Critical Transport Lead

Expleo Group; Stevenage; On-site; GBP 83,000 - 138,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Collaborative working environment

ExpleoAcademy

Competitive benefits

Disability Confident Employer

Job summary

Expleo Group is looking for a Critical Transport Lead UK to be based on site at a customer's facility in Stevenage, with Portsmouth as an alternate office. This contract role is inside IR35 and negotiable based on experience.

You will coordinate critical transports for satellites and sub-assemblies, manage waivers for dangerous goods, and ensure on-time, on-cost delivery to support production and launch schedules.

Qualifications

• Must be eligible for UK MoD security clearance.
• Experience in manufacturing scheduling and relevant sectors (maritime, automotive, aerospace).
• Project management qualification or certification.
• Ability to coordinate people and information flow from an AIT perspective.

Responsibilities

• Preparation, specification and coordination of critical transports for satellites and sub-assemblies with project teams and transport suppliers.
• Generic management of waivers for dangerous goods and coordination with transport sites.
• Ensure on-time, on-cost deliveries to support production performance and satellite launches.

Skills

Industrial

Delivery

Planning

Project Manager

Education

PM qualification

Job description

Expleo is a trusted partner for end-to-end, integrated engineering, quality services and management consulting for digital transformation. We help businesses harness unrelenting technological change to successfully deliver innovations that will help them gain a competitive advantage and improve the everyday lives of people around the globe. As part of our continued support to our customer in the space sector, we are currently looking for a Critical Transport Lead UK to be based on site at our customer's facility in Stevenage, though Portsmouth can be offered as an alterate office. This is a contract role deemed to be inside IR35, the rate is negotiable based on experience, seniority etc.

Responsibilities

• Under the leadership of the Head of the Industrial Planning, Performances & Control department (TSMUP), you will be in charge of:
• Preparation, specification and coordination of critical transports (shipment of satellites to launch site or test site, and of main sub-assemblies between Airbus sites) in close cooperation with satellite's project teams, Transport teams and relevant transport suppliers,-
• Generic management of waivers for transport of dangerous goods, compliance to known consignor processes for air transports and transnational coordination with other Airbus D&S production sites.
• On-time, on-quality and on-cost critical transport deliveries as they are essentials for production performance and for satellites' launch as per customer requirements.

Qualifications

• Project Management qualification or certification.

Essential Skills

'Industrial' / 'Delivery' / 'Planning' / 'Project Manager' skillsets will meet the requirements.

You must be capable of proactively coordinating people and information flow to enable streamlined transport from an AIT perspective.

• Must show knowledge of good logical planning characteristics and have an understanding of Gantt charts and their application.
• Able to work in high pressure environments.
• Able to prioritise workload effectively.
• Strong interpersonal skills, confident to communicate and able to assert influence in multi-functional environment.
• They will need to be flexible, adaptable, able to apply a logical approach to problems and have an ‘eye for detail'.

Experience

• Experience in Manufacturing scheduling.
• Experience in maritime, automotive, aerospace sectors.

What Do I Need Before I Apply

• Due to the nature of the work, candidates must be eligible to achieve UK MoD security clearance.

Benefits

• Collaborative working environment – we stand shoulder to shoulder with our clients and ourpeers through good times and challenges
• We empower all passionate technology loving professionals by allowing them to expand their skills and take part in inspiring projects
• ExpleoAcademy - enables you to acquire and develop the right skills by delivering a suite of accredited training courses
• Competitive company benefits
• Always working as one team, our people are not afraid to think big and challenge the status quo
• As a Disability Confident Committed Employer we have committed to:
• Ensure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible
• Communicating and promoting vacancies
• Offering an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job
• Anticipating and providing reasonable adjustments as required
• Supporting any existing employee who acquires a disability or long term health condition, enabling them to stay in work at least one activity that will make a difference for disabled people

“We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age”.

We treat everyone fairly and equitably across the organisation, including providing any additional support and adjustments needed for everyone to thrive