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An exciting opportunity awaits for an Engineering Delivery Manager at a forward-thinking company specializing in defense systems. In this role, you will lead multi-disciplinary engineering teams to deliver innovative solutions while managing project costs, schedules, and quality. Collaboration with various stakeholders will be key as you define strategies and oversee the engineering delivery process. The ideal candidate will possess a strong engineering background, excellent communication skills, and the ability to navigate complex challenges. Join this dynamic firm to make a significant impact in the defense sector and advance your career in a supportive environment that values flexibility and inclusivity.
Location: Green Park, United Kingdom
Thales people architect solutions that are relied upon to deliver operational advantage at every decisive moment throughout the mission. Defence and armed forces customers rely on us to deliver the full range of defensive systems for land, sea, and air. From early warning to threat neutralisation, our platforms cover all levels from very short-range systems to extended protection across the entire battle-space including Airspace Mobility Solutions, Vehicles and Tactical Systems and Missile Defence, Optronics, and Radar.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Engineering Delivery Manager within Thales Optronics and Missile Electronics (OME).
This role will be on at least one of our significant development and production projects within OME. As an Engineering Delivery Manager, you will work in collaboration with the Programme Managers, the Engineering Delivery Lead, the Head of Engineering Delivery, and the wider engineering team to ensure delivery of the engineering development projects.
In this role you will be responsible for:
The successful candidate will have a strong background in engineering with experience in successfully defining and leading the delivery of multi-disciplinary engineering projects. They will be highly customer-focused with excellent communication skills and have the ability to work in a fast-moving environment with multiple parallel objectives and have an understanding of systems engineering life cycle, practices, and tools. Knowledge and experience of naval, air, or land products would be beneficial to this role.
The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate the following, aligned to the Thales Leadership Behavioural Model:
This role will work closely with the Programme Manager and the Project Design Authority (PDA) for the specific projects. This role will report to the Head of Engineering Delivery.
Due to the nature of the work that we do at Thales, many of our roles are subject to security restrictions. This role requires you to be a sole British National from birth and achieve Security Clearance (SC) without any caveats. It would be advantageous if currently held; however, if not currently held, it is a requirement that the successful applicant undergo, achieve, and maintain SC Clearance prior to commencing employment.
At Thales we provide CAREERS and not only jobs. With Thales employing 80,000 employees in 68 countries our mobility policy enables thousands of employees each year to develop their careers at home and abroad, in their existing areas of expertise or by branching out into new fields. Together we believe that embracing flexibility is a smarter way of working.
Thales UK is committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free recruitment process. We will provide reasonable adjustments and support to ensure neuro-diverse applicants or those with a disability or long-term condition can be their best during the recruitment process.
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Not Applicable
Full-time
Management and Manufacturing
Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing and Defense and Space Manufacturing