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With over 7,500 people in the UK, operating across defence, space, aerospace, and digital security, we help build a future we can all trust. Thales supports the security and stability of our nation by providing extraordinary technology to our customers, as well as delivering social value to the UK with our products and services.\nOptronics & Missile Electronics (OME)\nWe help forces to find the right information at the right time to make the right decision. For over 130 years we’ve proudly led the development of Optronics for military, scientific and commercial use. We cover three sectors: Air, Land and Sea.\nEngineering Delivery Manager\nAn exciting opportunity has arisen for an Engineering Delivery Manager within Thales Optronics and Missile Electronics (OME).\nThis role will be on at least one of our significant development and production projects within OME. As an Engineering Delivery Manager you will work in collaboration with 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.\nIn this role you will be responsible for:\nleading high performing, multi-discipline engineering teams to generate engineering solutions that meet the Customer needs\nthe definition of the engineering delivery strategy and resource profile based on the engineering estimates to ensure the delivery of the project\nmanaging the interfaces with the overall delivery strategy for the wider programme\ndefining the organisation and work breakdown, with the Programme Manager, required to deliver to the Customer needs\ndefining and being in charge of meeting cost, schedule and quality of the whole engineering delivery for the programme\ndefining 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\nthe planning and prioritisation of activities required to deliver the solution to the contract schedule, costs and quality\nday to day management of the engineering team’s activities ensuring proactive management of issues, opportunities and risks\nmanaging and reporting of the engineering efficiency for the project\nthe identification of re-use opportunities across the project\nact as the People Manager for the engineering team on the project and provide feedback into the people manager reviews with the functional discipline leads\nThe successful candidate will have a strong background in engineering with experience in successfully defining and leading the delivery of multi-disciplinary engineering projects. They will be highly customer focused with excellent communication skills and have the ability to work in a fast moving environment with multiple parallel objectives and have an understanding of systems engineering life cycle, practices and tools. Knowledge and experience of naval, air or land products would be beneficial to this role.\nThe successful candidate will be able to demonstrate the following, aligned to the Thales Leadership Behavioural Model:\nacting with agility to ensure that the business objectives remain in focus\ndealing with multiple strands of complexity to achieve business objectives\nengaging with stakeholders to achieve a common goal\ncreating a competitive advantage by managing risk, identifying opportunities and fostering continuous improvement\nsupporting the development of others to ensure we continuously improve for our customers\nThis 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.\nSecurity Clearance Requirement:\nDue to the nature of the work that we do at Thales, many of our roles are subject to security restrictions. This role requires Security Clearance (SC). It would be advantageous if currently held, however, if not currently held, it is a requirement that the successful applicant undergo, achieve, and maintain SC Clearance prior to commencing employment.\nTo be eligible for full SC, you generally need to have resided in the UK for the last 5 years. In some circumstances, a minimum of 3 years’ residence in the UK over the last 5 years may be accepted, with additional overseas checks.\nPlease visit the UKSV website for further guidance: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/united-kingdom-security-vetting-clearance-levels/national-security-vetting-clearance-levels.\nBenefits\nPerformance-related bonus\nHalf day every Friday, usually finishing around 13:00\n 28 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) with opportunity to buy up to 40 hours/year (pro rata)\n24 hours volunteering paid for\nPrivate healthcare\nPension scheme\nLife cover\n24/7 Employee Assistance Program and access to mental wellbeing app\nEmployee discount shopping schemes on major brands and retailers\nGym membership discounts\nAt Thales, we ensure equal opportunities, pay and working conditions for all. The benefits we offer include private medical insurance, buying or selling annual leave, cycle to work schemes, employee discounts, paid volunteering day, stocks and shares, annual bonus and much more depending on the role. Read more about our benefits here.\nWe are committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels valued for who they are and the unique strengths they bring. Discover more about our programmes, employee networks, wellbeing policies, and inclusive features here.\nIf this role isn’t quite right for you, we encourage you to join our talent community where your details will be shared with our recruitment teams for other potential opportunities. 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