Package Manager for Test Engineering

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Glasgow time type:
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Glasgow, United Kingdom 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.
** Work Package Manager - Test Engineering
**** Location**:
Glasgow
** What the role has to offer:
** There is an opportunity to work as a Work Package Manager on test engineering projects, managing a key element of the project (being responsible for tasking, resource management, budget adherence, performance monitoring, reporting and on time delivery within the work package).  As a Work Package Manager, you will work with a range of complex internal and external stakeholders, helping to identify and mitigate project risks, whilst striving to achieve efficient on time quality deliverables.  

In addition, the Work Package Manager will support the PM by acting as their delegate on a mutually agreed basis.
** Core Benefits:
** On offer is a competitive salary and benefits package, which includes:
* Performance-related bonus
* 37 hours a week working Mon – Thurs. ) start for a ) finish
* 201 hours annual leave (plus bank holidays) plus opportunity to buy up to 40 hours/year (pro rata)
* 24 hours volunteering paid for
* Private healthcare (grade dependent)
* Pension scheme
* Life cover
* 24/7 Employee Assistance Program and access to mental wellbeing app
* Employee discount shopping schemes on major brands and retailers
* Gym membership discounts
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* Key responsibilities:

*** The Work Package Manager is responsible for generation and maintenance of Work Package estimates.
* Definition of the Work Package scope, including deliverables & milestones.
* Formal acceptance of the Work Package in consultation with and on behalf of the team who will be delivering the Work Package scope.
* Allocation of tasks to the delivery team, overseeing progress and co-ordinating delivery as required.
* Ensuring Work Package activities are defined, organised and planned in accordance with budget, scheduling, performance and quality requirements as defined in the Work Package Definition Document
* Regular reporting on Work Package progress using the defined template(s)
* Ensure delivery of the Work Package continuously meets the requirements as set out in the WPDD.
* Ensure that Work Package quality is maintained to the correct standard to assure customer and stakeholder satisfaction.
* Identify, act upon and communicate risks, issues and opportunities developing mitigation actions to supporting successful Work Package delivery
* Ensure the Work Package is closed effectively (e.g. archiving of documents, closing the expenditure authorisations, capitalising and sharing lessons learnt
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* About you:

*** Proven experience as a Work Package Manager, Assistant Project Manager, or Project Manager in a large complex organisation, with people management responsibilities.
* Understanding of project, goals, objectives, and strategy for achieving these, ability to then translate to objectives and strategy for a work package.
* Experience of managing project risks and opportunities proactively with internal and external stakeholders.
* An understanding of the financial cycle of a project.
* Proven experience supporting customer negotiations. Show an understanding of the main tools & principles required.
* Effective at operating across functional and departmental boundaries (working in a matrix style organisation).
** This role will require SC Clearance.…