Discipline Manager

-; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A global aerospace and security company in Singapore is seeking a Discipline Manager to lead its engineering team. The successful candidate will manage systems engineering lifecycle, require over 10 years of experience, and demonstrate leadership in a multi-discipline environment. Responsibilities include improving engineering practices, developing team capabilities, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement. This role may involve occasional international travel to meet business goals.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in Systems Engineering lifecycle management.
• Experience with Safety, Security and Human Factors standards.
• Proven experience in managing and coaching staff.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Functional Team consisting of Systems, Infrastructure, and Specialty engineers.
• Contribute to Engineering initiatives and communicate clearly.
• Define and tailor discipline practices (process and tools).

Skills

Systems Engineering lifecycle management

Agile development

Team leadership

Interpersonal skills

Change management

Education

Degree in Engineering, IT or related discipline

Postgraduate studies in Systems Engineering

Job description

LOCATION: Ayer Rajah Crescent, Singapore

ABOUT THALES

Thales established its presence in Singapore in 1973 to support the expansion of aerospace-related activities in the Asia-Pacific region. Throughout the last four decades, the company has grown from strength to strength and is today involved in the primary businesses of Aerospace (including Air Traffic Management), Defense & Security and Digital Identity & Security. Thales today employs over 2,100 people in Singapore across all its business areas.

ABOUT AMS

The Airspace Mobility Solutions (AMS) business, part of the Global Business Unit Land and Air Systems, provides leading edge Air Traffic Management (ATM), Unmanned Traffic Management (UTM), Security and Digital Aviation solutions for the Commercial and Defence sectors.

The AMS business manages 11% of the world's airspace and with revenues of over 500 million Euros worldwide, is a global market leader in airspace management solutions. In Singapore, the business focuses on the delivery and support of key ATM solutions. This role is responsible for leading the Functional Team consisting of Systems, Infrastructure, and Speciality engineers.

ROLE DESCRIPTION SUMMARY

This role is responsible for leading the Functional Team consisting of Systems, Infrastructure, and Speciality engineers. The Discipline Manager is accountable for enhancing engineering practices, developing team capability, and ensuring the effective application of engineering disciplines across projects to meet business objectives.

• Improve the engineering discipline practices (process and tools)
• Strengthen our focus on people development
• Ensure the sharing and capitalisation of knowledge across the organisation
• Enforce balance between engineering discipline and delivery

KEY ACTIVITIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

As a Discipline Manager, you are accountable for:

• Contribute and support the Engineering Manager in building a clear vision and direction for Engineering initiatives and communicate to the team
• Contribute to the Systems, Infrastructure and Speciality Engineering Discipline Governance
• Define and tailor discipline practices (process and tools)
• Ensure the capitalisation and sharing of knowledge
• Contribute to the discipline efficiency plan to increase business competitiveness
• Promote adoption of new technologies
• Be responsible for the engineering discipline cost model definition and updates
• Assess skills required for current and future projects needs including future discipline trends
• Development / upskilling of the team and career management
• Conduct strategic workforce planning including the provision of resources to fulfil current and future bid and project needs
• Roll‑out Make Team Buy strategy for the forecasted workload (incoming activities)
• Define and Manage Hiring strategy and recruitment, onboarding
• Foster collaboration with other disciplines to define multi‑discipline solutions with added value
• Foster an innovation and entrepreneurship culture

KEY KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND EXPERIENCE

To be successful in this role, you will have demonstrated the following competencies and experience. We encourage applications from candidates who can demonstrate the required skills and knowledge, which may have been acquired through various career paths.

Qualifications

• Degree in Engineering, IT or related discipline
• Postgraduate studies in Systems Engineering is advantageous.

Essential Experience

• Proven experience in Systems Engineering lifecycle management (10+ years) including: Requirements, Design, Integration and Verification and Validation
• Proven experience in the development of products and projects in a variety of methodologies, with a particular focus on iterative/agile development
• Proven experience (5+ years) in managing and coaching staff
• Demonstrated ability to achieve effective outcomes in a multidiscipline, multi‑culture environment
• Experience with Safety, Security and Human Factors standards and practices
• Experience with Infrastructure design processes
• Experience with Network design and deployment processes
• Ability to develop and promote high performing teams
• Develop and foster a culture of continuous improvement
• Coaching and sharing of knowledge and expertise
• Ability to engage senior stakeholders having different objectives
• Accountability, transparency and curiosity
• A positive attitude combined with excellent interpersonal and motivational skills.
• An ability to successfully manage change
• Comfort in facing and managing complexity
• Sound judgement and independent decision‑making capability where necessary
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English

Desirable

• Good knowledge of Air Traffic Management systems

GENERAL / SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

• Assist in ensuring a harmonious work environment in all departments that you are working with by upholding Thales' key values.
• An advocate for diversity and inclusion who will be actively involved in implementing change initiatives to achieve our diversity goals
• An advocate for a culture of continuous improvement
• An advocate for accountability, transparency and curiosity
• Comply with all relevant company Occupational Health, Safety and Environmental policies and framework and work practices with the intent of preventing or minimising accidental exposures to self, colleagues, visitors and/or the environment and to ensure safe work practices at all times.
• Comply with all relevant Company policies and procedures.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

• Occasional international travel may be required