A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a 12 Month Fixed Term. We are looking for a proven leader who is passionate about managing the performance and development of our people. An engineering background or qualification is essential but a passion, focus, drive and vision to lead a team to deliver successfully is equally important.Your role will be to:Support/Lead change programmes to meet a dynamic environment delivering equipment critical to the defence of our nation and its front line forces. Deliver high quality development and performance evaluations in order to maximise the potential of our people for today and for the future.Lead the development and harmonisation of processes that are fit for the rapid development of cutting edge technologies.Monitor, review and report progress against technical and schedule deadlines with support from a technical delivery leads and functional team leaders.With the help of our Technical Expert community, reinforce technical excellence through robust design activity.Support the recruitment process to meet our workload and skills needs.Motivate people/teams to pull together to deliver through challenging technical and time bound environments What we''re looking for from you:Ideally, degree qualified with a solid background in EngineeringSignificant evidence of leadership experience with teams and individualsExperience of defining, implementing and embedding strategic direction by providing a clarity of vision and mission.Ability to lead ..... full job details .....