Location: Cheadle, United Kingdom
Thales 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 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.
Title : Configuration Management Administration
Location : Cheadle
CANDIDATES THAT WOULD IMPRESS US
PROFILE:
You graduated with a Higher National Certificate (HNC) or a Higher National Diploma (HND) and have experience in configuration management processesYou are a communicator and a team player: you are willing to help and establish strong relationships with the rest of the teamYou are said to be methodical and meticulous, with a keen eye for details and advanced organizational skillsYou are proactive
COMPETENCIES:
You are able to understand configuration management processes and tools through the prism of contractual requirements and stakeholders’ needsYou foster continuous improvement and encourage a culture of feedbackYou are able to multi-task and prioritise without requiring regular direct supervisionYou can support the team with your good knowledge of configuration management tools & practices, as well as that of the Product Lifecycle Management domain (tools, technical data, reporting)You have the ability to establish and meet deadlinesYou understand the importance of data integrity
LIFE AS A THALES CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT ADMINISTRATION ROLE
As a Configuration Management Administration Role within Thales, you will:
Be responsible for the registration and release of data managed in configurationVerify the integrity, validity and maintenance of records relating to the data, including traceability and history over the entire life cycle Take in charge the verification of the completeness of technical and non-technical data (whether internally and externally)Ensure the provision of up-to-date data to the relevant functionsRecord configuration baselines and provide status on identified gaps or omissionsTranslate the decisions of the Configuration Manager into the tool as requiredBe a configuration management tool (PLM) expert and provide support to the project/product teamArchive obsolete data
YOUR CAREER AT THALES
Future opportunities will allow you to discover other domains or sites. You will be able to evolve and grow your competencies in different areas:
Room and attention to personal developmentBuild your talents in another domain of Thales Group, discovering new products, new customers, new country or go to a more complex SolutionChoose between a technical expertise or a leadership pathBuild an international career within a leading Engineering Group
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