Engineering Delivery Management - eWPM

Location: Bangalore, India

Thales is a global technology leader trusted by governments, institutions, and enterprises to tackle their most demanding challenges. From quantum applications and artificial intelligence to cybersecurity and 6G innovation, our solutions empower critical decisions rooted in human intelligence. Operating at the forefront of aerospace and space, cybersecurity and digital identity, we’re driven by a mission to build a future we can all trust.

Present in India since 1953, Thales is headquartered in Noida and has other operational offices and sites spread across Delhi, Gurugram, Bengaluru and Mumbai, among others. Over 2200 employees are working with Thales and its joint ventures in India. Since the beginning, Thales has been playing an essential role in India’s growth story by sharing its technologies and expertise in Defence, Aerospace and Cyber & Digital sectors. Thales has two engineering competence centres in India - one in Noida focused on Cyber & Digital business, while the one in Bengaluru focuses on hardware, software and systems engineering capabilities for both the civil and defence sectors, serving global needs. The Group has also established an MRO (Maintenance, Repair & Overhaul) facility in Gurugram to provide comprehensive avionics maintenance and repair services to Indian airlines and support the growth of the local aviation industry.

As an Engineering Delivery Management Role, your challenge will consist of: 

• Working as a technical manager across the Project Engineering Lifecycle: development activities, risks and opportunities, schedules, cost estimations, reporting etc. 
• Translating needs into requirements and building the development strategy (“problem scoping phase”) 
• Structuring and mastering the delivery process 
• Mastering the technical debt, the co-contracting and subcontracting 
• 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 

Work Package Organisation and Planning:

• Author the Work Package Description with the WP team based on the project structure regarding the entity/Customer requirements
• Identify deliverables, milestones and interdependencies with other WP’s
  Establish the schedule and the estimates based on a viable solution, and identify the necessary resources and their availability
• Initialise the risk and opportunity register and the work package baseline using the relevant key project tools
• Where applicable obtain commitments from suppliers
   

Work Package Launch:

Establish a network diagram and a detailed schedule which is aligned with the project master schedule Define the cost structure, resource profiles, supplier selection and the relevant metrics to monitor the WP

• Write relevant plans within the WP scope
   

Work Package Execution:

• Achieve the objectives of the Work Package and take the necessary management actions to correct any deviation from the baseline or objectives
  Identifying and solving issues, managing the risks and opportunities and performing mitigation activities
   

Work Package Monitoring and Control:

• Review document, specifications, schedule and estimate files using peers where necessary
  Monitor & consolidate all deliverables
• Update the schedule, risk & opportunities register, the ETC & EAC
• Consolidate the work package dashboard and lead progress meetings
• Report as per the PMP and escalate to the PM any variances or key issues
   

Quality of Deliverables:

• The WPM is responsible for the quality of the delivered products, services and documentation within the project committed time and budget and in the scope of the work package
• The WPM ensures that all configuration items within the WP scope are managed (could be done by a configuration manager)
   

Key Stakeholder Relations:

• Lead the team and/or suppliers involved to perform the work package and ensures the respect of all commitments
• Participate and input to all relevant project reviews as specified in the PMP
  Act, where required, as PM delegate to the Client.
• Act, where required, as the Thales representative for sub-contracted work
   

Capture of Lessons Learned:

• The WPM must collect, analyse and synthesise the strengths and weaknesses during the performance of the work package, propose recommendations for improvement and record these as prescribed in the PMP
   

Work Package Closure:

• The WPM must ensure that all the commitments taken in his work package description sheet have been honoured by collating all WP data, costs and estimates, recording them and then organise a closure review

Educational Background and Experience

• You graduated with a Master of Engineering or Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics/Electrical/Electromechanical disciplines.  
• You have a minimum of 5 years’ experience among the following positions: Engineering Manager, Technical Project Manager, or Software/Hw Engineering Manager  
• Delivered complex end-to-end electromechanical solutions.
• You want to lead a technical team in a challenging environment with strong delivery focus and mindset.
• You want to delight your customers and build strong relationships 
• You are willing to engage and develop your team using collaborative work and challenging approaches 
• You believe in continuous improvement and work accordingly 
• You sound convincing and persuasive 

Core Competencies and Leadership Capabilities

• You know how to verify the technical deliverables of engineering teams (customer needs, OCD, requirements, architecture choice…) 
• You are able to lead and manage technical engineering projects, meeting the requirements with a clear view of the risks and opportunities 
• You are able to engage and influence a diverse set of stakeholders as well as creating clear and achievable goals 
• You are able to take decisions–even in uncertain contexts 

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