Engineering Delivery Manager

3 Months ago • All levels • Software Development & Engineering

Job Summary

Job Description

The Engineering Delivery Manager will be responsible for leading the engineering delivery of a sonar program, including managing costs, schedules, and fulfilling customer requirements. The role involves providing leadership, direction, and decision-making authority to the engineering team. This includes ensuring the correct application of engineering processes, managing engineering strategy, and potentially having direct line management responsibilities. The candidate will need to have experience in systems engineering, preferably within the defense sector, and the ability to make timely decisions.
Must have:
  • Extensive experience in systems engineering.
  • Experience working in a multidisciplinary team.
  • Strong analytical and decision-making skills.
  • Appreciation of Safety and Safety Assurance.
Good to have:
  • Experience in a managerial role, ideally within defense.
  • Experience working on submarines or sonar equipment.
Perks:
  • Market leading training and development.
  • Opportunities for mentoring and coaching.
  • Flexible working options.

Job Details

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 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.

Engineering Delivery Manager

Base location : Cheadle / Templecombe, UK

We can offer a hybrid approach to office and remote working. We would expect 3 days per week as the standard days on Cheadle / Templecombe site.

At most, 15% travel required within Thales sites and sporadically for client meetings within the UK.

Are you hardworking individual with a can-do attitude? Do you want to develop your career by taking on a managerial role that offers the opportunity to drive a programme? Do you have good communication skills and enjoy helping the development of others? Got your interest? Then look no further…

What the role has to offer:

Opportunity to step up to an engineering management position  Good opportunity to learn in a different engineering domain Be able to stretch your thinking by working on a challenging & complex programme

About the team/rewards

You will be managing a multidisciplinary team, including teams within Hardware, Software, Systems, Safety, and Cyber Security. This team works together on the delivery of sonar equipment. They are a close-knit team who are hardworking, helpful and enjoy working together on site.  

Our Opportunity

Your role as Engineering Delivery Manager would be to deliver on one of our sonar programmes, including being responsible for cost & schedule and fill fulling customer needs.

Your responsibility will be to provide the principle engineering delivery leadership, direction, decision authority and support to the programme or bid. As well as directing and managing, the Engineering team on project or bid to achieve company objectives in terms of programme schedule, financial and quality targets.

You will need to ensure that the Engineering Processes are applied correctly and appropriately on the project to company, legislative, regulatory and international standards.  Your role will include includes significant Management responsibility for engineering strategy and direction and may have direct line management responsibilities for staff on Project.

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

About You

  • You will extensive experience of systems engineering and ideally would have worked within the defence sector.

  • You would have previously worked in a multidisciplinary team as a team lead or member.

  • You will have strong analytical skills supporting logical, effective and timely decision-making.

  • You will have a strong appreciation of Safety and Safety Assurance within the Engineering discipline and Domain.

It would be desirable if you have undertaken a manager role previously, again ideally within defence having previously worked on submarines or sonar equipment. However, if not, it is not essential and this role would therefore be a great opportunity for you to develop this part of your career.

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.

If you are interested in this role, we would encourage you to have informal chat with the Talent Acquisition Partner.

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

#LI-MC2

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.

Great journeys start here, apply now!

Similar Jobs

Hedra - Senior Research Engineer

Hedra

San Francisco, California, United States (On-Site)
4 Months ago
Clearwater Analytics - Enterprise Sales Manager (New Business)

Clearwater Analytics

New York, United States (On-Site)
1 Year ago
Lionbridge Games - AI Program Director

Lionbridge Games

(Remote)
6 Months ago
Tesla - Automotive Mechatronics/Automotive Specialist

Tesla

Studen, Canton Of Bern, Switzerland (On-Site)
6 Months ago
Anzuio - Senior Software Engineer (C++)

Anzuio

Tel Aviv District, Israel (Hybrid)
4 Months ago
Apple - Mixed-Signal Behavioral Modeling Engineer

Apple

Cupertino, California, United States (On-Site)
2 Months ago
Roblox - Senior Software Engineer, Rights & Guidelines

Roblox

San Mateo, California, United States (On-Site)
1 Month ago
HappyRobot - Senior Telephony Engineer

HappyRobot

San Francisco, California, United States (Remote)
3 Weeks ago
Assystems - BIM Structural Engineer

Assystems

Al Khobar, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia (On-Site)
9 Months ago
Assystems - Design Engineer- Waste Water/Sewerage

Assystems

Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India (On-Site)
9 Months ago

Get notifed when new similar jobs are uploaded

Similar Skill Jobs

Toast - Principal Software Engineer - Backend

Toast

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India (Hybrid)
6 Months ago
Phantom FX - CG Supervisor

Phantom FX

Hyderabad, Telangana, India (On-Site)
9 Months ago
Tesla - Automotive Mechatronics Technician

Tesla

Kressbronn Am Bodensee, Baden-Württemberg, Germany (On-Site)
6 Months ago
Riot Games - Senior Game Producer

Riot Games

Los Angeles, California, United States (On-Site)
3 Months ago
Plaid  - Experienced Data Scientist

Plaid

New York, United States (On-Site)
7 Months ago
The Globel Talent Co - Conversion Rate Optimization (CRO) Manager

The Globel Talent Co

Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa (Remote)
5 Months ago
Toast - Retail Account Executive

Toast

Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States (Hybrid)
1 Month ago
HP - CO OPEX FP&A Intern

HP

Tlaquepaque, Jalisco, Mexico (On-Site)
3 Weeks ago
BigID - Director, Deal Desk

BigID

Atlanta, Georgia, United States (Remote)
2 Weeks ago
Sony Interactive Entertainment - AI / ML Senior Technical Program Manager

Sony Interactive Entertainment

Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland (On-Site)
2 Weeks ago

Get notifed when new similar jobs are uploaded

Jobs in Cheadle, England, United Kingdom

EMA - Enterprise Sales Executive - United Kingdom

EMA

United Kingdom (Remote)
4 Months ago
ChainGuard - Enterprise Account Executive - Middle East

ChainGuard

United Kingdom (Remote)
3 Weeks ago
Hudl - Senior Scrum Master Manager

Hudl

London, England, United Kingdom (Hybrid)
2 Weeks ago
lucas films - Line Producer

lucas films

London, England, United Kingdom (Hybrid)
2 Months ago
Cloud Imperium Games - Lead Tools Programmer

Cloud Imperium Games

Manchester, England, United Kingdom (On-Site)
8 Months ago
Gravitee - Senior Software Engineer

Gravitee

London, England, United Kingdom (Remote)
1 Year ago
Microsoft - Member of Technical Staff, AI Pretraining

Microsoft

London, England, United Kingdom (On-Site)
4 Months ago
Cult games  - Marketing Manager

Cult games

United Kingdom (On-Site)
1 Month ago
Alpha Sense - Pre-sales Consultant - Financial Services

Alpha Sense

London, England, United Kingdom (On-Site)
2 Weeks ago
Ziff Davis - Guides Writer

Ziff Davis

London, England, United Kingdom (Hybrid)
1 Month ago

Get notifed when new similar jobs are uploaded

Software Development & Engineering Jobs

NXP - Global OSAT Package Principal Engineer

NXP

Hsinchu, Hsinchu City, Taiwan (On-Site)
2 Months ago
bytedance - NPU FW Engineer/Architect- Pico - San Jose

bytedance

San Jose, California, United States (On-Site)
7 Months ago
Safe security - Software Development Engineer I

Safe security

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India (On-Site)
11 Months ago
Thatgamecompany - Technical Support Engineer - China

Thatgamecompany

Shanghai, Shanghai, China (On-Site)
4 Months ago
Euromonitor - Senior Software Engineer

Euromonitor

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India (Hybrid)
3 Months ago
Roblox - Senior Software Engineer, Virtual Economy Optimization

Roblox

San Mateo, California, United States (On-Site)
1 Month ago
Google - Staff Software Engineer, YouTube

Google

San Bruno, California, United States (On-Site)
3 Months ago
Google - CPU Logic Design Engineer

Google

Haifa, Haifa District, Israel (On-Site)
3 Months ago
Mozilla - Senior Staff Engineering Program Manager

Mozilla

Canada (Remote)
1 Month ago
Sony Interactive Entertainment - HR Business Partner (PlayStation Engineering Division)

Sony Interactive Entertainment

Tokyo, Japan (Hybrid)
4 Months ago

Get notifed when new similar jobs are uploaded

About The Company

Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada (Hybrid)

Hengelo, Overijssel, Netherlands (On-Site)

Paris, Île-de-France, France (Hybrid)

Vélizy-Villacoublay, Île-de-France, France (Hybrid)

Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom (On-Site)

Vélizy-Villacoublay, Île-de-France, France (Hybrid)

Vélizy-Villacoublay, Île-de-France, France (Hybrid)

Vélizy-Villacoublay, Île-de-France, France (Hybrid)

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (Remote)

View All Jobs

Get notified when new jobs are added by Thales

Level Up Your Career in Game Development!

Transform Your Passion into Profession with Our Comprehensive Courses for Aspiring Game Developers.

Job Common Plug