Project Engineering Lead

Job Description:

Salary: £60,000 - £70,000

Leonardo UK operates a grade-based salary framework with broad bands. The salary range shown reflects the approved grade band for this role, or a narrower hiring range published within that band, and is benchmarked against the external market. Exceptions above the standard range are managed through governance controls to protect internal equity.

Your impact

Leonardo is seeking a Project Engineering Lead (PEL) within its Customer Support and Service Solutions (CS3) business as part of the Fast Jet Sector–Tornado Nose Radar/Captor Hardware Technical Support team. In this role, you will lead and manage day-to-day engineering delivery for Tornado Nose Radar (TNR) and aspects of Typhoon support, providing technical leadership across design modifications, production, test equipment, and training for Captor-M and Tornado systems. You will oversee technical queries and defect investigations, while contributing to the ongoing development and delivery of in-service support solutions to ensure continued availability for end users.

The role will be working onsite four days per week at our Edinburgh site (Monday to Thursday, and work from home of Friday.)

Key Responsibilities include;

• Coordinate and manage technical support work packages, regularly reporting on progress and health.
• Lead and oversee the TNR support team, ensuring effective delivery of project demands.
• Drive Leonardo UK–led TNR support activities for Tornado programmes.
• Contribute to and support Integrated Project Team (IPT) meetings to ensure successful outcomes.
• Deliver against commitments to internal and external customers and partners, building strong working relationships.
• Mentor, manage, and develop team members to enhance performance and capability.
• Allocate engineering tasks effectively, ensuring resources are in place to meet delivery needs.
• Provide engineering input, solutions, and estimates for bids and proposal activities.
• Ensure project compliance with company policies and lifecycle management processes through appropriate reviews.

What you’ll bring;

Essential;

• Good engineering background, with experience in working in industry defence or government contracts.
• Excellent leadership skills and experience in managing and motivating a multi-disciplined team.
• A confident communicator and presenter, with the ability to engage with and influence multiple internal and external stakeholders at junior and senior levels.
• Excellent literacy and numeracy skills.

Desirable;

• Understanding of technical support of military aircraft in service at ML1/ML2/ML3/ML4 facilities.

This is not an exhaustive list, and we are keen to hear from you even if you might not have experience in all the above. The most important skill is a good attitude and willingness to learn.

Security Clearance

This role is subject to pre-employment screening in line with the UK Government’s Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS). An additional range of Personnel Security Controls referred to as National Security Vetting (NSV) may apply, this could include meeting the eligibility requirements for The Security Check (SC) or Developed Vetting (DV). For more information and guidance please visit: https://careers.uk.leonardo.com/gb/en/security-and-vetting

Why join us

At Leonardo, our people are at the heart of everything we do. We offer a comprehensive, company-funded benefits package that supports your wellbeing, career development, and work–life balance. Whether you're looking to grow professionally, care for your health, or plan for the future, we’re here to help you thrive.

• Time to Recharge: Enjoy generous leave with the opportunity to accrue up to 12 additional flexi-days each year.
• Secure your Future: Benefit from our award-winning pension scheme with up to 15% employer contribution.
• Your Wellbeing Matters: Free access to mental health support, financial advice, and employee-led networks championing inclusion and diversity (Enable, Pride, Equalise, Armed Forces, Carers, Wellbeing and Ethnicity).
• Rewarding Performance: All employees at management level and below are eligible for our bonus scheme.
• Never Stop Learning: Free access to 4,000+ online courses via Coursera and LinkedIn Learning.
• Refer a friend: Receive a financial reward through our referral programme.
• Tailored Perks: Spend up to £500 annually on flexible benefits including private healthcare, dental, family cover, tech & lifestyle discounts, gym memberships and more.
• Flexible working: Flexible hours with hybrid working options. For part time opportunities, please talk to us about what might be possible for this role.

For a full list of our company benefits please visit our website.

Leonardo is a global leader in Aerospace, Defence, and Security. Headquartered in Italy, we employ over 53,000 people worldwide including 8,500 across 9 sites in the UK. Our employees are not just part of a team—they are key contributors to shaping innovation, advancing technology, and enhancing global safety.

At Leonardo we are committed to building an inclusive, accessible, and welcoming workplace. We believe that a diverse workforce sparks creativity, drives innovation, and leads to better outcomes for our people and our customers. If you have any accessibility requirements to support you during the recruitment process, just let us know.

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