We’ll inspire and empower you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed – today and into tomorrow.  We offer an exciting range of opportunities to develop your career within a supportive and diverse team who always strive to do the right thing for our people, clients and communities.

People are our greatest asset, and we offer a competitive package to retain and attract the best talent. 

In addition to the benefits you’d expect, UK employees also receive free single medical cover and digital GP service, family-friendly benefits such as enhanced parental leave pay and free membership of employee assistance and parental programmes, plus reimbursement towards relevant professional development and memberships. We also give back to our communities through our Collectively program which incorporates matched-funding, paid volunteering time and charitable donations.

Work-life balance and flexibility is a key focus area for us. We’re happy to discuss hybrid, part-time and flexible working hours, patterns and locations to suit you and our business.

About the Opportunity 
AT&R aim to provide world leading consultancy services across highly regulated industries.
Organised to be independent and free from conflict of interest, Assurance, Technology and Regulation (AT&R) provide a range of trusted, evidence-based, support services to ensure that systems, technologies, and processes are safe, effective, compliant, and future-ready, across 3 main areas:

Independent Assurance - We provide risk based, proportionate, independent oversight and assurance of whether a project, process, system or product meets defined standards, requirements, or expectations. 
 

Research & Technology - We identify, define and execute programmes of Research and Technology to support the continued safe operation of some of the world’s most complex engineering challenges, including the UK Naval Nuclear Propulsion Programme.
 

Independent Regulator Support - A ring-fenced and independent organisation that supports regulators with assessments, audits, and guidance development.

With aspiration to grow, transform and evolve into new industries, locations and technologies.

About the Role
Come and join AT&R’s Leadership Team and take on a key role in defining and shaping the organisations technical capabilities and resources.  

The role is to leads and can take a strategic view across ALL operational strategies, supporting operational direction for the business set the direction and travel of a Technical Capability strategy, so that competence and delivery performance is maximized; with overall accountability for the results of the teams (science, engineering, project management). A strong understanding of the wider PU strategy is essential, to provide teams that can support across the service delivery areas, and any new work.   

This is a new role; responsible for setting a strategy, creating technical COE’s (Science, Engineering, Project Management), and aligning resource plans and allocation to business goals.  You will ensure the right capabilities are available, ultilised and prioritised to deliver across a matrix organization where both operational delivery and strategic growth objectives need to be achieved.   

There will be a continuous improvement aspect to the role, where you will deliver efficiency and competency improvements in areas such as collaboration, innovation and simplification, led primarily by the Transformation Team.  

This is a Leadership role, with Line Manager responsibility:

The Heads of Technical Capability (Science, Engineering, Project Management) are responsible for delivering the plan, and embedding it into daily activity.  They will inform the technical need, understand and interpret the technical capability plan, and work in an agile way to achieve results.  They will also evaluate the current effectiveness of technical capabilities, having a deep understanding of the capability and capacity of team members. 

Responsibilities 

• Leads and can take a strategic view across ALL AT&R strategies, supporting direction for the business

• As a lead team, create, maintain and own the AT&R strategy, and develop into a meaningful plan to ensure it is clearly articulated and understood across the organisation

• Create, maintain and deliver the Technical Capability strategy, and develop into a meaningful plan to ensure it is clearly articulated and understood across the team.

• Communicate the technical capability vision and strategy

• Develop and executes capability strategies and plans that align with the overall AT&R goals

• Optimize the use of technical capability resources across projects and contracts

• Prioritise capabilities to meet the strategic goals and maximise effectiveness and efficiency 

• Ensure compliance with industry standards and regulations

• Provide technical guidance and leadership

• Delivers transformational change outputs through teams

• Drives innovation, collaboration, simplification by fostering a culture of continuous improvement within the teams

• Represents AT&R’s view across all operational and team areas

• Provides leadership and direction through senior managers and managers

• Is accountable for the performance and results of a division or region

• Fulfils role in keeping with business requirements for Leadership and Management

• Fulfils role in keeping with business requirements for health, safety, environment, security and quality

Here’s What You’ll Need  

• Masters degree (Level 7 or equivalent) in relevant technical subject

• Membership of a professional institution is desirable (Leadership)

• This role will require security clearance, therefore applicants should hold or be able to obtain security clearance in the UK.

Our Culture:

Our values stand on a foundation of safety, integrity, inclusion and diversity. We put people at the heart of our business, and we genuinely believe that we all succeed by supporting one another through our culture of caring. We value positive mental health and a sense of belonging for all employees.  

We aim to embed inclusion and diversity in everything we do. We know that if we are inclusive, we’re more connected, and if we are diverse, we’re more creative. We accept people for who they are, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, mental health, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you’re pregnant or on family leave. This is reflected in our wide range of Global Employee Networks centered on inclusion and diversity.

We partner with VERCIDA to help us attract and retain diverse talent. For greater online accessibility, please visit www.vercida.com to view and access our roles. As a Disability Confident employer, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for a vacancy. We welcome applications from candidates who are seeking flexible working and from those who may not meet all the listed requirements for a role.

If you require further support or reasonable adjustments with regards to the recruitment process (for example, you require the application form in a different format), please contact the team

Amentum is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our hiring practices provide equal opportunity for employment without regard to race, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding), age, ancestry, United States military or veteran status, color, religion, creed,  marital or domestic partner status, medical condition, genetic information, national origin, citizenship status, low-income status, or mental or physical disability so long as the essential functions of the job can be performed with or without reasonable accommodation, or any other protected category under federal, state, or local law. Learn more about your rights under Federal laws and supplemental language at Labor Laws Posters.