Assistant Project Manager London
Thales
Full Time
London
49435 - 62564 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description
Location: London, United Kingdom
Thales people architect solutions that support 85 million mainline and suburban passenger journeys, worldwide, every day. Our Rail Signalling and Communication systems are used on metro lines across major cities, and 72,000 kms of route, 52,000 trains per day in 16 countries are controlled by our Traffic Management Systems. Together We deployed the first-ever nationwide ticketing system which processes over 50 million ticketing transactions in 100 cities daily.
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.
Our Opportunity
Ground Transportation Systems (GTS) are currently in an exciting period of change as we transition ownership from Thales to Hitachi Rail. With this change comes lots of opportunity and a chance to help shape the future of the UK rail industry.
We are currently looking for an Assistant Project Manager to join the PMO. The role will undertake project management activities in support of the Connect Project Management Team for a specific project (or number of projects), to ensure the successful delivery of the project(s). The Assistant PM reports directly to the Senior Project Manager to ensure successful delivery of the project(s).
This is a great opportunity to transition from a Design or Project engineering environment into the domain of Project Management.
This role can see you work from any one of our UK sites depending on the needs of the project, however you can expect to be mainly based in our London Waterloo hub, with a portion of your role able to be performed remotely.
This role will transition to Hitachi Rail as part of the transfer of ownership of GTS.
Key Requirements:
The key purpose of this role is to support the Senior Project Manager in the following activities:
- Deliver the key results and performance metrics for the projects, including order intake, sales, gross margin and cash
- Creation of the initial Project Plan during the bid phase through requirement capture, work definition, estimating and scheduling that will include all Milestones, activities and resources
- Drive Quality, Cost & Delivery performance through collaboration
- Manage all project stakeholders; ensuring strong communications are established and maintained
- Ensure that members of the project team are actively managing Risk and Opportunities
- Ensure data integrity of all project information including financials and schedule. Use the Oracle and Primavera toolset to hold all financial, schedule and resource information
What we’re looking for:
Technical skills
- Exposure to the concept of Work Package management
- Experience of generic processes and techniques used to schedule project activities (for example, WBS, OBS, milestones, dependencies , EVM)
- Experience of the Project Management process (including Change Control, Risk Management and Information Management)
- Exposure to the project life cycle for complex projects through delivery of Development, Implementation, Closure and Support activity
- Experience in a technical environment within the rail industry
Human Skills
- Able to work in a complex, multidisciplinary, multi-site organisation
- stakeholder management and negotiation with the ability to deal with customers, partners, suppliers and other parts of the business
- Build strong relationships
- Written presentation and report writing
- Analytical skills aligned with the need to carry out detailed investigation of cost variance(s) and publishing of financial information directly into Company financial reports
Qualifications:
- Educated in a discipline that is compatible with the requirements of Project Management
- Level D Professional accreditation with the Association for Project Management (or equivalent level of professional accreditation)
What We Can Offer
We’re committed to giving you opportunities to be your best. We believe in embracing the passion and potential of our people, and to achieve this we offer market leading training, development and experiences, along with the opportunity to be mentored and coached by some of the smartest minds in the industry. We hire from within as our first priority, so you’ll have a myriad of opportunities within our diverse, global organisation.
Flexibility
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.
Thales is an equal opportunities employer and diversity and inclusion are integral to the success of Thales.
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. To request an adjustment, if you need this job advert in an alternative format or if you have any questions about the recruitment process, please contact
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Thales
www.thalesgroup.com
Paris, France
Patrice Caine
$10+ billion (USD)
10000+ Employees
Company - Public
Aerospace & Defence
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