As we move towards the end of the year, the UK job market is showing signs of stabilising.
According to recent figures 111,920, new jobs were posted on a leading job board in September — up 18% month-on-month (MoM).
There has also been significant growth across key sectors, including IT (+26%), education (+41%), and transport and logistics (+46%).
If you’re ready to find a new role before Christmas, Gregory Martin is here to support your search.
Do you have a background in Operational Analysis, Operational Research or Supporting Government Approvals?
If you’re looking to take the next step in your career and join a growing team, Gregory Martin is currently looking to fill a number of roles for a leading company in the government and defence sector in Bristol. The company has a track record of success, as a trusted partner to customers within highly regulated Government programmes.
Their first role is for a Principal Consultant in Operational Analysis.
This hybrid role pays a salary of £70K-£80K plus bonus, pension, medical and many benefits.
Their Operational Analysis team uses modelling, analysis, domain knowledge and approvals expertise to provide the evidence to make better decisions, in support of their customers within the defence and space sectors.
As a Principal Consultant your focus will be developing:
- Training and Development: Coaching people on the use of Operational Analysis tools and techniques.
- Staying at the forefront of the profession, they encourage career development through attendance to conferences, steering committees and tailored training and development as and when required.
- Business Development: Supporting Account Leads by writing technical approaches within bids and presenting to prospective customers.
- Collaborating with Account Leads to identify the need for new capability across all their customers.
- Technical Assurance: Working on projects, providing technical guidance and review to ensure project deliverables are of a high quality and meet customers’ expectations.
The right candidate will have experience in:
- Delivering Operational Analysis, Approvals Assurance, Decision Support and/or Modelling and Simulation in a consultancy context.
- Writing analysis documentation (e.g OASP, COA) or business cases.
- Providing technical guidance and reviews to ensure project deliverables are of a high quality and meet customers’ expectations.
- Leading teams in a consultancy setting.
- Working within the public sector with knowledge of government processes.
- Managing a variety of stakeholders both internally and externally.
- Mentoring employees across all grades.
- Contributing and leading successful bids/technical proposals.
They are also seeking a Principal Consultant for Systems and Supportability Engineering, a hybrid role also in Bristol.
The right applicant for this role will be someone who has a consultancy or defence background, with the ability to work autonomously or within engineering and cross-functional teams.
You will be someone with firm understanding of requirements management across all Defence Lines of Development, with experience across Operating Domains. You should have a positive, flexible and self-motivated attitude, and be keen to develop yourself and others within the team.
The right candidate will have experience in:
- Integrated Logistical Support, MBSE, and Engineering governance in a consultancy context.
- Management within the UK MOD (Frontline Commands or Delivery Agents),
- Knowledge of the UK acquisition framework (e.g. Business Cases, URD, SRD, CONEMP/CONUSE, ITEAP, etc.)
- Experience of DOORS/Dimensions RM software to support requirements management.
- Understanding of modern SE approaches like MBSE.
- Understanding of complex systems of system projects and programmes, especially with respect to integration activities and SoS performance setting and acceptance.
The role pays £70,000 to £80,000 along with bonuses, a pension, medical and many benefits.
Gregory Martin is also seeking a Systems Engineer – Defence, Maritime, Air, Land, Joint S&T and Defence Digital Projects.
They are looking for driven, adaptable professionals with a background in consultancy or defence—people who thrive in both independent roles and collaborative, cross-functional teams.
If you're passionate about solving complex problems and shaping the future of defence systems, this role could be for you.
You will play a pivotal role in the MOD programme across the CADMID cycle and in a number of domains, providing expert consultation to design, develop, and integrate complex systems and technologies.
They are looking for Systems Engineers with broad expertise as well as a specialism in one or more disciplines, including:
- System Design and Architecture
- Requirements Engineering and Management
- Stakeholder Collaboration System of Systems (SoS) Integration and Testing
- Risk Management
- Regulatory Compliance
- Technology Evaluation
- Documentation and Reporting
Also based in Bristol, this hybrid role pays a salary of £45K-£55K plus bonus, pension, medical and various other benefits.
For more details on any of these roles, simply contact Gregory Martin today.
01252 710215.