Location: Cheadle, United Kingdom
Thales people provide armed forces customers with operational advantage at every decisive moment throughout the mission. Defence and armed forces customers rely on us to deliver the full range of defence mission systems solutions at land, sea, and air. Our platforms extend across the battlespace including Above and Sonar, Electronic Combat, and Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance systems.
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 the major industries of Aerospace, Defence, 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.

EXPERIENCE:

• Experience in an engineering, project management or related role, with experience in managing work packages in a technical supplier management capacity.
• Proven experience in managing relationships with external technical suppliers, contractors, or subcontractors.
• Experience in managing complex engineering tasks, including the delivery of technical work packages.

SKILLS & COMPETENCIES:

• An understanding of engineering principles, systems, and processes.
• Excellent project management skills, with experience using project management tools and software (e.g., MS Project, Primavera, etc.).
• Ability to manage multiple work streams and suppliers.
• Strong negotiation and supplier management skills.
• Analytical mindset with the ability to identify and mitigate risks.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Evidence of strong collaboration with internal and external stakeholders.
• Strong organizational skills with attention to detail.

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS

• PMP (Project Management Professional) or similar project management certification is a plus.
• Certifications in supplier management or procurement are beneficial.

PRIMARY PURPOSE OF ROLE

This key role in needed to maintain the delivery of a number of engineering work packages, ensuring they are completed on time, to budget, and of the required quality.
The growth of the UWS business has resulted in further utilisation of both Thales internal engineering capabilities, and also those external to Thales, in order to support our increasing number of deliverable projects. Therefore the ideal candidate will be experienced in technical supplier management, and will be capable of meeting the challenge as the liaison between internal engineering and project teams and external suppliers.