Bid and Project Manager

Location : Crawley, United KingdomThales people provide armed forces customers with operational advantage at every decisive moment throughout the mission.

Defence and armed forces customers rely on us to deliver the full range of defence mission systems solutions at land, sea, and air.

Our platforms extend across the battlespace including Above and Sonar, Electronic Combat, and Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance systems.

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 five major industries; Aerospace, Defence, Ground Transportation, 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, We have a great opportunity for a Bid and Project Manager to manage key projects within the Electronic Warfare sector of our Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) domain who provide industry leading capability and upgrades for Unmanned Air Vehicles (UAV) and Electronic Warfare(EV) for UK and Export markets.

You will be responsible for providing core project management and team leadership in the delivery of key EW projects in the naval and land arenas.

The role is to deliver a number of projects for our key reference export customer. There will be the opportunity also to manage small bids associated with growing the installed base.

Key tasks / Responsibilities :

In addition to the above, you will also be responsible for the delivery of all financials, scheduling and scope across materials and labour for all aspects of the relevant projects.

These projects include a development contracts at varying stages of the lifecycle, production contracts and ongoing customer support and services.

As well as the above, key activities include :

Managing activities with the engineering, production, procurement, quality, and asset management teams.

Deliver the key results and performance metrics, including order intake, sales, gross margin and cash.

Ensure all business planning and reporting is published in accordance with Business directives

Manage all stakeholders; ensuring strong communications are established and maintained

Due to the sensitive nature of much of the work, all applicants must be eligible for UK MoD Security Clearance. Please visit the UKSV website for further guidance.

Are you looking for a new opportunity as a Project Manager? Do you have experience in working within complex hardware and software developments projects?, You will have...

• Strong skills, experience and knowledge of project management


• A strong technical background paired with demonstration of business winning


• Experience with managing a team across complex systems


• Great interpersonal skills


• A good understanding of financial concepts and accountability., 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.
  
  At Thales we provide CAREERS and not only jobs. With Thales employing 80,000 employees in 68 countries our mobility policy enables thousands of employees each year to develop their careers at home and abroad, in their existing areas of expertise or by branching out into new fields.


Together we believe that embracing flexibility is a smarter way of working.

Thales UK is committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free recruitment process. We will provide reasonable adjustments and support to ensure neuro-diverse applicants or those with a disability or long-term condition can be their best during the recruitment process.