Role Overview
We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Engineering Delivery Manager to lead engineering delivery across multiple programmes in the Sea business sector at Thales Optronics and Missile Electronics.
About the Role
The successful candidate will have an extensive background in engineering and engineering management, with experience in successfully defining and leading the delivery of multi-disciplinary engineering projects. They will be highly customer-focused with excellent communication skills, able to work in a fast-moving environment with multiple parallel objectives.
Key Responsibilities
* Forming and supporting multi-disciplinary engineering delivery teams to meet customer needs
* Day-to-day interventions on specific problems and issue management within the Sea business sector
* Producing business sector strategy to ensure delivery of engineering programmes while meeting governance requirements
* Defining organisation and work breakdown to deliver programmes
* Defining strategy for process, practice, and tool tailoring to ensure delivery success
* Overseeing engineering resourcing levels and resolving shortfalls and issues
* Chairing regular Engineering Status Reviews to monitor delivery performance, identify resolution actions, and emerging risks
* Attending and leading critical programme reviews
* Undertaking project Engineering Manager role for projects requiring significant issue resolution
* Identifying re-use opportunities across projects and contributing to the Product Roadmap
* Producing succession planning with functional discipline leads
Requirements
The successful candidate will be expected to demonstrate:
* Acting with agility to ensure business objectives remain in focus
* Dealing with multiple strands of complexity to achieve business objectives
* Engaging with stakeholders to achieve a common goal
* Creating a competitive advantage by managing risk, identifying opportunities, and fostering continuous improvement
* Supporting the development of others to ensure continuous improvement for customers
What We Offer
This role offers a competitive salary of approximately $120,000 - $160,000 per annum, depending on experience, as well as a comprehensive benefits package and opportunities for professional growth and development.
Reporting Line
This role will report to the Head of Engineering Delivery.