Project Engineering Manager
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£55,000
(£28.21 per hour)
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Description
Location: Portsmouth, PO1 3LT
Salary: Competitive plus excellent benefits
Schedule: Full time, permanent
Ready to impact a better future?
As a Project Engineering Manager in our Maritime Services team, you’ll lead on technical decisions that keep our small boats fleet mission-ready and safe. Your work will directly support defence operations and ensure vessels remain operational for critical tasks.
You’ll play a key role in delivering engineering solutions that make a positive impact on communities and national security, while working with a team that values innovation and collaboration.
You’ll Be Entrusted To
What you’ll do as a Project Engineering Manager
Salary: Competitive plus excellent benefits
Schedule: Full time, permanent
Ready to impact a better future?
As a Project Engineering Manager in our Maritime Services team, you’ll lead on technical decisions that keep our small boats fleet mission-ready and safe. Your work will directly support defence operations and ensure vessels remain operational for critical tasks.
You’ll play a key role in delivering engineering solutions that make a positive impact on communities and national security, while working with a team that values innovation and collaboration.
You’ll Be Entrusted To
What you’ll do as a Project Engineering Manager
- Act as the technical point of contact for the customer, end user and project technical team.
- Triage technical issues across the fleet of vessels and recommend a course of action for resolution.
- Develop, review, refine and prioritise multiple technical scopes of work in collaboration with suppliers, OEMs, and the customer.
- Oversee the engineering implementation of upgrades and modifications onboard vessels.
You’ll be a great fit for this role if you have…
- Flexible to travel around the UK.
- IEng, C Eng, HNC/HND or working towards; or senior seagoing Marine Engineering qualifications
- Experience in a technical role of an In-Service Support contract and ideally within the defence industry.
- In depth knowledge of marine systems on small boats, including mechanical, structural and electrical
- Knowledge of planned maintenance systems
- Experience of design for modification
- Experience working to Health and Safety standards/regulations and ensuring best practices for all working environments.
- Experience working with or in boatyards
- Experience managing subcontractors with a demonstrated ability to manage complex stakeholder relationships and contractual obligations.
- Knowledge of maritime regulatory standards.
- Strong background in quality assurance and technical oversight, with an understanding of audit, inspection, and compliance processes for vessel maintenance.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, capable of interacting effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
This role requires Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) clearance, which involves verifying your identity, employment history, nationality, and criminal record to meet government security standards. In addition, depending on the nature of the role, you may need to obtain formal Security Clearance (such as CTC or SC), which includes more detailed background checks on employment, criminal record, and financial history to ensure suitability for working in secure environments. Please note that UK residency requirements may apply for certain levels of clearance. You will also complete an Occupational Health Questionnaire so we can identify and provide any support you may need to undertake the role effectively.
Discover all you need to keep growing
We’re one of the top 1% of international employers, so you can have confidence you’ll be part of a highly supportive culture with leaders you can count on to help you achieve your goals. From mentoring and training to our focus on internal progression, we’re proud to offer clear development opportunities – and the support and tools to help you seize them.
What We Offer
- Holidays: Up to 25 days plus bank holidays (and the option to buy up to five additional leave days each year)
- Pension: Up to 6% contributory pension scheme
- Training and development: Over 1,100 internal courses available, funding for qualifications and apprenticeships (including L3 Team Leader and L5 Operations Manager apprenticeships), mentoring opportunities, and a focus on internal progression
- Health and wellbeing: Employee Assistance Programme, Bupa Anytime HealthLine, wellbeing app, 30% off at Serco-managed leisure centres, and 24/7 access to a virtual GP service
- Discounts: Discounts across around 1,000 retailers, from food and clothing to days out, entertainment and travel
- Charity: Paid volunteering day, tax-free charitable giving through Payroll Giving Scheme, donate your pennies from your monthly pay to the Serco People Fund Charity
- Employee networks: Our networks support inclusion and connection by providing spaces for collaboration, learning, and belonging. They represent and empower all our colleagues including LGBTQIA+ employees, women, parents and carers, people with disabilities, veterans, and people from all cultural backgrounds.
Let’s impact a better future, together. Apply today.
To discover more about our careers in Defence, meet our team, and to find out more about what we offer, please follow this Link. We’re also a signatory of the UK Governments Women in Defence Charter, to find out more please click here.
Please click on the apply button to complete your application. Occasionally we receive a large volume of applications for our roles and when that happens, we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.
At Serco, we see people first and foremost for their performance and potential. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive organisation that supports the needs of all. As such we will make reasonable adjustments at interview through to employment for our candidates and strongly encourage applications from a diverse candidate pool. We are open to discussions around flexibility and flexible working. As a proud Disability Confident Leader and holder of the Gold Inclusive Employer Standard, disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the job will be given the opportunity to demonstrate their abilities at an interview.
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To discover more about our careers in Defence, meet our team, and to find out more about what we offer, please follow this Link. We’re also a signatory of the UK Governments Women in Defence Charter, to find out more please click here.
Please click on the apply button to complete your application. Occasionally we receive a large volume of applications for our roles and when that happens, we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.
At Serco, we see people first and foremost for their performance and potential. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive organisation that supports the needs of all. As such we will make reasonable adjustments at interview through to employment for our candidates and strongly encourage applications from a diverse candidate pool. We are open to discussions around flexibility and flexible working. As a proud Disability Confident Leader and holder of the Gold Inclusive Employer Standard, disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the job will be given the opportunity to demonstrate their abilities at an interview.
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