Location
London with a hybrid working arrangement, typically 3 days a week in the office and flexible remote working. Occasional travel to multiple locations throughout the UK depending on contract needs.

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Negotiable

About the Role
Due to continued growth within CEL, Costain’s in-house Engineering Services team, we are seeking an Aviation Delivery Manager to lead the delivery of multi-disciplinary engineering services across various project sites and frameworks within the London & South East regional area. You will work closely with Engineering Discipline Leads to shape value propositions and be accountable for the successful delivery of engineering services across Costain’s portfolio of Aviation projects through effective deployment of people, processes, and systems. This role offers an integral opportunity to drive Costain’s growth and strategic objective of being an engineering-led business within the Aviation sector. The position supports a hybrid working model promoting wellbeing and flexibility.

Responsibilities
- Collaborate with Discipline Managers and Aviation Sector teams to understand the engineering services pipeline and maximise internal delivery opportunities.
- Accurately forecast resource requirements across multiple disciplines to support successful project delivery and recruitment.
- Ensure team skillsets and resources align with current and future project demands.
- Lead the delivery of multi-disciplinary engineering services across Aviation projects and contracts, managing Project Engineering Managers to optimise team operations.
- Define and adhere to scope, budgets, and programmes, monitoring progress and reporting to senior management, sectors, and clients.
- Work with Discipline Managers to ensure technically compliant, quality-controlled designs meeting scope and regulatory requirements.
- Contribute to the development and maintenance of corporate technical management systems, including digital integration.
- Proactively resolve complex technical and delivery issues.
- Collaborate strategically with the Aviation Sector to forecast demand, identify client opportunities, and support winning bids.
- Manage engineering budgets and resource requirements for tender activities, ensuring internal governance compliance.
- Facilitate communication of technical risks and opportunities.
- Oversee design change management to minimise unnecessary scope variation.
- Lead a design delivery culture emphasizing ownership and accountability.
- Embed lessons learned and continuous improvement principles across engineering services.

Experience
- Proven background managing delivery of engineering services on complex projects within the UK Aviation sector.
- Successful track record managing complex engineering scopes to budget and programme with effective change management.
- Experience managing multi-disciplinary engineering teams, workload, resource demand, and skillsets.
- Significant engineering design experience within relevant disciplines.
- Authority in multiple design and construction systems and process models (e.g. plan of work).
- Experienced technical manager capable of reviewing technical quality and compliance of design deliverables.
- Understanding of key technical concepts across engineering design disciplines such as civil, mechanical, and electrical.
- Experience setting up and running design, assurance, and reporting processes on large projects.
- Knowledge of Aviation sector clients, challenges, opportunities, and procurement/contract strategies.

About you
- Strong leadership skills with the ability to drive a culture of ownership and accountability.
- Strategic thinker with excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Proactive problem solver with a focus on continuous improvement.
- Collaborative team player able to work across disciplines and sectors.

Qualifications
- Degree qualification in a relevant engineering discipline.
- Chartered Engineer status (ICE, IMechE, IStructE, IET, CIOB, CIHT, or equivalent).

Desirable
- Experience setting up, leading, or operating project engineering delivery aspects such as design workflows, information management systems, and quality controls.