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Instrument Team Management Support
2014-04-24 19:36:04| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
Sercos space heritage over the last 40 years has placed us in the Space News Top 50 Space Industry Manufacturing and Services Companies. With over 1500 staff in the space business covering a wide spectrum of experience and skills, we convey best practice, expertise and innovation in our business. All members of our recruitment team have extensive space experience, so have the insight necessary to support you through the application process. For our activities in EUMETSAT, we are currently looking for Management Support to report to the LEO Instrument Team Leader, who is responsible for the instrument projects and for the daytoday assignment of the Key Persons activities. Initially the Key Person will mainly work on EUMETSAT Polar System EPS but in the future heshe may be involved in EPS Second Generation. Tasks Provision of support to the Instrument Team Leader and Deputy in management related aspects Support and participation to instrument and satellite reviews, e.g. Flight Acceptance Reviews, generation of RIDs Ensure the technical coordination of the Metop instruments in support to the EPS Project Manager and liaise as needed with EUMETSAT Partners ESA NOAA NASA CNES Support the EPS Project Manager for the MHS FM4 followon Support instrument related storagedestorage activities, reactivation and recalibration campaigns Support the investigations and corrective actions related to anomalies occurring on Metop instruments on ground or in orbit Support preparation of launch campaigns, Launch and Early Orbit Phase LEOP activities and satellite commissioning Support to the generation and maintenance of instrument related documents Support to the preparation and maintenance of presentation material related to instruments Support to the control of the baseline definition of each instrument including evaluation of Change Requests, Change Proposals, Requests for Waiver Deviation, Interface Control Documents etc. Critical analysis of instrument related schedules of satellite activities Monitoring of deliverables to and from EUMETSATs partner agencies and industry Maintenance of an instrument issues tracker Tracking of actions on instrument related issues and support to close out of such actions Drafting correspondence to EUMETSATs partner agencies and industry Participation to meetings with partner agencies, contractors, internal, etc. as appropriate Support also as requested the EPS Second Generation Programme for the instruments aspects. Qualifications and Requirements The Key Person is required to have the experience and capability to fulfil the assigned tasks with the minimum of supervision. The Key Person shall have, as a prerequisite, a background of at least 8 years in space hardware projects, with at least 3 years of experience in project management positions preferably in the area of remote sensing instruments. The Key Person should have a University degree, some knowledge of QA processes and procedures and good computing skills with a familiarity with Microsoft Office software Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Project, Access, etc.. They shall have good interpersonal skills. Furthermore, heshe should preferably have experience of working on a collaborative programme between different partners. The official languages of EUMETSAT are English and French. The working language for the position is English and therefore the Key Person must be able to work effectively in this language, knowledge of French being an advantage. Application procedure Important All applicants must hold a current valid work permit for Germany or be EU nationals. If you are interested in this vacancy, and think you have the skills and experience required, please apply by either clicking on, or copying into your browser, the URL below. httpswww.amris.comsercorequirementdisplay.php?refSearchrequirementid51971 If you have any question regarding this position please email space.careersserco.com Position Instrument Team Management Support Reference G014103EUM Application closing date 270514 Start date 010814 If you are not yet registered with Serco we advise you to register your details by adding your details and attaching your CV via httpswww.amris.comsercoalertssignupform.php For additional information about Serco Group please consult our website www.serco.com For additional information about Serco Europe please consult our website www.serco.comeurope For additional information about EUMETSAT, please consult httpwww.eumetsat.int
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