Mechanical Engineering Discipline Management LR09

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At the Mechanical & Electrical Engineering division, we develop and design cutting-edge hardware systems for multiple applications, such as search radars, fire control and combat management equipment for our customers active in both Naval and Ground based domains.

The department consists of mechanical, electrical and procured parts engineering teams, as well as our Environmental Competence Center. One of our key teams is the Mechanical Engineering team, comprising about 25 highly educated engineers. They handle the (3D) mechanical designs of products like rotary joints, support structures, radar components, cooling, and filtering units. These designs can be for our internal supply chain but also for our subcontractors to produce and assembly hardware.

About the job

You will be part of the Mechanical & Electrical Engineering Management Team and will work closely together with other engineering disciplines (e.g. System Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Test Engineering, etc.) and also with Supply Chain and our internal production. You will manage your team jointly with your peer who manages the mechanical architects and analysts.

We need an enthusiastic and motivated people manager with a strong engineering background to lead the Mechanical Engineering team. You will be responsible for:

• Competence and skill management within your team, in co-operation with the Thales Naval Academy, to guarantee the best level of competitiveness

• Proactively managing the allocation of resources to successfully staff development and sustainment engineering projects

• Leading the deployment and improvement of processes, methods, and tools for the mechanical discipline.

• Ensuring that processes are being followed during the execution of our engineering activities

• Managing the technical innovation roadmap for your discipline

• Guiding your team through the annual HR-cycle

• Interfacing and cooperating with other mechanical departments within the Thales Group.

What you’ll bring

If you are a creative, open, flexible team player with great communication skills in fluent Dutch and English, then you might be the person we are looking for.

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Mechatronic Engineering.

• Experienced people manager with a few years of proven experience in an engineering management role.

• Team player dedicated to achieving common goals.

• Ability to leverage your personality and experience to bring out the best in others and yourself.

• Strong interpersonal skills to manage stakeholders and expectations

What you’ll gain:

Wherever your passion lies, Thales can help you make the best use of your skills and creativity. As a contractor at Thales, you can expect to experience:

• An interesting job within a team of experts in an international high-tech environment.

• Room for and attention to personal development and personal initiative.

• The opportunity to grow within the organization, whether in a technical, managerial, commercial or international capacity.

• A flexible work environment with a focus on maintaining a good work-life balance.

About Thales

Thales offers untold opportunities to take part in fascinating projects and overcome ambitious human and technological challenges. As a contractor, you’ll be part of a community of experts bringing together innovations from the bottom of the oceans to the depths of space and cyberspace. Collaborating to find solutions to the biggest challenges in the most difficult conditions.

Drawing on a diversity of expertise, perspectives and cultures, we are able to provide the best possible solutions to our customers. Together, we can harness the extraordinary power of technology to build a future we can all trust.

Randstad, as the EMEA Thales talent acquisition partner, is responsible for finding and contracting talent for the contingent roles at Thales. If you are selected for a role you will be engaged or employed by one of the Randstad recruitment companies in EMEA and will not be an employee of Thales.

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This position offers a one-year contract with the opportunity to transition to a permanent contract at Thales Nederland after the first year.

This position offers a one-year contract with the opportunity to transition to a permanent contract at Thales Nederland after the first year.

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