Engineering Project Manager

2 weeks ago


Reading, Reading, United Kingdom Thales Full time
Role Overview

We are seeking a highly skilled Engineering Delivery Manager to join our Central Engineering team. As an integral part of our UK business, you will support complex projects across multiple domains.

About the Job

You will report directly to the UK Systems Engineering Director and be responsible for defining, supporting, and executing systems engineering and engineering management activities on various projects in different phases of the life-cycle. Your expertise will help drive success by providing guidance to project/programme engineering teams and ensuring efficient ways of working.

The ideal candidate will have excellent leadership skills, able to engage and influence diverse stakeholders, create clear goals, and foster an open environment that stimulates innovative thinking. You will also have experience with multi-stakeholder change management activities, delivering engineering content for system-level programmes in land, sea, and/or air domains.

Key Responsibilities
  • Collaborate within and across various teams, often in matrixed and multi-stakeholder environments.
  • Define and manage solution engineering activities at various project levels, including identifying necessary personnel and skills for delivery and driving delivery through appropriate governance.
  • Sometimes responsible for specifying and executing SE management and control processes.
  • Produce and maintain management plans like Systems Engineering Management Plans (SEMP), Through Life Management Plans (TLMP) etc.
  • Develop and maintain customer/stakeholder relations both internally and externally, actively seeking information to understand circumstances, problems, expectations, and needs.
  • Define the system development cycle and define applicable process, practices, and tools (PP&T) based on project-specific constraints.
Leadership Skills
  • Ability to engage and influence diverse stakeholders.
  • Work effectively in multi-stakeholder environments to create clear and achievable goals.
  • Foster an open environment where information and ideas are shared and innovative thinking is stimulated.
  • Adept at building stakeholder relationships and collaborating with customers, suppliers, and internal teams.

Estimated Salary: £55,000 - £65,000 per annum.



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