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Engineering Manager Job Description
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Engineering Manager within Thales Optronics and Missile Electronics (OME). The successful candidate will initially undertake the role of an Engineering Manager in the Sea business.
This role will be on one of the largest development and production projects within OME. This role will be part of a large delivery team focussed on specific development and support projects within the Sea business.
As an Engineering Manager you will work in collaboration with the overall Programme Director, 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.
leading high performing, multi-discipline engineering teams to generate engineering solutions that meet the Customer needs
the definition of the engineering delivery strategy and resource profile based on the engineering estimates to ensure the delivery of the project
defining the engineering team’s work packages in terms of resources required, budgets assigned to each task, risks and assumptions on these and the timescales to deliver within
the planning and prioritisation of activities required to deliver the solution to the contract schedule, costs and quality
day to day management of the engineering team’s activities ensuring proactive management of issues, opportunities and risks
managing and reporting of the engineering efficiency for the project
the identification of re-use opportunities across the project
act as the People Manager for the engineering team on the project and provide feedback into the people manager reviews with the functional discipline leads
The successful candidate will have a strong background in engineering with experience in successfully defining and leading the delivery of multi-disciplinary engineering projects. creating a competitive advantage by managing risk, identifying opportunities and fostering continuous improvement
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.
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