Chief Engineer

Location: The role is primarily based in the UAE, with return travel to the UK included as part of an overseas package.

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Role Overview:

The Chief Engineer will play a critical role in leading the engineering efforts for a large-scale Supply Chain technology transformation in the Oil and Gas industry.

This position is a key part of the project leadership team, ensuring technical assurance, solution delivery, and engineering governance. The Chief Engineer will be responsible for end-to-end engineering execution, from project start-up to operations and closeout, including on-contract growth opportunities.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Provide technical leadership and mentorship across the project.
• Ensure technical assurance and solution delivery within quality, cost, and schedule constraints.
• Typically negotiates and compromises to convince internal and external parties to accept concepts, practices and approaches of the area.
• Define and manage engineering practices, principles, processes, and resources to align with contracted standards and corporate governance.
• Impacts functional strategy by developing new solutions, processes, standards or operational plans that position Leidos competitively in the marketplace.
• Identify the skills and staff requirements needed to execute the engineering solution.
• Oversee the effectiveness of engineering activities across the project lifecycle.
• Resolves highly complex and multi-dimensional problems requiring consideration of variables that impact multiple aspects of the project.
• Lead engagement with executive stakeholders, communicating design concepts, technical strategies, and project impact. Provides technical advice/input that impact strategic client outputs and Leidos business results.
• Direct and coordinate engineering teams to ensure successful system delivery and acceptance. Mentor and coach other technical staff.
• Requires highest knowledge and mastery of highly advanced technologies, scientific principles, theories and concepts. Viewed as a subject matter expert and within the field by peers within and outside the organisation.

Skills Required:

• Substantial prior relevant experience with Masters or Doctorate. May possess a Doctorate in technical domain 
• Chartered Engineer desirable
• Experience in large scale technology enabled process transformations
• Experience of ERP or Supply chain technologies. E.g. Oracle Fusion, SAP, MS Dynamics, Infor, IBM Sterling OMS, Blue Yonder, Dispatcher, Kinaxis, Coupa
• Knowledge of supply chain process, procedures and technology: Order capture, inventory management, Warehousing, Order management and planning; Transport Management
• Technology delivery for complex system of system architectures 
• Integration technologies: Software AG, Mulesoft IBM Cloud Pak for Integration, APIs
• Cyber Security

Desirable Skills:

• Agile Scrum Development – Experience working in agile teams and applying Scrum methodologies.
• Artificial Intelligence (AI) – Leveraging AI-driven methodologies for data analysis and decision-making.
• Atlassian JIRA – Managing project tasks using JIRA for Agile development tracking.
• C++ Programming Language: Writing and debugging C++ code to develop solutions.
• Cloud Computing – Understanding cloud architecture, security controls, and risk mitigation.
• Continuous Integration – Managing and contributing to automated build and test processes.
• Docker (Software): Designing and managing container applications in the Docker ecosystem.
• Embedded Systems: An embedded system is a combination of computer hardware and software designed for a specific function.
• Java: Using the Java programming language to create scalable code and software that support organizational projects.
• Jenkins (Software): Leveraging the Jenkins automation platform to streamline software development and support continuous integration and delivery efforts.
• Linux: Using an understanding of Linux operating systems to support various organizational needs, including by updating software and applications, ensuring efficiency, and monitoring system performance.
• Machine Learning: Programming and using artificial intelligence models to conduct predictive statistical analyses.
• Software Design: Conceptualizing and developing plans for implementing software solutions.
• Software Development: Designing computer programs or applications to solve problems or automate processes.
• Software Testing: Executing software to find any defects or bugs and validate it behaves as expected.
• Systems Integration: Connecting and integrating disparate software, hardware, or other systems into a single unified system.
• Technical Leadership – Leading and mentoring engineering teams on large-scale technology transformations.
• Stakeholder Communication – Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences, including executive leadership.

Clearance Requirements:

• BPSS Pre-screening required to Start

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What we do for you:
At Leidos we are PASSIONATE about customer success, UNITED as a team and INSPIRED to make a difference. We offer meaningful and engaging careers, a collaborative culture, and support for your career goals, all while nurturing a healthy work-life balance.
We provide an employment package that attracts, develops and retains only the best in talent. This unique reward scheme offers:

• Being based in UAE with customer
• 6 weeks in UAE then 2 weeks in UK (subject to customer need).  Possible 6/2wk rotation
• Hotels and food in UAE
• Medical and Dental in UAE
• Travel within UAE
• This is not a Income Tax free expat role at first but may become one in subsequent years.​

Commitment to Diversity:

We welcome applications from every part of the community and are committed to a truly diverse and inclusive culture.  We foster a sense of belonging, welcoming all perspectives and contributions, and providing equal access to opportunities and resources for everyone.  If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages please let us know, and we will respond in a way that best fits your needs.

Who We Are:

Leidos UK Logistics & Missions Support - Through thought leadership and innovation, Leidos delivers cutting-edge logistics solutions that mirror the end-to-end experience available from online retailers.

Leidos is a growing company delivering innovative technology and solutions focused on safeguarding critical capabilities and transformation in frontline services, our work in the United Kingdom includes addressing some of the most complex problems in defence, healthcare, government, safety and security, and transportation.

What Makes Us Different:

Purpose: you can use your passion and abilities at Leidos to keep the people you care about safe. We are at the forefront of machine learning, AI, cyber security and solutions. Using your skills in the technology frontline by helping to build a safer world.  You can inspire change.

Collaboration: having flexibility to do your job is one of our core benefits, enabling you to become part of our extraordinary team.  We have been empowering our people to work flexibly for years.  Whether you work from home, the office or on customer sites, we will give you the digital tools and the flexibility to work smarter and align your needs and ours.          

People: Leidos empowers people from every background to be themselves and gives you the tools to learn new skills by enabling growth whilst developing. We believe that extraordinary people need opportunities to grow, to be inspired and to inspire others. At Leidos, we invest in technical academies, career rotations and a career development plans that enhance your future.