Engineering Delivery Manager

Thales
Glasgow
Workplace: HybridFull timeFunction: Program & Project Management (PMO)Skills: ["Communication","Stakeholder management","Risk management","Continuous improvement","People management"]

Lead delivery of engineering development projects within Optronics & Missile Electronics, working with Programme Managers and engineering leaders to define strategy, resources, and work breakdown. Drive multi-discipline engineering teams to meet customer needs while owning cost, schedule, and quality across the programme. Manage interfaces, planning, risk and issues, engineering efficiency reporting, and identify reuse opportunities. Serve as the people manager for the engineering team and maintain delivery performance in a fast-moving environment.

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Thales
Thales
1 month ago

Engineering Delivery Manager

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Job Summary

Lead delivery of engineering development projects within Optronics & Missile Electronics, working with Programme Managers and engineering leaders to define strategy, resources, and work breakdown. Drive multi-discipline engineering teams to meet customer needs while owning cost, schedule, and quality across the programme. Manage interfaces, planning, risk and issues, engineering efficiency reporting, and identify reuse opportunities. Serve as the people manager for the engineering team and maintain delivery performance in a fast-moving environment.
Location: Glasgow
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Program & Project Management (PMO)
Seniority: Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Lead high-performing, multi-discipline engineering teams to deliver engineering solutions meeting customer needs.
  • •Define engineering delivery strategy and resource profile to ensure programme delivery.
  • •Define organisation/work breakdown and coordinate with the Programme Manager to deliver customer needs.
  • •Own meeting cost, schedule, and quality for the whole engineering delivery, including planning and prioritisation.
  • •Act as people manager for the engineering team and manage day-to-day activities, issues, opportunities, risks, and efficiency reporting.

Pay and Benefits

Perks:Annual BonusHealth InsurancePension SchemeLife CoverPaid LeaveEmployee Assistance

Key Requirements

  • •Strong engineering background with experience defining and leading delivery of multi-disciplinary engineering projects.
  • •Ability to define and execute an engineering delivery strategy and resource profile based on engineering estimates.
  • •Experience managing cost, schedule, and quality for engineering delivery at programme level.
  • •Understanding of systems engineering life cycle, practices, and tools.
  • •Highly customer-focused with excellent communication skills, able to manage multiple parallel objectives in a fast-moving environment.
Skills:CommunicationStakeholder managementRisk managementContinuous improvementPeople management

Eligibility

Security Clearance:SC

Company Brief

Thales
Designs and delivers advanced systems and services for aerospace, defence, security, and digital identity and cybersecurity markets, serving government and commercial customers worldwide.
Industry: Defense Technology
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Paris, France
Founded: 2000
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