Job Description
Job Title
Divisional Lead Engineer (Digital & AI)
Department
System Solutions Team
Location
UK
Reports to
Divisional Digital Lead
Contract Type
Permanent, Full Time
Job Purpose
This is a founding role in a brand-new Digital and AI Engineering team at Kingspan Insulated Panels. You will be the technical leader responsible for shaping how we build AI-powered solutions from the ground up. Reporting directly to the Divisional Digital Lead, you will own the technical direction, lead a small digital & AI engineering squad, and be hands-on in building solutions that integrate AI into real business processes.
This is not a pure management role. You will be a player-coach, spending approximately 50 to 60 percent of your time writing code and making architecture decisions, with the remaining time dedicated to leading, mentoring, and managing delivery.
You will be joining at the very start of our AI engineering journey, meaning you will have genuine influence over ways of working, and the culture of the team as it grows.
Key Accountabilities
Technical Leadership
Own the technical architecture and design of AI-powered solutions across the division.
Make and document key technology decisions, covering frameworks, patterns, and tooling.
Establish coding standards, review processes, and engineering best practices for the team.
Design scalable and secure solutions that integrate across complex enterprise landscapes, including multiple ERP systems and data platforms.
Lead the adoption and effective use of AI-assisted development tools, including Kiro as the primary IDE.
Hands-On Development
Actively contribute to solution development, building features and prototypes alongside the team.
Build and integrate AI capabilities using AWS Bedrock, including prompt engineering, RAG pipelines, and AI agent development.
Develop modern web applications using Next.js, React, and Node.js.
Write clean, well-tested, and maintainable code that sets the standard for the rest of the team.
Team Leadership and Mentoring
Line manage a small team.
Mentor and develop team members, with particular focus on supporting the apprentice through their learning journey.
Run day-to-day delivery including sprint planning, stand-ups, retrospectives, and backlog management.
Foster a culture of quality, collaboration, and continuous learning.
Quality and Governance
Champion a shift-left approach to quality where testing is embedded in development, not a separate activity.
Enforce automated testing standards across all deliverables, covering unit, integration, and API tests.
Work closely with the Cloud Infrastructure team under a hybrid DevOps model to ensure robust CI/CD pipelines and secure deployments.
Act as the security and governance champion, ensuring all solutions meet the requirements of the internal review board.
Ensure responsible AI practices are followed, including output validation and bias awareness.
Stakeholder Engagement
Translate complex technical concepts into clear language for non-technical stakeholders.
Present to and support the internal review board on technical and security matters.
Collaborate with the Divisional Digital Lead on roadmap planning and prioritisation.
Work with the Cloud Infrastructure team to agree boundaries, standards, and shared tooling.
This list is not exhaustive and other duties may be required that are within the capabilities of the post holder.
Governance & Enablement
Ensure all AI solutions comply with data protection regulations and internal governance frameworks
Support the rollout of AI tools to business users through training, documentation, and pre-configured agent templates
Collaborate with IT security teams to maintain compliance with group policies and security standards
Champion responsible AI practices and contribute to the AI governance framework
Ensure the site is compliant to Group Standards and Policies
To ensure compliance with the requirements of ISO 9001, 14001, 45001 & 50001 accreditations and all…