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Programme Management Support in the LEO Division
2016-03-05 12:10:09| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
With 1.700 employees worldwide, the CS Group is a leading IT company in France and in Germany, and a prime contractor in designing, integrating and operating mission critical systems. It has now been over 30 years that comprehensive CS solutions for space systems and applications, both on the ground and in space, have been part and parcel of this odyssey. Our German activities grow at fast pace and to face our costumers high level expectations and needs, we are looking for talented profiles having relevant experience in Space systems. This job position is for our customer EUMETSAT. The Key person shall report to the Associate Director for LEO ProgrammesHead of the LEO Division and liaise with the LEO management team. Overall the Key person shall support the LEO management in the preparation of generic management and development plans and structures e.g. Work breakdown structure, Product tree, Documentation tree taking into account the existing information and implementing lessons learnt from the past EPS, Jason and Sentinel3 mission development. The outcome of this support will be used to maintain the existing plans and on to work on the development programmes. The tasks of the Key person shall include, but not necessarily be limited to, the following 1 Maintain a coherent management baseline for all programmes run within the LEO Division. It consists in ensuring that the management arrangements and processes described in the respective Programme Management Plans are coherent and where necessary, propose updates 2 Organise the review of and document the basic processes used in the LEO Programmes i.e. planning and scheduling, HR Planning, action tracking, reporting 3 Based on consultation with the Associate Director and the LEO Management team including Quality Assurance and Project control, maintain the LEO Risk Management Plan. Participate to the implementation of the risk management process 4 Collect information and generate monthlyQuarterly status reports for the programme run within the LEO Division 5 Establish and maintain Divisional and Programme indicators organise sessions to analyse trends with LEO management in order to initiate actions 6 On a quarterly basis, collect the status of Programmes activities with respect to yearly organisational objectives and report the outcome in a predefined corporate format 7 Based on consultation with the Associate Director and the LEO Management team as well as PMPs from other existing EUMETSAT programmes, finalise and maintain the individual LEO Programme Management Plans. PMPs describe the management processes to be implemented during all programme development phases. PMPs rely on the existing management arrangements, the inputs provided by the EUMETSAT Directory of Instruction, the lessons learnt drawn from previous implementations and the outcomes of quality audits. Significant contributions to the JasonCS management plans will be needed 8 Coordinate and maintain with project control the Programme structures e.g. Work breakdown structure, Product tree, Documentation tree 9 Preparation of synthetic managerial and technical reports for internal and external purposes 10 Preparation of presentations for internal and external purposes. 11 Support the preparation of Programme Reviews and key points from a management standpoint e.g. MetopC reviews, LEO Requirement Reviews. PROFILE The Key person is required to have the experience and capability to fulfil the assigned tasks with the minimum of supervision. The Key person shall have, as a prerequisite, a background of at least 5 years in space projects, with at least 3 years experience in project management positions. The Key person should have a University degree, some knowledge of QA processes and procedures and good computing skills with a familiarity with Microsoft Office software Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Project, Access, etc.. The Key person shall have good interpersonal skills. Furthermore, the Key person should preferably have experience of working on a collaborative programme between different partners. The official languages of EUMETSAT are English and French. The working language for the position is English and therefore key persons must be able to work effectively in this language, knowledge of French being an advantage. How to apply Please consider the following points before applying Please submit your complete application documents in English. An attached cover letter should mention your availability and salary expectations. Interested applicants should submit their CV to pierre.lenahediccssytems.de and copy to francoisxavier.laffontcs.fr with the job title. Due to new work permit restrictions for this position, please apply only if you are citizen of a European Union state or if you hold all appropriate documentation and permits to work in Europe. Closing date 18th April 2016 Starting Date ASAP Interviews week 1718 2016
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