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EGNOS Exploitation Galileo Early Services Programme Control
2013-11-04 09:36:28| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
RHEA the fastest growing leading Belgian SME providing system engineering solutions and professional engineering services to the international space industry is recruiting experienced engineering support for a full time position based in the area of Prague, the Czech Republic. Description The activity consists in providing engineering, management and legalprocurement support to the GSA in order to prepare and then implement its role of EGNOS and Galileo exploitation manager. Those tasks address the preparation of the exploitation activities, the implementation of the programme management handover from the current programme management EC andor GSA to the GSA, and the execution of the exploitation activities under responsibility of the GSA. Those tasks will be performed under the direct supervision of the GSA EGNOS and Galileo programme managers, and shall be performed to a very large extent colocated with the GSA exploitation programme teams. Those tasks consist mainly of Producing analysis reports and programme documentation according to the GSA programme management needs, Preparing and participating to reviews or meetings organised by GSA or other programme stakeholders e.g. EC, ESA, EGNOS operator in order to represent the GSA and defend its interests, Developing, implementing andor configuring basic programme management tools e.g. schedule and costs data bases, documentation and configuration management, risk register, Contributing to the onsite GSA programme management team activities, reporting to management and decisionmaking. TASK EGNOS exploitation Galileo early services programme control This task consists in putting in place and monitoring the program control indicators in support to the management of the program. As part of the Galileo exploitation programme the GSA shall prepare for the European Commission the provision of the Galileo Early Services due to start in October 2014. This includes, but is not limited to plan, schedule and conduct appropriate analysis, including integration of exploitation schedules, identification and resolution of schedule and planning conflicts, generation of alerts, development of project critical paths undertake exploitation risk management activities and provide analysis, including risk identification, assessment qualitative quantitative and response planning, maintenance of overall risk register and integration of risks within planning and scheduling activities undertake exploitation configuration and documentation management activities, including maintenance of coordination baseline status and management of exploitation documents Profile Requirements for advisors General experience in project management of a minimum of 5 years. Participation in project management during the last 4 years of a minimum of 2 projects, each involving parties from at least 2 different EU Member States. Project management experience provided shall include proof of ability to synthesize relevant information in support of decision making processes, andor quality assurance experience in drafting reports and management recommendations. Proof of project control experience schedule maintenance, risk registers, meeting organisation, project milestones and associated dependencies, critical path analysis gained in the last 4 years of a minimum of 2 projects, each involving at least 3 parties from at least 2 different EU Member States. The experience may have been gained in the projects informed about under the previous bullet or other projects. Proof of capacity to work and communicate efficiently in English written and oral. Ideal candidates should also demonstrate Proof of experience with public procurement procedures Proof of experience with support to the preparation, evaluation and negotiation of satellite operations andor satellite service provision contracts Proof of experience with devising service level agreements SLAs Proof of experience with delegation agreements between EU Institutions andor international Organisation Proof of experience with defining key performance indicators KPIs and management requirements for satellite operations. Proof of at least 2 years technical experience in the field of space and ground segment development programmes gained by direct involvement in such programmes knowledge of satellite navigation, including Space Based Augmentation Systems SBAS and knowledge of geostationary satellites spacetoground interfaces. Proof of technical experience in system integration, space and ground segment procurement and operations gained through direct involvement into at least two separate space projects. Proof of experience in standard space programme development cycles. Proof of technical understanding of geostationary satellites spacetoground interfaces. Location Prague, the Czech Republic Application deadline ASAP If you are interested, please send your Word format CV as well as a Cover Letter to Lena Englander, Recruitment Manager at careeropportunitiesrheagroup.com Please do not hesitate to contact us for more information. RHEA provides you with an attractive employment package based on the candidates experience, the opportunity to build experience in the space sector and to grow within an international company. RHEA is an independent Space Engineering Consulting and Software company that offers knowledgebased services and innovative solutions to the space industry. Our technical expertise is coupled with the provision of software tools for both Space and Ground segments. For the past 18 years RHEA has supported over 40 space missions, including comet chasers, planetary and Moon missions, deep space astronomy experiments to understand the fundamental laws of physics, climate monitoring, meteorology, navigation and communications. Rhea is the market leader for MOIS solutions and procedure management systems. Rhea has successfully brought together engineers and scientists from 13 nationalities to support its clients across 7 European countries, Canada and the USA.
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