Space Engineering Work Package Lead

Thales Alenia Space; Lombardia; Presencial; EUR 41.000 - 52.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Room for personal development

Career mobility across domains and gé

Technical or leadership path

International career opportunities

Descripción de la vacante

Thales Alenia Space is seeking an Engineering Work Package Management professional to organize, plan and control work packages across engineering projects. You will author WP descriptions, set schedules, manage risks and coordinate with suppliers, aiming for on-time, within-budget delivery and high-quality outcomes.

You will lead and develop teams, coordinate technical activities, and produce executive reports while fostering collaboration across disciplines.

Formación

• Master's degree in Engineering, Computer Science or related field with significant project management experience.
• Team-player who enjoys collaborative work (co-engineering).
• Self-motivated leader able to engage and develop teams through collaborative work and challenging approaches.
• Analytical, dynamic and autonomous.
• Effective communicator.
• Knowledge of subcontract and work package management.
• Experience coordinating technical activities.
• Ability to produce synthetic, high-quality reports.
• Strong problem-solving skills and willingness to tackle hard problems.
• Familiar with bidding processes.

Responsabilidades

• Author the Work Package Description with the WP team based on project structure and customer requirements.
• Identify deliverables, milestones and interdependencies.
• Establish schedule and estimates and identify required resources.
• Initialise risk and opportunity register and WP baseline; coordinate supplier commitments where applicable.
• Establish network diagrams and detailed schedules aligned with the master plan.
• Define cost structure, resource profiles and KPIs; write WP plans.
• Achieve WP objectives and manage deviations; mitigate risks and capitalize on opportunities.
• Review documents, schedules and estimates; monitor and consolidate deliverables.
• Lead progress meetings; report variances to the PM and stakeholders.
• Ensure quality of deliverables; manage configuration items within WP scope.
• Lead stakeholders and input to project reviews; act as PM delegate to client or sub-contractor.
• Capture lessons learned and drive continuous improvement.
• Conclude WP with data collation and closure review.

Conocimientos

Project management

Team leadership

Analytical thinking

Communication

Risk management

Budget/finance

Bid management

Subcontract management

Planning

Work package management

Educación

Master's degree in Engineering/Computer Science

Descripción del empleo

Thales Alenia Space is seeking an Engineering Work Package Management professional to organize, plan and control work packages across engineering projects. You will author WP descriptions, set schedules, manage risks and coordinate with suppliers, aiming for on-time, within-budget delivery and high-quality outcomes.

You will lead and develop teams, coordinate technical activities, and produce executive reports while fostering collaboration across disciplines.