Engineering Delivery Manager

Engineering Delivery Manager / Operations Delivery ManagerDerby, UKFull time Permanent Hire (HYBRID role)HYBRID role: 3 days/Week Onsite at customer site (Plymouth)Required Skills:Degree in an engineering or technical discipline, or equivalent industry experience.Proven experience managing engineering delivery or technical teams in Defence, regulated or safety - critical environments.Strong understanding of engineering documentation workflows, engineering data management, technical records and multi - disciplinary inputs (e.g. drawings, schematics, reports, inspections, calculations).Demonstrated ability to drive improvements in quality, efficiency and consistency across technical workstreams.Strong understanding and experience of Continuous Improvement and LEAN principles.Excellent communication and customer - facing skills with a service - oriented mindset.Experience balancing delivery throughput, team wellbeing and customer expectations.Confident leading or coordinating distributed teams.Key Responsibilities:Monitor workflow throughput, remove bottlenecks and drive predictable, efficient delivery.Deliver consistent, high - quality engineering outputs including data updates, documentation, diagrams and drawings.Maintain strong quality assurance and configuration control across all deliverables.Oversee multi - discipline inputs (mechanical, electrical, civil) to ensure alignment with customer requirements.Keep engineering records and information accurate, organised and easy for the customer to access.Lead productivity and continuous - improvement initiatives to streamline processes and enhance efficiency.Build and maintain positive customer relationships, acting as a reliable and service - focused point of contact.Identify and shape new workstream opportunities, piloting and growing the service offering.Communicate effectively across locations and travel as needed to maintain strong stakeholder relationships.Champion a continuous-improvement culture, to drive efficiency and optimization.TPBN1_UKTJ