Description:
At Thales, we know technology has the ability to make our world more secure, sustainable, and inclusive - and that it's all driven by human intelligence.
Because it takes human intelligence to build and power the systems and solutions that people depend on every day. So we stay curious and make space for diverse points of view. We share what we know and we challenge what's possible.
From manufacturing and engineering to cybersecurity and space, we're driving progress in some of the world's most important industries - and working together to build a future we can all trust.
As part of our Vehicles and Tactical Systems business, our Protected Vehicles team is primarily focused on the design, manufacture, delivery and support of protected mobility vehicles on a global scale. We are very proud of everything we do in support of both the Bushmaster and Hawkei platforms as we all work together towards our purpose in "Building A Future We Can All Trust".
We have an excellent opportunity to join us as a Project Manager based in our Bendigo office. The purpose of the role is working on multiple support and strategic defence industry project deliverables on vehicle mounted platforms able to manage and liaise with multiple internal and external stakeholders.
Why Thales?
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Family Friendly Workplace Certified company with genuine care for employee, great flexibility and benefits.
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Attractive remuneration + bonus + family medical insurance.
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Fitness Passport Discount - Access to a network of Gyms across AUS as cheap as $14.95 P/W.
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Employee discounts with a number of affiliates (Travel, Car hire, Tech, Medical Insurance).
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Modernised Paid Parental Leave with up to 20 weeks or carers leave.
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Veterans Leave.
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Novated Lease options.
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Family support through our partnership with Parents at Work.
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Personal & professional training development opportunities.
As a Project Manager, you will be accountable for:
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Establishing and updating project requirements baseline in a collaborative work with the Bids Team.
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Execution of baseline (including project structure, work package description, patterns and supplier contractual data, management plants, costs, budgets and financial structure and resourced schedule).
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Initialising the project right from identifying the key stakeholders, setting the project team, organising the project structuring activities, starts-up project activities and identifying and allocating the source project requirements and managing the financial aspects of the acquisition "Make or Buy" strategy.
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Leading the project launch review and involve all stakeholders and executing, monitoring and controlling the project until its completion.
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Effectively closing the project including archiving documents, closing expenditures and sharing enterprise experience (i.e. lessons learnt).
How About You?
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A formal IPMA, PMBOK or Prince 2 qualification would be highly preferred.
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Proven experience in the management of projects involving design, development and production.
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Experience and capabilities in managing budget, resources, schedule estimation and management and also the concepts, standards, systems and programs and the value they provide.
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Good experience in building and maintaining relationships with key stakeholders, including customers.
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Knowledge and experience with management tools including Primavera or similar would be helpful.
Good to Know:
You'll get an email acknowledgement after you've applied, Thales strives to provide a personalised experience for all suitable applicants.
As a Defence security clearance is required for this role, applicants must be Australian citizens and eligible to obtain and maintain an appropriate clearance. To learn more about clearances please visit - http://www.defence.gov.au/AGSVA/
Prior to offer you'll complete a pre-employment police and medical.
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