Engineering Delivery Manager

TN United Kingdom; Bristol; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as an Engineering Delivery Manager, where you will lead complex projects across various domains. This role offers the chance to work with brilliant minds, driving innovative solutions in aerospace, defence, and security. You'll engage with diverse stakeholders, ensuring effective collaboration and project success while fostering team development. With a commitment to flexibility, the company supports your work-life balance, allowing you to thrive in a dynamic environment. If you're ready to make a significant impact in a role that values your expertise and growth, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Career development opportunities

Inclusive recruitment practices

Qualifications

• Experience in systems engineering lifecycle and practices.
• Ability to manage multi-stakeholder environments effectively.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with teams to manage solution engineering activities.
• Define and execute systems engineering management processes.

Skills

Systems Engineering Lifecycle

Change Management

Requirements Management (DOORS)

Stakeholder Engagement

Project Management

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering

Master's Degree in Engineering

Tools

DOORS

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Location: Reading, United Kingdom

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. Together, we offer fantastic opportunities for committed employees to learn and develop their careers with us. At Thales UK, we research, develop, and supply technology and services that impact the lives of millions of people each day to make life better and keep us safer. We innovate across five major industries: Aerospace, Defence, Ground Transportation, Security, and Space. Your health and well-being matter to us, which is why we offer you the flexibility to do what’s important to you; whether that’s part-time hours, job sharing, home working, or the ability to flex your start and finish times. Where possible, we support a working pattern that suits your lifestyle and helps you reach your ambitions.

Primary Purpose of Role

We are looking for Engineering Delivery Managers to join the Central Engineering team to support complex projects across the UK business and multiple domains.

The successful candidate will report to the UK Systems Engineering Director to define, support, and/or commence execution of systems engineering and engineering management activities on a range of projects in various phases of the lifecycle. Projects may require external help and expertise to maintain or regain schedule/technical baseline or additional resources to drive success.

The role will lead and/or guide the project/programme engineering team, focusing on deploying a systems approach, developing efficient ways of working, and fostering individual and team development.

In addition to leading project engineering activities, the role may also involve participating in and leading tiger team reviews in support of bids and projects, balancing the demands of systems engineering excellence with practical engineering delivery capabilities.

Successful candidates, once established in an engineering role on a project, will likely transfer into a permanent role within a business unit. Mobility and location flexibility are therefore essential.

Key Responsibilities & Accountabilities

• Collaborate within and across various teams, often in a matrixed and multi-stakeholder environment.
• Define and manage solution engineering activities at various project levels, including identifying necessary skills and driving delivery through appropriate governance.
• Responsible for specifying and executing systems engineering management and control processes.
• Produce and maintain management plans such as Systems Engineering Management Plan (SEMP) and Through Life Management Plans (TLMP).
• Develop and maintain customer/stakeholder relations inside and outside the organization, actively seeking information to understand their circumstances, problems, expectations, and needs.
• Define the system development cycle, including processes, practices, and tools (PP&T), based on project constraints.
• Ensure global consistency of engineering processes, practices, and tools, organize co-engineering, and approve lower-level solution elements or components.

Leadership Skills

• Engage and influence diverse stakeholders effectively.
• Work in a multi-stakeholder environment to create clear and achievable goals.
• Encourage an open environment for sharing information and ideas, stimulating innovative thinking.
• Build stakeholder relationships and collaborate with customers, suppliers, and internal teams.

Knowledge and Skills Required

• Understanding of systems engineering lifecycle, practices, and tools.
• Experience in multi-stakeholder change management activities.
• Experience delivering system-level program content in land, sea, and/or air domains.
• Ability to make sound judgments on benefits versus risks.
• Knowledge of requirements management tools, specifically DOORS.
• Experience in executing SE lifecycle processes, including requirements elicitation, system specification, interface specification, test specification, and trade studies.

Note: Due to the nature of projects, UK candidates only.

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Candidates must provide evidence of identity, eligibility to work in the UK, and employment/education history for up to three years. Some roles may require full Security Clearance, which involves additional documentation. Refer to the Defence Business Services National Security Vetting (DBS NSV) Agency for details.

At Thales, we provide careers, not just jobs. With 80,000 employees across 68 countries, our mobility policy enables employees to develop their careers at home and abroad, within their expertise or branching into new fields. We believe embracing flexibility is a smarter way of working.

Thales UK is committed to inclusive and barrier-free recruitment. We offer reasonable adjustments for neuro-diverse applicants or those with disabilities or long-term conditions. To request adjustments or for questions about the recruitment process, contact Resourcing Ops for mid to senior roles, or the Early Careers Team for graduate and apprentice roles.

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