Location: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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JOB OBJECTIVE
The Engineering Work Package Manager (WPM) for the Radio communication system.
This role will manage the end-to-end Project Engineering Lifecycle: Development activities, risks and opportunities, schedules and coordinate the delivery activities in order to ensure the performance and milestones.
Manage the Engineering team to deliver the solution,
Structuring and mastering the delivery process,
Mastering the technical debt and the impact on the planning and the delivery,
Managing the co-contracting and subcontracting activities
Facilitating collaborative work across teams and stakeholders
Providing the best engineering solutions for customers, being in close touch with them and being the quality guarantee of the engineering solutions provided to the customers
Contributing to the future products of Thales group
Working on complex, disruptive and stimulating projects
His team is composed of different roles and engineering disciplines, from Solution Architecture, System Engineering to Software Engineers and Integration engineers (IVVQ)
In addition to this delivery aspect, the position holder needs to master the technical content to manage the financial, planning and reporting aspects and to anticipate difficulties encountered as well as opportunities available to the team.
This position will require significant experience in used technologies for this project:
Radio communication technologies,
System and radio hosting infrastructure.
ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES
The position will be in Abu Dhabi UAE.
Role and responsibilities
Conduct all work packages delivery activities: organization, scheduling, effort & budget control, risk & opportunities management
Conduct and manage reviews with the Business Line, the project management and the Customer (e.g. monthly reviews, design reviews, etc.)
Manage and coordinate activities with collaboration with project teams (system engineering, infrastructure & cyber security, IVVQ)
Liaise with the Project Manager and head of disciplines for all aspects of the work package, especially resources and skills management
Coordinates work across teams in order to ensure the success of the WP
WORK EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS
Work Experience
Relevant work package management or project management role (minimum 5 years)
Proven experience of managing za delivery team >20 people
Have good skillset in delivery of complex systems (Software + New technologies, Cyber and integrated team localized in different counties)
Project management techniques (scheduling, risk management, estimating, progress reporting, stakeholder management)
Experience in a multi-disciplined and multi-cultural environments
Relevant on producing engineering documentation: Specifications, design, IVVQ deliverables, user manuals …
Competencies
Demonstrated leadership and ability to manage technical engineering projects, meeting the requirements with a clear view of…