base is required.

YOU MUST HOLD CURRENT ACTIVE SC CLEARANCE Project Engineer
- Digital Engineering Aerospace and Defence Experience is essential.

Demonstrable background delivering architecture within Defence Digital, or UK aerospace environments.

Job Purpose The Project Engineer is responsible for the technical execution and delivery of projects and initiatives.

Acting as the primary technical interface between engineering teams and Delivery Management, the Project Engineer coordinates project activities, manages technical risks and dependencies, and ensures successful delivery aligned with scope, schedule, quality, and business objectives.

Key Accountabilities and Objectives Coordinate technical activities across engineering teams and stakeholders.

Monitor project execution, risks, issues, assumptions, and dependencies.

Support the development and management of project plans and technical roadmaps.

Provide technical leadership and first-level technical decision making.

Act as the primary escalation point for engineering issues.

Manage technical interfaces with customers, suppliers, and internal teams.

Support project reporting, forecasting, and performance monitoring.

Ensure adherence to agreed engineering processes and standards.

Facilitate technical reviews and milestone assessments.

Actively provide and manage inputs to Artefact and Deliverable Lifecycle Management Track execution against project objectives and delivery milestones.

Contribute to effort estimation and resource planning activities.

Support workload prioritization and capacity management.

Escalate risks, issues, and schedule impacts appropriately.

Ensure project deliverables meet agreed quality criteria.

Governance Ensure compliance with engineering governance, processes, and standards.

Support configuration and change management activities.

Communicate project status, risks, and mitigation plans to stakeholders.

Collaborate with architects, engineers, and delivery teams to ensure alignment.

Essential Skills Project planning, scheduling, critical paths and milestones.

Integrated dependency and interface planning.

Risk, issue, assumption and change control.

Estimation, resource and capacity planning.

Progress measurement, forecasting and reporting. xwzovoh

Stakeholder coordination and facilitation.

Previous experience within the Aerospace and Devence industry (minimum 3 years)