Engineering Management Lead

Role overview Lead engineering management operations for a team of analysts and supporting specialists working across naval and maritime programs. The role combines staff leadership with business intelligence, contract and financial oversight, planning, forecasting, and clear reporting for internal and client stakeholders.

Responsibilities - Lead a team of approximately 3–10 analysts and coordinate support resources such as engineers and logisticians. - Create and maintain task plans, schedules, forecasts, staffing plans, risk reviews, and technical deliverables with engineering leads. - Track budgets, labor funding, workloads, and deliverable status in coordination with program management teams. - Direct recurring and ad hoc client reporting, ensuring project and program updates are accurate and timely. - Improve reporting and forecasting processes; encourage effective use of spreadsheets, analytics, automation, and collaboration tools. - Hire, develop, and supervise staff, set clear objectives, and build team capability in documentation and operational procedures. - Contribute to technical proposals and growth efforts, and brief decision-makers on performance, cost, schedule, and risk.

Requirements - Bachelor’s degree in a related field. - U.S. citizenship and an active Secret security clearance. - Experience briefing decision-makers on complex business issues and their performance, cost, schedule, and risk implications. - Strong analytical, writing, interpersonal, and presentation skills, including preparation of technical reports. - Ability to support growth in naval engineering and financial management work. - Proficiency with Microsoft 365 in the specified government collaboration environment.

Nice to have - Ten years as an engineering lead or key lead on a naval or maritime team supporting projects of at least 10 full-time equivalents. - Master’s degree in mechanical engineering or business. - Knowledge of naval architecture, marine engineering, Navy enterprise resource planning, Microsoft database tools, or advanced Microsoft applications.

Benefits and work setup Full-time role with up to 10% local travel. The source describes a workforce spanning onsite, hybrid, and remote arrangements, plus flexible time off, learning resources, and a broad benefits package.