Discipline Manager (Functional Engineering Manager)

ROLE DESCRIPTION SUMMARY

• Improve the engineering discipline practices (process and tools)

• Strengthen our focus on people development

• Ensure the sharing and capitalization of knowledge across the organization

• Enforce balance between engineering discipline and delivery

KEY ACTIVITIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

As a Discipline Manager, you are accountable for:

• Contribute and support the Engineering Manager in building a clear vision and direction for Engineering initiatives and communicate to the team

• Contribute to the Systems, Infrastructure and Speciality Engineering Discipline Governance

• Define and tailor discipline practices (process and tools)

• Ensure the capitalization and sharing of knowledge

• Contribute to the discipline efficiency plan to increase business competitiveness

• Promote adoption of new technologies

• Be responsible for the engineering discipline cost model definition and updates

• Assess skills required for current and future projects needs including future discipline trends

• Development/upskilling of the team and career management

• Conduct strategic workforce planning including the provision of resources to fulfil current and future bid and project needs

• Roll-out Make Team Buy strategy for the forecasted workload (incoming activities)

• Define and Manage Hiring strategy and recruitment, onboarding

• Foster collaboration with other disciplines to define multi-discipline solutions with added value

• Foster an innovation and entrepreneurship culture

KEY KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE

To be successful in your role, you will have demonstrated and/or acquired the following knowledge and experience:

Qualifications

• Degree in Engineering, IT or related discipline

• Postgraduate studies in Systems Engineering (Desirable)

Essential Experience

• Proven experience in Systems Engineering lifecycle management (10+ years) including Requirements, Design, Integration and Verification and Validation

• Proven experience in the development of products and projects in a variety of methodologies, with a particular focus on iterative/agile development

• Proven experience (5+ years) in managing and coaching staff

• Demonstrated ability to achieve effective outcomes in a multidiscipline, multi-culture environment

• Experience with Safety, Security and Human Factors standards and practices

• Experience with Infrastructure design processes

• Experience with Network design and deployment processes

• Ability to develop and promote high performing teams

• Develop and foster a culture of continuous improvement

• Coaching and sharing of his/her know-how

• Ability to engage senior stakeholders having different objectives

• Accountability, transparency and curiosity

• A positive attitude combined with excellent interpersonal and motivational skills.

• An ability to successfully manage change

• Comfort in facing and managing complexity

• Sound judgement and independent decision-making capability where necessary

Desirable:

• Good knowledge of Air Traffic Management systems

General / Special Requirements

• Assist in ensuring a harmonious work environment in all departments that you are working with by upholding Thales key values.

• An advocate for diversity and inclusion who will be actively involved in implementing change initiatives to achieve our diversity goals

• An advocate for a culture of continuous improvement

• An advocate for Accountability, transparency and curiosity

• Comply with all relevant company Occupational Health, Safety and Environmental policies and framework and work practices with the intent of preventing or minimizing accidental exposures to self, colleagues, visitors and/or the environment and to ensure a safe work practices at all times.

• Comply with all relevant Company policies and procedures.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

• Occasional international travel may be required