Engineering Manager - Telecommunications

Join a specialist satellite communications and network solutions provider delivering advanced connectivity solutions for critical environments. The organisation is entering a period of significant growth following a major strategic partnership, offering the opportunity to play a key role within a close-knit, people-focused team. This company is seeking a Network Engineering Manager to lead and develop a team of seven engineers. The role focuses on people leadership, mentoring, and translating business requirements into successful delivery, making it ideal for someone with strong management skills and a solid networking background rather than deep technical specialisation. SC clearance eligibility is required. Don’t miss out on this exciting opportunity and apply today! Responsibilities:

• Leading, mentoring, and developing a team of seven engineers spanning a wide range of experience and technical maturity
• Receiving and managing work packages and tasking orders from senior leadership, ensuring structured delivery across the team
• Translating technical requirements into clear, actionable direction for engineers at varying skill levels
• Supporting the professional development of team members from entry level through to near-architect standard
• Contributing to the continued growth and cohesion of a close-knit, high-performing engineering team
• Collaborating with senior network architects on delivery planning and workstream prioritisation
• Maintaining SC clearance eligibility and adhering to security requirements appropriate to a defence and government-facing business

Skills/Must Have:

• Demonstrable experience in engineering team leadership and mentoring as a primary function - not a secondary responsibility alongside a technical role
• Solid networking fundamentals across switches, routers, and firewalls - sufficient to understand tasks, translate requirements, and lead engineers credibly
• Structured, calm leadership style with the ability to develop and retain engineers across a wide range of experience and seniority
• SC clearance eligibility as a minimum
• Based within commutable distance of Hereford or genuinely willing to relocate - the role is fully on-site five days a week

Desirable Skills:

• Ex-military background - the team and culture are predominantly ex-forces and candidates from this background will integrate quickly
• Satcom or LEO satellite awareness - Starlink and LEO panel familiarity useful given the core business
• AWS or cloud infrastructure experience - the business is actively onboarding with a major LEO cloud platform and AWS training is being built out from early next year
• PNT (Position, Navigation, Timing) experience - extremely rare and considered a significant differentiator

• Industry-leading profit-share bonus scheme: 10% of company profits distributed across all employees, weighted by salary and performance. Bonus payments have historically reached 40-90% of individual annual salary - figures are exceptional when the business performs well, and next year’s commercial pipeline is the strongest in the company’s history
• BUPA private healthcare
• Dental cover
• 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Birthday as a fully paid additional day off
• Free on-site gym
• Free parking
• Early Friday finish - the team wraps around 1pm
• First-class flights to international industry conferences
• Fully funded training and development including AWS courses being introduced next year, * Competitive (discussed on application)