Systems Engineering Managers Remote
Job description
System Engineering Manager
Locations: We are recruiting in Crawley, Cheadle (Greater Manchester), Templecombe (Somerset), Reading, Belfast, Glasgow and Bristol. We’re a 6,500 strong team of experts, located across the UK.
We have unrivalled experience across every major industry we serve - working around the clock to make life better and keep us safer. You'll find us in the air, on the ground, on the surface and in the depths of the oceans, orbiting the earth and cyberspace too. Our solutions cover defence, security, transport, aerospace and space in the UK.
Your health, well-being and work/life balance matters to us and that’s why we offer you as much flexibility as possible regarding remote and hybrid working. Where possible, we support a working pattern that suits your lifestyle and helps you reach your ambitions. We offer flexible start and finish times, the opportunity to job share and many of our roles can also be worked on a part time basis.
What’s on offer?
We are looking for Systems/Solution Engineering Managers to join the Thales UK Engineering teams to support complex projects across the UK business and across our various domains. The successful candidate will work with projects/programmes to define, support and/or commence execution of systems engineering and Engineering management activities in various phases of the life-cycle.
The role will lead and/or provide guidance to the project/programme engineering team with particular reference to deploying a systems approach to the required engineering activities, the developments of efficient ways of working, individual and team development.
In addition to potentially leading project engineering activity, the role shall also potential support bids and therefore must be able to balance the demands of SE excellence with strong practical engineering delivery ability.
The responsibilities typically include the following
Working collaboratively within and across various teams, often in a matrixed and multi-stakeholder environment. You’ll be responsible for defining and managing the solution engineering activities at various levels of projects including identifying the people and skills needed to ensure delivery and for driving delivery through appropriate governance.
Leadership Skills
- Ability to engage and influence a diverse set of stakeholders
- Ability to work in multi-stakeholder environment to create clear and achievable goals.
- Excellent communication skills and interpersonal skills – you’ll encourage an open environment where information and ideas are shared and innovative thinking is stimulated.
- You will be adept at effectively building stakeholder relationships and working collaboratively with customer, supplier and internal teams.
Knowledge and skills required
- Understanding of systems engineering life cycle, practices and tools.
- Key experience of multi-stakeholder change management activities.
- Experience of delivering the engineering content of system level programmes, ideally in land, sea and/or air domains
- Membership of a professional engineering body preferably with chartered status.
An understanding of the use of requirements management Experience in execution of SE lifecycle processes, including:
- Requirements Elicitation
- System Specification
- Interface Specification
- Test Specification
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.
Typical Benefits
- Pension – Thales match, plus 1%, with a max contribution of 7%
- Health Insurance – 50% of Salary for 5 years
- Life Assurance – 2 x Minimum (higher if part of the Pension Scheme)
- Private Medical Insurance
- Annual Leave 201 hours + 1 Company day (27 Days + Bank Holidays)
- Annual Bonus or Overtime dependant on grade.
- 37 Hours per week. (Typically Half Day Friday)
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 Resourcing Ops for mid to senior roles, or the Early Careers Team for graduate and apprentice roles.
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