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Project Manager for EPSSG Ground Segment
2016-05-23 18:07:20| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
The Serco Group is a FTSE 250 corporation with over 125,000 staff in 30 countries. Our strategy is to be a superb provider of public services, by being the best managed business in our sector. We are a focused business to government B2G business, specialising across five sectors Defence, Justice Immigration, Transport, Health and Citizen Services. Sercos space heritage over the last 40 years has placed us in the Space News Top 50 Space Industry Manufacturing and Services Companies. Our European operations have ca. 2,000 employees delivering critical services to public institutions such as the European Commission, EUMETSAT or the European Space Agency where we are the largest onsite service provider with ca. 300 staff. For our activities in EUMETSAT, we are currently looking for a Project Manager for EPSSG Ground Segment. Main responsibilities As Project Manager you will support the EPSSG Ground Segment Manager and team for management related aspects. You should report to the EPSSG Ground Segment Manager, who is responsible for the ground segment project and for the daytoday assignment of your activities. Your tasks will typically include but not necessarily be limited to the following Coordinate and maintain, in relation with the project control team, the Ground Segment Project Management Plan, Team Organisation Chart, Work Breakdown Structure WBS, Work Packages, Product Tree, and related documents Contribute to follow up subsystem development activities monitor deliverables to and from EUMETSATs partner agencies and industry, and support the review of deliverables 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 Contribute to the preparation and execution of the Project Reviews from a management standpoint Prepare presentations and synthetic status reports for internal e.g. report to senior management and external purposes Contribute to maintaining the project schedule in coordination with EPSSG team members and performing a critical path analysis of the schedule 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 Support the control of the baseline definition of the ground segment including evaluation of Change Requests, Change Proposals, Requests for Waiver Deviation, etc. Support on a case by case basis the other Programmes within the LEO Division in Project management support activities. These activities will involve interactions with other EUMETSAT teams and external stakeholders. Travel within Europe may have to be undertaken. Ideal candidate Requirements Essentials You should be able to analyse complex situations, identify critical areas and produce accurate and concise analyses, recommendations and synthesis and be able to fulfil the assigned tasks autonomously, be able to plan your work and to cope with tight schedules and multiple tasks and work in a rigorous way to agreed deadlines. You should be willing to work in a team of engineers and in cooperation with industry and partner agencies. You should bring a university degree, at least 3 years of experience performing project management activities preferably on large and complex development projects in the aerospace or similar domain and the following Ability to make synthesis from various written or verbal inputs with excellent English writing skills Computer skills with strong experience withability to use MS Office software e.g. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, etc.. The official languages of EUMETSAT are English and French. The working language for the position is English and therefore you must be fluent and able to work effectively in English, knowledge of French being an advantage. Desirables The following would be additional assets Certification in project management or in project management disciplines Knowledge of Quality Assurance procedures and processes Knowledge of systems development lifecycle Experience of Ground Segment development and or Earth Observation systems. Application procedure Important All applicants must hold a current valid work permit for Germany or be EU nationals. Important Due to the high interest these roles generate, Serco reserves the right to commence, alter or conclude the recruitment process prior to the closing date. If shortlisted, a recruiter will contact you directly. You can also login at any time to apply to additional positions. Data Protection By submitting a job application you agree to the storage of any personal data provided by you directly or collected from generally accessible sources in particular professional and other social media throughout the entire application process CV, references, letter of application, interviews as applicable. To facilitate subsequent contact for professional purposes only, you agree to your data being saved after the application process has ended. You may revoke your consent to this agreement at any time. The same shall also apply if you are contacted by SERCO GROUP regarding vacancies that match your existing profile. If you are interested in this vacancy, and think you have the skills and experience required, please apply via the relevant link available in Serco Europes Careers Hub httpscareershub.serco.eu
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