New Business Engineering Lead

New Business Engineering Lead required for a long term contract assignment based in Stevenage or Bristol.

Candidates must be eligible to attain SC clearance to UK eyes only level.

Overview of department:
This is an excellent opportunity for someone with an engineering or systems integration background wanting to build on their experience by becoming the New Business Engineering Lead for a product line.
The role encompasses support to sales campaigns, leading the preparation of technical engineering proposals, delivering pre-contract technical studies and generating costed proposals in a diverse customer focussed environment.

Skillset/experience required:
* Ability to understand, scope and explain technical challenges and impacts derived from Customer needs and working with a broad range of engineering teams to ensure timely delivery of technical solutions, costed proposals and supporting engineering activities.
* Strong interpersonal and well-developed communication skills (written & verbal), both internally and working with the customer, with the ability to build relationships at all levels of the business
* Complementary experience and knowledge from the defence industry, broad engineering teams and/or export bidding activities.
* Strong Technical Project Management and facilitation skills in order to manage interdependencies and differing priorities and needs between multi-functional teams, resolving and diffusing arising conflicts and providing direction for inter-related issues.
* Passionate about winning new business, willing to work under pressure to meet demanding bid timescales and to travel if required.

Modis International Ltd acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and an employment business for the supply of temporary workers in the UK. Modis Europe Ltd provide a variety of international solutions that connect clients to the best talent in the world. For all positions based in Switzerland, Modis Europe Ltd works with its licensed Swiss partner Accurity GmbH to ensure that candidate applications are handled in accordance with Swiss law.

Both Modis International Ltd and Modis Europe Ltd are Equal Opportunities Employers.

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