Project Quality Manager - M/F
Job Description
- Represent the quality function to project teams, clients, and internal/external stakeholders.
- Ensure project compliance with contractual, regulatory, and normative requirements.
- Ensure application and adherence to processes throughout the project cycle to control costs, deadlines, and performance.
- Lead risk and opportunity management, support teams in improving product/project practices.
- Exercise duty of alert and veto in case of non-compliance with quality standards or risk to project objectives.
- Handle customer complaints, conduct root cause analyses, and implement appropriate action plans.
- Propose continuous improvement areas to strengthen team quality maturity.
- Ensure regular and relevant reporting to operational and quality management.
- BAC +5 degree (engineer or equivalent).
- At least 5 years of experience in project quality, project management, and/or systems engineering.
- Knowledge of ISO 9001/EN9100 standards and audit methodologies.
- Good level of English (written and oral).
- Success driven by technological excellence, your experience, and shared ambition
- An attractive compensation package
- Continuous skills development: training courses, internal academies, and communities
- An inclusive, benevolent environment respecting employee balance
- Recognized societal and environmental commitment
Let's build a future of trust together
Thales is a global high-tech leader specializing in three sectors: Defense & Security, Aeronautics & Space, and Cyber & Digital. It develops products and solutions that contribute to a safer, more environmentally friendly, and more inclusive world. The Group invests nearly 4 billion euros per year in Research & Development, particularly in key innovation areas such as AI, cybersecurity, quantum, cloud technologies, and 6G. Thales has nearly 81,000 employees in 68 countries.
Our commitments, your benefits
- Success driven by our technological excellence, your experience, and our shared ambition
- An attractive compensation package
- Continuous skills development: training courses, internal academies, and communities
- An inclusive, benevolent environment respecting employee balance
- Recognized societal and environmental commitment
Your daily life
Within the Vehicles and Tactical Systems activity, the La Ferté Saint Aubin site specializes in the production of land and airborne weapon systems (mortars, ammunition, rockets, etc.), force protection systems, and zone control. With its 450 employees, engineers, technicians, and specialized workers, the La Ferté Saint Aubin site ensures research and development, production, testing, as well as all the "support" functions necessary for the design of high-performance systems essential to the success of operational missions. Thales has formed, with the German defense group DIEHL, a Joint-Venture "JUNGHANS T2M" which has 165 employees, allowing the two companies to combine their expertise in electronics and precision mechanics and thus become one of the world leaders in the field of munition fuses. This Joint-Venture is also present on the La Ferté Saint Aubin site.
The Vehicles & Tactical Systems (VTS) Business Line specializes in the development, design, integration, qualification, and production of land and airborne weapon systems, as well as force protection and zone control systems.
Within a dynamic team, you are responsible for customer satisfaction. You will be in charge of piloting all quality assurance activities on several projects.
Your main missions are:
- Represent the quality function to project teams, clients, and internal/external stakeholders.
- Ensure project compliance with contractual, regulatory, and normative requirements.
- Ensure the application and adherence to processes throughout the project cycle, to control costs, deadlines, and performance.
- Lead risk and opportunity management, support teams in improving product/project practices.
- Exercise the duty of alert and veto in case of non-compliance with quality standards or risk to project objectives.
- Handle customer complaints, conduct root cause analyses, and implement appropriate action plans.
- Propose continuous improvement areas to strengthen the quality maturity of the teams.
- Ensure regular and relevant reporting to operational and quality management.
Your profile
With a BAC +5 degree (engineer or equivalent), you have at least 5 years of experience in project quality, project management, and/or systems engineering.
You are able to intervene with teams to guarantee the maturity of existing practices and the definition of actions to ensure the quality of deliverables throughout a product's life cycle.
You are familiar with ISO 9001/EN9100 standards and audit methodologies.
Endowed with an analytical and synthetic mind, you demonstrate autonomy, rigor, and pragmatism in your work.
You know how to step back to anticipate problems.
You are recognized for your taste for human contact, your proactive approach, and your ability to make things happen.
You have a good level of English (written and oral).
Then this position is for you!
Thales, a Handi-Engaged company, recognizes all talents. Diversity is our best asset. Apply and join us!
As the position may require access to information covered by national defense secrecy, the selected person will be subject to a security clearance procedure, in accordance with the provisions of articles R.2311-1 et seq. of the Defense Code and IGI 1300 SGDSN/PSE of August 9, 2021.
