Hardware Engineering Manager (Services & Support)

Job description

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 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.

Hardware Engineering Manager - Support & Services

Location: Cheadle, Templecombe or Crawley

We can offer a hybrid approach to office and remote working. We would expect 3 days per week as the standard days at one of the key Under Water Systems sites - Cheadle, Templecombe or Crawley

Security requirements: hold or eligible for SC Clearance, please visit the UKSV website for more information

Are you looking for your next leadership role responsible for the development of the team's skills and knowledge to ensure capability for now and the future? We are on the lookout for a talented Hardware Engineering Manager to take a pivotal role within a dynamic team leading the development of next-generation hardware solutions!

The role:

The Support & Services Sector Hardware Engineering Manager will be responsible for providing sector level functional leadership to the team of hardware engineers working within the Portfolio Hardware team, ensuring that all deliverables are resourced with the appropriate skills and knowledge to meet the committed quality, budget and schedule constraints.

The Support & Services Sector Hardware Engineering Manager will take responsibility for the development of the team's skills and knowledge, ensuring that the current and future capabilities of the Sector are taken into account.

The Support & Services Sector Hardware Engineering Manager will also contribute to the continuous improvement of engineering processes supporting the Sector/ delivery model with the Support & Services Head of Engineering Delivery.

Key Responsibilities and Tasks:

• Develop and Maintain a Support & Services Sector Hardware Capability with a resilient and high performing team;
• Develop and deliver a strategy for ensuring that Knowledge required to support any in-service products over the lifespan of the requirement;
• Develop and maintain Knowledge Transfers, opportunities for growth, and strategic capability planning for the team across all sectors, ensuring opportunities between portfolios are explored and accounted for;
• Management of expectations of key stakeholders (Head of Engineering Delivery, Programme Manager, Product Architects, Product Design Authorities);

The individual manages their own day-to-day activities and provides direction and guidance to the team(s) delivering their commitments. Activities are required to be planned and completed in accordance with the varying Sector requirements (bid timescales, monthly reporting cycle, etc.).

About you:

We are looking for a forward thinking and strategic leader with experience within an appropriate Engineering Defence or Aerospace team. You will have the ability to effectively manage and build relationships across the business, combined with a strong record of managing effective trams, tackling under performance and recognising success and talent. You will possess effective personal organisational skills, being able to remain focused under pressure.

Applicants must be eligible to obtain UK SC Level Security Clearance without restrictions and be UK national.

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.

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In line with Thales' Baseline Security requirements, candidates will be asked to provide evidence of identity, eligibility to work in the UK and employment and/or education history for up to three years. Some vacancies may require full Security Clearance which can require further evidence to be provided. For further details of the evidence required to apply for Baseline and Security Clearance please refer to the Defence Business Services National Security Vetting (DBS NSV) Agency.

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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