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Project Controller ESTEC
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Project Controller ESTEC, Ref no 16 11405 Terma The hightech and innovative Terma Group develops products and systems for defence, nondefence and security applications, including command and control systems, radar systems, selfprotection systems for aircraft and vessels, space technology, and aerostructures for the aircraft industry. Terma is headquartered at Aarhus, Denmark. Internationally, Terma has subsidiaries and operations in The Netherlands, Germany, United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates, India, Singapore and the U.S. The Space Business Area contributes with missioncustomized software and hardware products including power systems and star trackers as well as services to support a number of inorbit pioneering European scientific and Earth observation satellite missions. Additionally, Terma is contracted for the development and delivery of software and hardware systems and services for numerous ongoing and future European, and international missions. Terma Space operates out of Denmark, The Netherlands, Germany, and the UK. Job description For our customer, ESAESTEC, we are seeking an experienced ProgrammeProject Controller to work at ESTEC in Noordwijk, The Netherlands. You will be assigned to the Management Support Section of the Systems Dept. TECPCS within the Directorate of Technical and Quality Management DTEC. Responsibilities The post holder will contribute to the smooth operations of the TEC Directorate and to the efficient management of its resources and technical infrastructure. In particular, the post holder will be assigned to the Programme and Project Control Service and will provide support for the project control activities for the different projects under the responsibility of the Systems Department in TEC. Post holder may also be asked to provide general assistance in the field of resources and activities controlling under the responsibility of the department. The detailed tasks will cover the following Support to the planning, preparation, execution and followup of projects programmes activities in terms of schedule, related procurement actions, costs including preparation of CaC as relevant, manpower including support, etc. including assisting in preparing, developing and maintaining programme level plans assisting in the definition and in maintaining related workprocurement plans and related execution and contract actions plans using local tools as applicable monitoring of the implementation of the programmes and of activities, as appropriate, and preparation of related reports and provision of management information as required evaluating the results and main achievements of the programme, elaborating related KPIs, and preparing periodic overview publications In the field of resources i.e. financial and manpower for programmeprojects o assisting in the preparation of longterm, medium term and inyear resource plans monitoring and controlling the implementation of the plans in line with resource targets, performing forecasting, identifying deviations and related recovery actions, producing related reports reviewing checking of ESA internal expenditures such as recharges, support services and purchases for consistency with Costat Completion CAC of industrial contracts checking commitments for consistency with budgets and ESAs procedures and consumption of commitment ceiling and initiating related budgetary transfers as required. In the field of procurements and execution of contracts support to the preparation and followup of the Agencys tender actions support to the proposal evaluations as expert for the price and schedule verification and analysis support to the preparation of the financial contract commitment and the data entry of the milestone payment plans in the Agencys systems contributing to the elaboration, consolidation of related procurement workplans and detailed implementation plans e.g. Contract Action Plan baseline and related commitment consumption, cost and disbursement profiles ensuring that above plans are properly inserted in the appropriate management tools followingup of the progress of the procurement actions and contracts, and keeping track of status and maintaining the current actual and forecasting in the appropriate ESA tools creating related objects in esap, maintaining corresponding information in local applications as required and ensuring the correctness and coherence of related information monitoring and controlling of timely implementation of actions related to procurement and contractual matters, including monitoring of financial commitments, payment milestones and invoicing supporting industrial invoicing process and payment verification and control. In the field of programme industrial return initiation and coordination of the periodic updating of relevant Industrial Return data base to reflect the current commitments status and the industrial policy forecast for planned activities verification of coherence with ESA corporate Industrial Return data maintenance of list of specific compensation or improvement measures and followup the implementation verification of coherence of proposed procurement actions with the planned industrial return policy targets of the programmeproject, including the compensation measures Support to programmeproject level risk management Maintaining up to date the related data, performing data analysis, identifying deviations w.r.t. planstargets and production of associated reports to the responsible management and to the concerned customers when relevant. Operation of the associated management information tools and system databases. Support to the responsible entity in the definition of new and improvement of existing processes and tools and production of related documents. This is a full time located at ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands. The requested start of work is October 2016. Qualifications Competencies The successful candidate will have a university degree Masters in Business Administration, MBA, or similar have at least 4 years relevant working experience as well as Experience in controlling andor management of activities and resources ideally acquired in the aerospace industry. For some tasks knowledge of FinanceAccounting may be required. Highly proficient in the use of modern activities and resource management support toolsdatabases of standard office automation support software packages including in particular advance usage of Excel MSOffice and in particular advanced use of Excel Several years of experience with SAP and in particular ECC and SRM modules is required. Previous experience with relevant corporate applications e.g. esap andor TEC IT Tools would be a distinctive advantage. Ability to readily assimilate and coordinate input data and providing timely output. Reliability, rigor and initiative in the execution of the assigned tasks. Autonomy, initiative and capacity to identify priority actions and to handle high workload. Proficient in the English language, both written and spoken, knowledge of another official ESA language is an asset. Ability to understand and adapt to the ESA specific context and environment. What can Terma Offer? At Terma, we consider skilled employees, enthusiasm and job satisfaction as the very foundation of our success and as a prerequisite for the development of the bestinclass solutions that Terma provides. We lead the way in applying new technology, offering a wide range of growth opportunities for each individual and emphasizing mutual respect across the board in our workplace. Terma offers you a pleasant working environment at the customer site, where you will be able to take on challenging tasks and responsibilities in a highly professional company. Great opportunities for training and personal development Challenges in advanced technical environment International and cosmopolitan working atmosphere An employment contract with an attractive package with extralegal benefits Highly competitive salary Recruitment is depending on successful selection by the customer. Additional information Applicants should apply through the link below. For further information, please contact Mr. Simon Mills by telephone 31 6 2326 2398 or by email smiterma.com. To ensure that your application will reach us and is properly processed we would prefer that you apply through the link below with a Cover Letter explaining your background and expertise, as well as your earliest date of availability, and an uptodate Curriculum Vitae. Closing date August 29th 2016 Please note that applicants must hold all appropriate documentation and permits to work in Europe. A Certificate of Conduct will be applied for at commencement of employment.
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