Reliability Manager

Thales Group; Ottawa; Hybrid; CAD 101,000 - 177,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Reliability Manager to lead the Reliability Team and ensure all reliability requirements are met. This pivotal role involves overseeing the development of reliability assessments and collaborating with various departments to enhance processes and tooling. The ideal candidate will possess a strong engineering background and extensive experience in reliability analysis. Join a dynamic team in a hybrid work environment and contribute to innovative solutions that support national defense and security. This role offers a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits, making it an exciting opportunity for those passionate about reliability engineering.

Benefits

Company paid Extended Health

Dental insurance

Life insurance

Short-term Disability

Retirement Savings Plans

Paid holidays

Paid sick leave

Employee Discounts

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience in reliability assessments on complex systems.
• Engineering degree or relevant technical trade certification required.

Responsibilities

• Oversee Reliability, Availability, and Maintainability assessments.
• Lead a team of analysts and engineers for reliability analysis.

Skills

Reliability Analysis

Team Management

Process Standardization

Reliability Block Diagrams (RBDs)

Failure Prediction Analysis

Weibull Analysis

Equipment Health Monitoring (EHM)

Obsolescence Analysis

Education

Engineering degree

Two-year diploma in relevant fields

Job description

Location: Ottawa, Canada

In fast changing markets, customers worldwide rely on Thales. Thales is a business where brilliant people from all over the world come together to share ideas and inspire each other. In aerospace, transportation, defence, security and space, our architects design innovative solutions that make our tomorrow's possible. For decades, Ottawa has been a global technology leader. Today, Canada’s capital holds one of the brightest and most diverse technological ecosystems in North America. Voted as Canada’s best place to live 2017 by Maclean's, Ottawa offers a low cost of living with a high quality of life. The Thales Ottawa office has been a major supplier and long-term trusted partner to DND, enabling the Canadian Armed Forces and the Canadian Coast Guard to achieve mission success.

Position Summary

Thales Canada Defence & Security (TCDS) is looking for a Reliability Manager. The Reliability Manager is responsible for Reliability analysis across the organization and is the Resource Manager for the Reliability Team.

As a Reliability Manager, you are responsible for overseeing the creation and development of Reliability, Availability, and Maintainability assessments. This role ensures that all reliability, availability, and maintenance requirements required for system or platform are achieved in design and monitored during in service support. Analysis techniques will consider Reliability Block Diagrams (RBDs), Failure Prediction Analysis, Weibull Analysis, Equipment Health Monitoring (EHM), and Obsolescence Analysis. The manager leads a team of analysts and engineers and collaborates with various departments to gather necessary information and ensure consistency.

The Reliability Manager reports to the TCDS ILS Manager (Head of Discipline).

Key Areas of Responsibility

The main responsibilities are:

As a Resource Manager:

• Provides appropriate resources to deliver bids, projects, and products.
• Plans the team’s workload in the short, medium, and long term.
• Develops team skills to support bids, projects, and products.
• Supports recruitment, onboarding, performance management, career management, and succession planning for the team.
• Coaches, mentors, and develops the team.
• Leads the team to meet company expectations for productivity, chargeability, quality, continuous improvement, and accomplishment of objectives.
• Ensures that company policies and procedures are followed, including timesheets, time off, and travel.

As the TCDS Reliability Manager:

• Responsible for the establishment, standardization, and evolution of processes, procedures, and tooling for Reliability Analysis.
• Ensures that the processes, procedures, and tooling meet the current and future needs of the bids, projects, and products.
• Responsible for development of lessons learned and the sharing of knowledge and experience across the technical reliability discipline.
• Responsible for bid, project, and product estimates for the reliability discipline.
• Implement and sustain the Reliability Analysis capability.
• Perform Reliability Analysis Planning and Management.
• Responsible for subcontractor Reliability Analysis requirements and activities.

As a member of the Technical Publication team:

• Responsible for performing Reliability Analysis work on bids, projects, and products.

Minimum Qualifications

• An Engineering degree or two-year diploma from a recognized university or college (mechanical, electrical, electronic, industrial, reliability, or naval engineering) or certified as one of the following technical trades of the CAF: Marine Technician RQ-PO2, Weapons Engineer Technician RQ-PO2, Legacy QL 6A Marine Engineer, Legacy QL 6A Marine Electrician, Legacy QL 6A Hull Technician, Legacy QL 6A Naval Electronics Technician, or Legacy QL 6A Naval Weapons Technician.
• Five years or more experience within the last 10 years conducting reliability assessments on complex systems.

Special Position Requirements

• Schedule: 40 hours per week.
• Physical Environment: Hybrid position – which is a mix of working from home and onsite (in office, at customer site or on board ships alongside in harbour).
• Travel: Occasional domestic travel may be required in support of the ships.

The anticipated Total Target Compensation (TTC), inclusive of annual salary and bonus eligibility, for this role is 101,038.15 - 176,126.92 CAD Annual.

What We Offer

• Thales provides an extensive benefits program for all full-time employees working 24 or more hours per week and their eligible dependents, including the following:
• Company paid Extended Health, Dental, HSA, Life, AD&D, Short-term Disability, Cancer Care Program, travel insurance, Employee Assistance Plan and Well-Being program.
• Retirement Savings Plans (RRSP, DCPP, TFSA) with a company contribution and a match to a DCPP, with no vesting period.
• Company paid holidays, vacation days, and paid sick leave.
• Voluntary Life, AD&D, Critical Illness, Long-Term Disability.
• Employee Discounts on home, auto, and gym membership.

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Thales is an equal opportunity employer which values diversity and inclusivity in the workplace. Thales is committed to providing accommodations in all parts of the interview process. Applicants selected for an interview who require accommodation are asked to advise accordingly upon the invitation for an interview. We will work with you to meet your needs. All accommodation information provided will be treated as confidential and used only for the purpose of providing an accessible candidate experience.