Fortress Recruit are supporting a leading defence engineering business in the recruitment of a Head of Engineering, providing functional leadership across the engineering organisation and ensuring engineering capability, resource and output are aligned to programme and business requirements. Key responsibilities will include: Taking overall responsibility for the day-to-day leadership and performance of the engineering function Leading and coordinating engineering Team Leads across mechanical, electrical, electronics and systems/software disciplines Ensuring engineering resource is effectively aligned to live programmes, customer requirements and business priorities Taking ownership of engineering workload prioritisation and resource allocation across multiple concurrent programmes Leading the engineering function in supporting programme delivery and achievement of key milestones Taking a proactive approach to identifying and resolving resource, delivery and technical challenges Leading the development and capability building of the engineering team Ensuring appropriate engineering processes, controls and governance are in place and consistently applied Leading continuous improvement across engineering processes, ways of working and team performance Working closely with PMO, Operations, Production, Quality and other business functions to maintain alignment and delivery Acting as a key interface between Engineering, PMO and wider business functions Ensuring engineering best ..... full job details .....