Location : Glasgow, United KingdomThales 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.

Together we offer fantastic opportunities for committed employees to learn and develop their career 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 matters to us and that’s 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.

Job title : Head of Engineering Delivery

Length : 12 Month Secondment Opportunity

Location : Any UK location with regular travel

Do you have strong stakeholder management paired with good emotional intelligence? Can you build trust within a team and support them through finding difficult solutions?

Are you someone who follows through with commitments and has great leadership skills? Got your interest, than look no further

Our Opportunity

This is an exciting opportunity working within OME (Optronics & Missile Electronics), who deliver future products and services to the land, sea and air domains.

You will be leading a hardworking and passionate team of people who are responsible for delivering on our engineering commitments.

In this role you will :

• Deploy the adequate Practices and Tools tailored (for EDM and WPM) to reach the required maturity according to Project / Product delivery challenges
• Work with the discipline delivery team to make them efficient by identifying gaps and associated actions to support delivery continuous improvement
• Capitalise and share knowledge and assets dedicated to delivery discipline
• Manage, develop and allocate people and their skills to products / projects
• Take charge of Delivery Lead Staffing (EDM and WPM) on project / product with respect to PMs’ requests where possible
• Represent the engineering function in project reviews
• Review Engineering Deliverability’ for bids
• Contribute to Bids / Products and Projects peer reviews to reduce engineering risks and increase confidence to deliver and other ad hoc work

About You

• You will be able to evolve in a technical environment and understand what is at stake in order to make the most appropriate decisions for your scope
• You will be able to collaborate and interface with various stakeholders in order to ensure the cohesion of your organisation, which you support with a global and strategic vision
• You will know how to simplify and break down complex problems : you prioritise and coordinate resources accordingly, demonstrating your ability to allocate tasks efficiently
• You will know how to use your organisational skills in order to guarantee the follow-up of engineering projects, respecting deadlines, costs and quality with a clear vision of risks and opportunities (people management & development, appropriate staffing and recruitment)
• Lastly, you can master several co-engineering techniques and are able to apply Lean Management or Agile principles to team management.

In line with Thales' Baseline Security requirements, candidates will be asked to provide evidence of identity, eligibility to work in the UK and employment and / or education history for up to three years.

Some vacancies may require full Security Clearance which can require further evidence to be provided. For further details of the evidence required to apply for Baseline and Security Clearance please refer to the Defence Business Services National Security Vetting (DBS NSV) Agency.

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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Last updated : 2024-05-17