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Standardisation Principal Engineer
2018-01-26 21:16:56| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
Vacancy in the Directorate of Technology, Engineering and Quality. ESA is an equal opportunity employer, committed to achieving diversity within the workforce and creating an inclusive working environment. Applications from women are encouraged. Post Standardisation Principal Engineer This post is classified A2A4 on the Coordinated Organisations salary scale. Location ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands Description Standardisation Principal Engineer in the Requirements, Standards Engineering Knowledge Office, Product Assurance Safety Department, Directorate of Technology, Engineering Quality. The Office provides functional support to ESA in the fields of standardisation in all engineering, quality, sustainability and management fields, as well as knowledge management at Directorate level. Duties Reporting to the Head of Office and within the abovementioned technical fields, the main tasks and responsibilities include developing overall standards including planning stages and maintaining existing standards, incl. capturing and integrating feedback from the standardisation programme as a whole ensuring organisation of and providing the secretariat to ECSS TA incl. preparing status report on Office activities liaising with senior partners from industry and representatives of national agencies supporting the Office Head in the generation of annual work plans including verifying suitability of new work item proposals managing the evolution of LEAS List of ESA Applicable Standards maintaining and developing standardisation infrastructures web site, portal, shared drives supporting DOORS activities maintaining and ensuring availability of the DOORS database to standard under TAECSS SB supervision supporting the ESA TA representative in applying ECSS to ESA projectsprogrammes. Duties may also include supporting other activities within the postholders field of competence. Technical competencies General background and specific experience in the technical domains covered by the position Understanding of related technologies, RD trends and the industrial landscape Experience in the preparation of procurement activities for technology development and innovation statements of work, proposal evaluation, etc Experience in the management and monitoring of industrial activities, including participation in reviews Experience with Space Engineering Standards and their preparation and implementation Behavioural competencies Communication Teamwork Problem Solving Results Orientation Planning Organisation Continuous Learning Additional requirements Experience in Standards development in an international environment preferably ECSS Experience in Standard application within the frame of national agencies or industry Experience in space system engineering or quality area Ambassadorship Negotiation skills in particular when influencing has more importance than contractual relationship. Education A Masters degree or equivalent qualification in engineering or science and experience in Standardization is required. Other information For behavioural competencies expected from ESA staff in general, please refer to the ESA Competency Framework. The working languages of the Agency are English and French. A good knowledge of one of these is required. Knowledge of another Member State language would be an asset. The Agency may require applicants to undergo selection tests. The closing date for applications is 23 February 2018. If you require support with your application due to a disability, please email contact.human.resourcesesa.int. Please note that applications are only considered from nationals of one of the following States Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and Canada and Slovenia. According to the ESA Convention the recruitment of staff must take into account an adequate distribution of posts among nationals of the ESA Member States. Priority will first be given to internal candidates and secondly to external candidates from underrepresented Member States when shortlisting for interview. see Nationality Targets In accordance with the European Space Agencys security procedures and as part of the selection process, successful candidates will be required to undergo basic screening before appointment. Apply HERE
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