Engineering Work Package Manager
Engineering Work Package Manager
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Engineering Work Package Manager
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Engineering Work Package Manager within Thales Optronics and Missile Electronics (OME). The successful candidate will initially undertake the role of an Engineering Work Package Manager in the Air business.
As an Engineering Work Package Manager you will work in collaboration with the Programme Managers the Engineering Delivery Managers the Head of Engineering Delivery and the wider engineering team to ensure delivery of the engineering projects.
In this role you will be responsible for:
- leading high performing multidiscipline engineering teams to generate engineering solutions that meet the Customer needs
- contributing to and working to the defined engineering delivery strategy and resource profile based on the engineering estimates to ensure the delivery of the project
- authoring the Work Package Description with the WP team based on the project structure and customer requirements
- identifying deliverables milestones and interdependencies with other WPs
- establishing the schedule and the estimates based on a viable solution and identify the necessary resources and their availability
- initialising the risk and opportunity register and the work package baseline using the relevant key project tools
- managing the interfaces with the overall delivery strategy for the wider programme
- defining the organisation and work breakdown required to deliver to the Customer needs
- working with the Engineering Delivery Manager to define and be accountable for meeting cost schedule and quality for the engineering aspects of the programme
- the planning and prioritisation of activities required to deliver solutions to the contract schedule costs and quality
- day to day management of the engineering teams activities ensuring proactive management of issues opportunities and risks
- managing and reporting of the engineering efficiency for the project
- the identification of reuse opportunities across the project
- people management for the engineering team on the project and provide feedback into the people manager reviews with the functional discipline leads
The successful candidate will have a strong background in engineering and work package management of multidisciplinary engineering projects. They will be customer focused with excellent communication skills and have the ability to work in a fast moving environment with multiple parallel objectives. Knowledge and experience of air land and/or naval products would be beneficial to this role.
They will also be able to demonstrate the following aligned to the Thales Leadership Behavioural Model:
- acting with agility to ensure that the business objectives remain in focus
- dealing with multiple strands of complexity to achieve business objectives
- engaging with stakeholders to achieve a common goal
- creating a competitive advantage by managing risk identifying opportunities and fostering continuous improvement
- supporting the development of others to ensure we continuously improve for our customers
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Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full-Time
