Project Manager: Thales

The Project Manager is responsible for all activities during bid and/or contract fulfilment of a project including:

• Planning, setting up, organising, documenting, executing and concluding a project in accordance with approved processes, procedures, methods and tools whilst employing a 'Best Practices' approach in all instances.


• Presenting and reporting the project progress and activities to the Head of Programmes, Sector General Manager as required.


• Supporting in the defining, establishing, managing and leading a high performing and successful integrated project organisation, including individual and team resource profiling.


• Implementing, maintaining and managing all elements of project management including: integration, value, scope, quality, procurement, time, finance, human resource, risk, opportunities and communications.


• Achieving and endeavouring to improve project cost and working capital requirement budgets.


• Ensure all company processes and any legal requirements for exporting goods and services are compliant.


• Ensuring that programme plans and estimates for bids are appropriately developed and reviewed.


• Draft and support the management of work packages including monthly reporting requirements and maintenance of a project risk register. Production of project metrics and the contribution/adherence to the formal chorus II 'Manage Bids & Manage Programmes' process.


• Managing the requirements of multiple stakeholders (internal & external) on a project.


• If necessary supporting the bid team in the capture lead role within the Manage Bid Process.


• Working across various support functions within the project environment in order to ensure effective team working is implemented in support of the business and project objectives.


• Providing support to change project and process improvement initiatives that impact on or are initiated from within the programme environment.


• Responsible for demonstrating behaviour that is consistent with the Thales Key Values


• Responsible for maintaining an ethical approach to business, in line with the Thales ethics policy.
  
  Proven experience as a Programme / Project Manager with a good understanding of project integration, value, scope, quality, procurement, time, finance, risk, opportunities and communications.


• Experience and a proven track record of Customer focussed behaviour in the delivery of projects.


• Good understanding of different support models varying from basic support to complex support for meeting customer requirements


• Good understanding of Through Life Support activities, including DRACAS, obsolescence and asset modelling within a Project Support environment.


• Strong Risk Management background


• Engineering familiarity likely to include s/w, h/w and systems engineering.


• Good Commercial awareness is essential and experience of contract management and negotiations is desirable.


• Hands-on experience that covers project control, financial reporting, budgeting, process development, lean manufacturing, quality or environmental management.
  
  Thales people architect solutions that enable two-thirds of planes to take off and land safely. We create in-flight entertainment systems that engross 50 million fliers every year and we develop the avionics that control the world's largest commercial aircrafts. Our simulators train the next generation of pilots for fighter jets, transporters and search and rescue helicopters. And, together, each and every member of our aerospace team makes a difference.


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., 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., Manor Royal Business District is the biggest business park of the Gatwick Diamond area and one of the south east's premier mixed activity employment hubs.

Enviable location and connections

Situated at the heart of the Gatwick Diamond on the Sussex and Surrey county borders, just two miles from London Gatwick Airport, a major motorway junction (M23 Junctoion 10) and two mainline railway stations (Gatwick Airport and Three Bridges), Manor Royal is a popular choice for a diverse range of occupiers including a host of blue chip global brands.

Manor Royal in numbers

• One of the biggest business parks in the South East.


• Covers an area of 539 acres - that's over 300 football pitches.


• 700 properties


• 500 businesses


• 30,000 people


Manor Royal more than a number

Since the formation of the Manor Royal Business Group (MRBG), an association of Manor Royal based business and firms, being on Manor Royal means being part of something. You're never just a number.

Manor Royal makes sense

Scale, diversity, location and great connectivity with a property offer to match means Manor Royal based firms are never far away from their suppliers, customers and a talented workforce.

On offer is a competitive salary and benefits package, which includes;

• Performance-related bonus


• Half day every Friday, usually finishing around 13:00pm


• 28 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) plus opportunity to buy up to 40 hours/year (pro rata)


• 24 hours volunteering paid for


• Private healthcare


• Pension scheme


• Life cover


• 24/7 Employee Assistance Program and access to mental wellbeing app


• Employee discount shopping schemes on major brands and retailers


• Gym membership discounts