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Project Management Support engineer EPSSG Ground Segment
2015-10-12 19:05:19| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
POSITION ID 2593 ROLE FUNCTION Project Management Support EPSSG Ground Segment in Darmstadt Germany GENERAL CONDITIONS START ASAP LOCATION Darmstadt TYPE OF BUSINESS Science CONTRACT fulltime employment WORKING LANGUAGE English, French is considered an advantage DEADLINE 26 October 2015 MUSTHAVE SKILLS MANDATORY The key person shall be able to analyse complex situations, identify critical areas and produce accurate and concise analyses and recommendations. Heshe shall be able to fulfil the assigned tasks autonomously, be able to plan hisher work and to cope with tight schedules and multiple tasks and work in a rigorous way to agreed deadlines. Heshe shall be willing to work in a team of engineers and in cooperation with industry and partner agencies. The key person shall have the following experience, background and skills University degree in the domain of engineering, science, business administration or equivalent At least 3 years of experience performing project management activities At least 5 years of experience working on large and complex development projects in the aerospace or similar domain Experience of working on a collaborative program between different partners Ability to make synthesis from various written or verbal inputs with excellent English writing skills Good computing skills with strong experience withability to use MS Office software Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, etc.. NICETOHAVE SKILLS CONSIDERED AS AN ADVANTAGE The following will be considered as an advantage Knowledge of Quality Assurance procedures and processes Certification in project management or in project management disciplines Knowledge of systems development lifecycle Experience of Ground Segment development for Earth Observation systems Knowledge of ECSS standards. TASKS The Project Management Support Consultant will provide support to the EPSSG Ground Segment Manager and team for management related aspects. The key person shall report to the EPSSG Ground Segment Manager, who is responsible for the ground segment project and for the daytoday assignment of the Consultants activities. The tasks of the Project Management Support Consultant will typically include but not necessarily be limited to the following Participate in team management meetings and in meetings with partner agencies, contractors, internal stakeholders, etc. as appropriate Track progress against agreed development plans and signal any likely or identified deviations from these plans, together with proposals to reduce the impact of any delays Track actions and risks, analysing and reporting critical issues to the Project Manager, and support the close out of such actions and risk mitigation activities Prepare minutes of meetings and correspondence to industry andor EUMETSAT partners Contribute to the preparation and execution of the Project Reviews from a management standpoint Contribute to maintaining the project schedule in coordination with EPSSG team members, perform a critical path analysis of the schedule In coordination with the EPSSG Project Control Team, support the Project Manager and team in maintaining project documents such as the Project Management Plan, Product Tree, Team Organisation Chart, Work Breakdown Structure WBS and related documents Prepare presentations and synthetic progress reports for internal e.g. report to senior management and external purposes Follow up subsystem development activities monitor deliverables to and from EUMETSATs partner agencies and industry, and support the review of deliverables. Support the control of the baseline definition of the ground segment including evaluation of Change Requests, Change Proposals, and Requests for Waiver Deviation, etc. Support on a case by case basis the other Programmes within the LEO Division in Project management support activities.
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