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IrisANTARES Project, Administration Controller, RTCTIA019
2014-02-07 14:37:03| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
IrisANTARES Project, Administration Controller, based at the European Space Agency, Noordwijk, The Netherlands 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. Serco Nederland BV is looking for support to the project control activities of the IrisANTARES Project TIAPI and SATAIS 2B Project TIAPA, within the Telecommunications Satellite Programmes Department TIAP at ESTEC. Task Overview Duties include the preparation and maintenance of overall programmatic aspects of the two projects, i.e. cost, finance, documentation and progress control as well as risk related aspects with the aim to provide full visibility on all aspects related to programme resources. Specific duties for both IrisAntares and SATAIS 2B Projects include Implementing and operating planning and control procedures to provide full visibility on all activities related to their progress, while ensuring compliance with established requirements for management reporting on cost, schedule and industrial return Assisting in the preparation of tender documents with respect to management, cost and scheduleplanning requirements and participating in the evaluation of proposals, preparing information required for subsequent contract negotiations and participating in all tasks related to placing of contracts Supporting the management of industrial contracts, monitoring assigned contracts with respect to cost, progress, invoicing, payments, industrial return, geo return, deviations from plans and trends, interface with Delegations Establishing and maintaining of annual budgets, manpower planning, cost at completion and geo return files Monitoring financial commitments for compliance with budgetary provisions and financial regulations Administering of manpower, missions and industrial procurements from a financial perspective Participating to reviews and progress meetings Providing required programmatic, workforce and financial data as well as support with analysis of such data as required to the DTIA Business Unit Controller Preparing the regular programmatic and financial reporting to ESA management and national delegations Supporting the risk management process Qualifications and Requirements Applicants require Masters in Engineering, or MBA or equivalent University degree from a recognized Institution of secondary studies or equivalent qualification in Business Administration, together with a project control background and experience in the disciplines related to the tasks. You will have a minimum of four years experience in a similar position Essential skills Experience in controlling andor management of activities and resources in aerospace industry Experience in maintaining a Cost at Completion, anticipating and highlighting areas of concern, initiating mitigation actions. Experience in preparation of synthetic reports with deviations from plans and trends. This includes Industrial as well as Operational cost Experience with the application of project management and project control principles related to the preparation, negotiation and implementation of industrial procurements Experience with industrial return forecasting and reporting Experience in maintenance of a risk register, high level schedule and document configuration control Experience in project review and risk management processes Experience in the analysis of business cases 3rd party investments is an asset Highly proficient with planning and project control tools e.g. SAP, MS Excel, MS Project Excellent planning and organization skills and attention to detail, good judgment and a pragmatic approach Ability to work both autonomously and as part of a team within the boundaries of assigned tasks and stringent schedule Good sense of contacts and communications, ability to interface at appropriate level with relevant actors within and outside of the Directorate Proficient in the English language, both written and spoken Desirable Skills Familiarity with relevant ESA corporate applications e.g. ESAP, Eclipse is an asset Previous ESA experience in a similar position Additional EU languages Please note that Serco reserves the right of changing the advertisement closing date or to close vacancy at any time. We therefore strongly advise you to apply for the role promptly in order to avoid any disappointment in such exceptional circumstances. If you believe you have the skills and experience for the above post, please submit your application via our eRecruitment website. httpswww.amris.comsercorequirementdisplay.php?refSearchrequirementid49659 Mandatory Applicants must hold a current valid work permit for the Netherlands or be EU nationals. If you have any questions regarding this opportunity please address them to the Dutch recruitment team at space.careersserco.com Position Project, Administration Controller Reference RTCTIA019 Application closing date 2nd March 2014 Start date ASAP Important Please be aware that security clearance may be part of the selection process Please also take the opportunity to register with Serco eRecruitment for automatic email alerts for new opportunities 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
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