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Technical Documents Manager

Last month

Tekever Bristol

Lead the development and lifecycle management of S1000D-compliant technical publications for Unmanned Air System programmes within an Integrated Logistics Support capability. Own the CSDB, data module structures and DMRL, liaise with customers and regulators on airworthiness requirements, and manage a technical authoring team through engineering change and configuration control.

Hybrid Clearance Required

IT Operations Lead

3 months ago

Tekever Bristol

Hands-on operational leadership role owning corporate IT operations, infrastructure delivery and service maturity across a co-managed MSP environment. Acts as senior escalation point for incidents and outages, overseeing networking, virtualisation, cloud, endpoint platforms and identity/access management while coordinating suppliers and security teams.

Modelling and Simulation Engineer

Last month

Callen Lenz Salisbury £40,000 – £50,000 pa

Working within the Air Vehicle Design team, you will conduct multi-disciplinary modelling and simulation, including aircraft performance analyses, flight dynamics modelling, control algorithm design and model validation against experimental test data. The role also involves building flight simulation and visualisation test environments, gathering data through bench and flight testing, and maintaining a library of reusable models and tools.

On-site Permanent Clearance Required

Program Finance Lead (R5328)

3 months ago

Shield AI London

Finance business partner for the Hivemind autonomy unit, building financial models for budgeting, forecasting and long-range planning, and tracking program costs, EAC updates and EVM performance. Works closely with program management and engineering on government defence contracts, plus month-end close, variance analysis and executive reporting.

Hybrid

Manager, Proposal and Capture

5 days ago

Anduril London

Owns the end-to-end bid and proposal process for a defence technology company, writing technical narratives, white papers and pricing strategies for UK government procurement. Works cross-functionally with engineering, legal, finance and business development, and maintains a reusable content library while tracking framework agreements and opportunities.

Clearance Required

Radar Instructor

3 weeks ago

Saab Fareham

Deliver operator and maintainer training on a portfolio of radar and sensor systems at UK and Swedish sites, plus customer locations worldwide. Develop and maintain course material, fault-find on customer systems, and feed into technical publications, working closely with internal and external stakeholders.

On-site Permanent Clearance Required

UAS Technical Lead

Last month

QinetiQ Salisbury £56,250 – £62,500 pa

Leads the technical success of uncrewed aerial systems projects, owning delivery to time, cost and quality while ensuring compliance with engineering policy. Coordinates trials, safety, quality and configuration roles, liaising with project managers and customers on technical progress and constraints.

Hybrid Clearance Required

UAS Training Manager

Last month

Callen Lenz Salisbury £50,000 pa

Lead and manage the flying training operations, designing, developing and delivering UAS training programmes for pilots, operators and customers. Ensure curriculum compliance with CAA, MAA and EASA standards, run audits and assessments, and manage a team of instructors while supporting safety and risk management.

On-site Permanent Clearance Required

Quality Manager

3 weeks ago

Tekever Swindon

Hands-on quality management role leading day-to-day assurance within a Swindon manufacturing operation, establishing controlled processes that meet AS9100 and ISO 9001. Involves FAIRs and AS9102, nonconformance control, root-cause analysis (5 Whys, Ishikawa, 8D), audits and Kaizen improvement, working with Manufacturing Engineering, Production and Supply Chain.

Hybrid

Security Operations Lead

Last week

Tekever Swindon

Lead day-to-day security operations across people, facilities, technology and assets, reporting to the Head of Security. Build operating models, procedures and incident response playbooks, manage guarding contracts and physical security systems, and support defence and government requirements across UK and international sites.

Clearance Required

Composites Manager

3 weeks ago

Tekever Swindon

Build and run a composites manufacturing capability from scratch for drone airframe structures, covering facility layout, equipment commissioning, pre-preg lay-up, tooling, cure, trim and inspection. Recruit and lead the shop-floor team, own quality, safety and production rate, and transfer best practice across European plants.

Hybrid Clearance Required

Business Development Manager

Last month

Callen Lenz Salisbury £60,000 – £75,000 pa

Owns the full business winning lifecycle for a UAS and aerospace company, from market analysis and strategy through opportunity development, capture leadership and deal closure. Leads capture teams, develops Price to Win and business cases, and manages customer and stakeholder relationships across government and industry.

On-site Permanent

IT Support Analyst

3 months ago

Callen Lenz Salisbury £32,000 – £36,000 pa

Hands-on end-user support role covering hardware, software, Microsoft 365 administration and Virtual Desktop Infrastructure, alongside incident response, service requests and user administration. The position also involves building and configuring laptops, desktops and smartphones, contributing to IT projects and service improvements, and maintaining documentation within a growing aerospace-focused IT team.

On-site Permanent Clearance Required

Business Development Campaign Lead

9 months ago

Callen Lenz Salisbury £55,000 – £65,000 pa

Focuses on UAS Deep Effects, identifying and developing new defence opportunities while shaping the company's business development strategy. Involves building campaign plans, a qualified opportunity pipeline, and relationships with Army HQ, Field Army and wider defence networks, plus consultancy across defence programmes. Requires deep UK Defence and NATO UAS/Deep Fires domain expertise and security clearance eligibility.

On-site Permanent Clearance Required

Fleet & Asset Coordinator

5 days ago

Callen Lenz Salisbury £30,000 – £35,000 pa

Primary point of contact for vehicle and asset activities, coordinating maintenance, inspections, repairs and compliance across a fleet of small cars to large vans and trailers. Maintains the asset register, tracks allocation and condition, manages key control and issue/return inspections, and liaises with garages, leasing providers and insurers to keep everything operational and audit-ready.

On-site Permanent Clearance Required

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