Head of Uttc

Location: RAF Aberporth, 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 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.

**Head of UTTC**

**Location: West Wales Airport (Near Aberporth)**
- Would you like to manage a close-knit team through challenges and obstacles? Are you customer focused who would like to work on high profile projects? Have you got good stakeholder management and people management skills? Got your interest, then look no further_

**What the role has to offer**:

- Working with cutting-edge technology
- Opportunity to work autonomously
- Complexity to the role

**Our Opportunity**

The Thales UAS Trials and Training Centre (UTTC) delivers Test and Evaluation (T&E) and Training flight operations of large complex Unmanned Air Systems (UAS) for UK MoD and other customers. Thales is continuing to expand its UAS capability, providing an exciting opportunity to join the team for the T&E capability.

The Head of UTTC is a central management figure and Customer-facing role for the delivery of T&E across UAS programmes. The role reports directly to the Head of the UAS Portfolio and is a member of the UAS leadership team. The Head of UTTC is responsible for T&E project delivery, ensuring that the activities taking place at West Wales Airport are aligned with business objectives, managed in accordance with Thales business processes, and provide an efficient service to the UAS business. The role involves management of the remote T&E team and responsibility for the Thales and MoD infrastructure and assets at West Wales Airport.

**Occasional travel required to other UK Thales and customer sites.**

**About You**

You will
- Be autonomous, capable of supporting a highly technical, remote team to deliver challenging project objectives
- Have an Air awareness; ability to manage teams to deliver within air safety constraints
- Be good at working under pressure
- It would be advantageous if you have previously worked within UAS Flight operations

**What We Can Offer**

We’re committed to giving you opportunities to be your best. We believe in embracing the passion and potential of our people, and to achieve this we offer market leading training, development and experiences, along with the opportunity to be mentored and coached by some of the smartest minds in the industry. We hire from within as our first priority, so you’ll have a myriad of opportunities within our diverse, global organisation.

**Flexibility**

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.

Thales is an equal opportunities employer and diversity and inclusion are integral to the success of Thales.

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.