Engineering Lead

Engineering Lead Basingstoke

Are you an experienced Engineering Lead looking for your next big challenge? This is a fantastic opportunity to take ownership of the end-to-end engineering function for a major client programme - driving strategy, governance, and innovation across multiple technologies and suppliers.

As the Engineering Lead, you ll be at the heart of the customer s Design Authority, responsible for defining engineering standards, processes, and tooling that ensure consistent, high-quality delivery. You ll shape the technical direction, lead on automation initiatives, and make sure the engineering function delivers measurable value aligned with long-term business goals.

You ll also lead a thriving Engineering Community of Practice mentoring, guiding, and inspiring teams to adopt best practices and deliver exceptional outcomes. This is a senior, high-impact role that offers both strategic influence and hands-on leadership across complex, multi-supplier environments.

What we re looking for:

• Strong background in engineering leadership, governance, and process design

• Experience working across software, infrastructure, or service management disciplines

• Proven ability to define and embed automation and tooling strategies

• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills

What s in it for you:

• 26 days annual leave + public holidays

• Double-matched pension contributions (up to 10%)

• Life assurance and flexible benefits package

• Employee discounts, wellbeing support, and private medical/car allowance (role dependent)

This is your chance to make a real impact shaping the engineering strategy for a leading organisation and driving meaningful change.
Apply now to take your career to the next level.

Job Description

Engineering Lead

Location - Basingstoke

Your role will involve:

-As part of the customers Design Authority, take responsibility for all aspects of engineering process, governance, technology and strategy
-Define engineering processes, standards and guidance covering the end-to-end lifecycle of a variety of components (software, infrastructure, service management etc.), enabling the repeatable delivery of governed and assured products
-Enable engineering governance, working across multiple suppliers to ensure quality artefacts are produced to standards consistently
-Define engineering and automation tooling requirements and architecture, and support teams in the delivery of this technology and the supporting processes
-Deliver a vision and strategy around engineering, supporting the customers medium to long term business strategy
-Ensure the engineering function is delivering value to the customers business, achieving their strategic goals through delivery of engineering concepts, guidance and artefacts
-Attend Design Authority meetings, supporting the delivery of customer strategy and positioning Fujitsu in the correct way
-Manage the Engineering Community of Practise, leading a team of engineering focussed people to deliver the wider engineering function
-Utilise the opportunities presented on the programme to ensure Fujitsu grow and develop a strong automation capability, reusing lessons learnt on the programme and sharing knowledge with the wider business
-Deliver an engineering function that enables Fujitsu to deliver to its cost and time commitments
-Support teams on the programme to adopt engineering processes and tooling

26 Days annual leave plus public holidays (3 flexible)

Pension - Double matching contributions of up to 10%

Life assurance

Companywide incentive plans

Your choices (Flexible benefits such as increased holidays/ travel/ dental critical illness and more)

Perks at work - employee discounts

Employee assistance programme/ virtual GP

Role dependent benefits: Private medical/ company car or car allowance

We are a Disability Confident Employer and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role. Email (url removed) if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.

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