Trials Manager

1 week ago

Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom Thales Part time
Location: Belfast, United Kingdom

Thales people architect solutions that are relied upon to deliver operational advantage at every decisive moment throughout the mission. Defence and armed forces customers rely on us to deliver the full range of defensive systems for land, sea, and air. From early warning, to threat neutralisation, our platforms cover all levels from very short-range systems, to extended protection across the entire battle-space including Airspace Mobility Solutions, Vehicles and Tactical Systems and Missile Defence, Optronics, and Radar.

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.

Primary Purpose of the Role:

Thales teams deliver cutting-edge solutions to armed forces the world over. We are Europe's number one supplier of defence electronics and a leading provider of integrated air defence systems. The Trials & Environmental Test Department performs many activities related to testing and performance monitoring of the various defence projects. These activities include test and trial planning and analysis, development and qualification test and trials, missile acceptance processing and in-service support for UK MOD and overseas customers' trials.

The Trials Manager is a practical role working as part of the trials team with work package and team leadership responsibilities, reporting to the Head of Trials and Environmental Test. It is a varied and rewarding role that requires commitment and a willingness to travel.

Responsibility:

The Trials Manager must be technically competent to carry out tasks associated with any project within the Trials Engineering Department.

The Trials Manager will:
  • Liaise with project teams and the Head of Trials and Environmental Test to assess and help manage the department's commitments to existing and future projects.
  • Liaise with future business and other engineering departments to acquire any necessary technical information and determine hardware availability for planned tests and trials.
  • Organise trials and installation activities within the UK and overseas.
  • Work with other Trials and Environmental Test managers on larger projects, managing individual packages of work.
  • Attend project meetings within the company and with outside agencies and customers.
  • Plan and document trials and test activities.
  • Assess records after a test or trial to determine its relative success before proceeding to the next stage.
  • Co-ordinate movements, transport, accommodation, etc. of trials engineers and works personnel.
  • Support teams away from base.
  • Administer company personnel on range or installation to ensure that safety procedures are strictly adhered to.
  • Support customer practice firings either as a team leader, team member or autonomously.
  • Prepare and operate ground instrumentation equipment as specified for a test or trial.
  • Carry out testing of missiles or missile systems in preparation for ground or flight trials.
  • Install and set to work equipment associated with missiles and missile systems.
  • Install equipment on customers' premises
  • Support training at Thales and customers' premises.
  • Provide customer support.
  • Work with other Thales departments and suppliers to design, manufacture and prepare special purpose test or trials hardware.

Qualifications:

Essential:
  • Minimum 2:2 Honours degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering or an HNC or equivalent in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering plus relevant experience executing the responsibilities listed above.
  • Full driving license

Experience:

Essential:
  • Carrying out design, assembly, test and operation of electrical / mechanical components.
  • Use of analogue and digital instrumentation within a manufacturing environment.
  • Demonstrable understanding of data analysis methods.
  • Engineering report and procedure writing

Desirable:
  • Team leadership
  • Work package management
  • Ability to manage and support team members providing technical and managerial support as well as coaching and mentoring their career development.
  • Membership of a professional body

Personal Attributes:

Applicants should:
  • Demonstrate good interpersonal and communication skills and be keen and willing to develop the skills necessary to lead and manage multifunctional teams.
  • Be able to work independently applying a pro-active approach, showing initiative and applying a creative approach to problem solving.
  • Be flexible and willing to work as part of multi-disciplinary project teams.
  • Demonstrate a willingness to learn new concepts and techniques
  • Be highly motivated with a positive attitude.

Additional Information:

The successful applicant will be required to work overtime, often at short notice, and agreed working patterns to comply with capacity demands. This job will also require substantial business travel, sometimes at short notice and for durations of up to 4 weeks at a time.

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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.

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