TCW Trials Manager

2 months ago

Plymouth, United Kingdom Thales Full time
Location: Turnchapel, 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.

Primary Purpose of the Role:

To manage and coordinate all Trials Activities at the Turnchapel Wharf Site

Principal Relationships:

As a lead in the Thales Systems IVVQ Engineering process, you will interact with the following key roles:

  • Designers at all levels
  • Bid team members
  • Project team members
  • Supply Chain members
  • Commercial team members
  • Testing team members at all levels
  • Installation team members
  • Project Planners
  • Sales and Marketing
  • Other Functional Managers at all levels
  • Major Stakeholder

Reports to:
  • Programme Engineering Delivery Manager (UK)

Key Responsibilities and Tasks:

The list below is not exhaustive, nor will individuals, be expected to be able to undertake all of them. They are given as a guide as to the expected duties of the grade.

  • Be the principal point of contact with the client, to gain approval of test specifications and to host acceptance-testing activities.
  • Manage the resources allocated each week for IVV activities in Turnchapel Warf
  • Manage the schedule and forward planning 1 to 4 weeks detailed plan of testing events and their needs
  • Arrange external supporting activities
  • Manage the in-feeds into the wider team of activities that are planned and report subsequent progress against them
  • Produce the weekly plan for the trials Lead to execute
  • Liaise with the Platform Owners to understand the limitations and capabilities for platforms when conducting planned tests
  • Liaise with Problem Reporting (PR) Manager and or Supplier Support to schedule PR rectification and investigation work
  • Ensure that the configuration of the vessels is maintained when items are replaced or repaired

Key performance Indicators against Responsibilities and Tasks:

This role is continually monitored for performance and as such some of the following typical Key performance indicators (KPI's) will be used

• Quality of work produced against agreed standards

• Delivery to timescales

• Delivery to budget

• Performance against Thales key values

• Attendance

• Performance against mandatory training

Expected Competence Level:

Skills (underpinning Knowledge)

  • Trials Management with Human and Physical Resource allocation
  • Able to use a range of IT tools.
  • Has a sound ability to use and/or assess System IVVQ Engineering tools.
  • Has knowledge of configuration control.
  • Can define and interpret IVVQ metrics as part of Quality control.
  • Project Planning.
  • Has a working knowledge of Engineering Safety Management

Experience:

  • The Turnchapel Wharf IVVQ Trials Manager is first point of contact for all Trials activities and process
  • The lead in resolving all issues, problems, questions and conflicts for trials activities. This requires frequent handling of new and unusual issues; therefore a proven record of leading a Systems IVVQ Engineering environment is required.

• The post holder should have strong interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate at all levels in the spoken and written word. A good outward appearance, self-motivation and the ability to work under pressure are vital.

• The success of the Systems IVVQ Engineering job family relies on the interaction of its engineers at all levels, therefore good evidence of leading a team is required.

Values & Behaviours:

  • Innovate - Be motivated to search for novel and unique design solutions.

  • Team working - Maximise the use of the wider Thales community to produce winning solutions.

  • Develop people - Be prepared to share your ideas and experience with the wider Thales engineering community.

  • Focus on customers - Be driven to deliver quality solutions to clients.

  • Safety - Totally embrace the Thales safety culture to provide a safe and healthy working environment for all.

  • Ethics - Thales employees must be exemplary in their ethical conduct and social responsibility.

  • Job holders will be expected to perform in line with the Thales Code of Practice, Policies and Procedures.

Desirable Qualifications and Certification:

  • HND/STEM Degree in a relevant subject or equivalent.

Essential:

  • Have attained, or working towards an appropriate professional status or equivalent

Financial / Budgetary Responsibility:

The post holder will be expected to deliver designs/projects to an agreed budget.

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