Ground and Flight Trials Manager
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Ground and Flight Trials Manager
| Salary | : | £45000 - £55000 per annum |
| Location | : | Stevenage, Hertfordshire, South East, England |
| Consultant | : | Neil Tovey |
| Telephone | : | 01202 204099 |
| : | neil@electusrecruitment.co.uk |
Your experience of team leadership and knowledge of firing trials will help you to Lead a multi disciplined team to deliver the lab based, ground, air carry and firing trials.
As a Ground and Flight Trials Manager, you will have the opportunity to work for a leading multi-national Defence systems provider which boasts some of most advanced facilities in their areas of expertise. A corporate benefits package and transparent career development opportunities are on offer within this vibrant Engineering environment.
About the job:
Our client currently requires a Ground and Flight Trials Manager to lead a team of engineers support two major programmes. You will be supporting on a range of activities from Spiral Development Firing Trials to Typhoon Integration ground trials and dedicated trials support.
Due to the In-Service phase of both products lifecycle there are always emerging needs to be supported. These activities require someone to engage in planning, preparation and conduct of trials so to conduct trials in the most expedient way.
The job will include;
As a Ground and Flight Trials Manager, you will need Suitable experience in the following areas:
Ground and Flight Trials Manager
Stevenage
£45,000 - £55,000
Permanent
Keywords: Firing Trials, MoD Trials, Ground trials, Weapons, Weapon Systems, Missile, Defence, Systems, Requirements, Safety.
Electus Recruitment Solutions provides specialist engineering and technical recruitment solutions to a number of high technology industries. We thank you for your interest in this vacancy. If you don't hear from us within 7 working days please presume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. You are of course free to resubmit your CV/details in the future and we shall assess your suitability at that time.
Due to the nature of work undertaken at our client's site, incumbents of these positions are required to meet special nationality rules and therefore these vacancies are only open to sole British Citizens. Applicants who meet this criteria may also be required to undergo security clearance vetting to SC or DV level.
This is a permanent position.
As a Ground and Flight Trials Manager, you will have the opportunity to work for a leading multi-national Defence systems provider which boasts some of most advanced facilities in their areas of expertise. A corporate benefits package and transparent career development opportunities are on offer within this vibrant Engineering environment.
About the job:
Our client currently requires a Ground and Flight Trials Manager to lead a team of engineers support two major programmes. You will be supporting on a range of activities from Spiral Development Firing Trials to Typhoon Integration ground trials and dedicated trials support.
Due to the In-Service phase of both products lifecycle there are always emerging needs to be supported. These activities require someone to engage in planning, preparation and conduct of trials so to conduct trials in the most expedient way.
The job will include;
- Prepare trials documents (Flight Trials Proving Plan, Trials specs, Flight trials HA, Telemetry Observers Brief
- Prepare for and lead Trials Readiness Reviews and Product Trials Clearance Certificates.
- Support Air carry trial flight from RAF Coningsby and trial at the Range facilities
- Preparation and publishing of Trials Conduct reports
- Lead a multi disciplined team to deliver the Air Carry and firing trials to prove TBUS coverage to meet the Proving Requirements agreed with the Systems Team.
- Contracting and management of the Banshee drone supplier.
- Definition of required trials facilities, targets, instrumentation and functional test requirements for all flight trials activities.
- Generation of:
- Firing Trials Range requirements
- Movement of the Missiles and associated equipment to the Trials facility
- Facility requirements (office, live build, security, storage etc.)
- Target requirements
- Range Safety Submission, including Weapon Danger Area, Flight Termination proposal (acceptability thereof)
- Telemetry bandwidth and coverage requirements
- Initial Trial Hazard Analysis
- Environmental Impact (Range requirements)
- Liaison with Ranges – in conjunction with the MoD delivery Teams – via regular Flight Trials Working Groups.
- Provide support as required to the Aircraft Integration Work Package
- Provide support as required to the generation of MoD Delivery Team safety documentation.
- Definition of appropriate safety instructions and procedures for all flight trials activities.
- Budget, Schedule and Resource planning (including maintenance and statusing of L3 Plans). Management of technical and schedule risk in accordance with the project Risk Management Plan.
As a Ground and Flight Trials Manager, you will need Suitable experience in the following areas:
- Experience of working on Firing trials (ideally Air).
- Good interpersonal skills.
- A keen interest and proven record of developing others.
- Experience of UK MoD trials clearance processes.
- Demonstrated ability to work closely with external range and facility suppliers
- Work package management skills (work package planning, risk management) and an ability to operate within budget, timescale and resource constraints.
Ground and Flight Trials Manager
Stevenage
£45,000 - £55,000
Permanent
Keywords: Firing Trials, MoD Trials, Ground trials, Weapons, Weapon Systems, Missile, Defence, Systems, Requirements, Safety.
Electus Recruitment Solutions provides specialist engineering and technical recruitment solutions to a number of high technology industries. We thank you for your interest in this vacancy. If you don't hear from us within 7 working days please presume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. You are of course free to resubmit your CV/details in the future and we shall assess your suitability at that time.
Due to the nature of work undertaken at our client's site, incumbents of these positions are required to meet special nationality rules and therefore these vacancies are only open to sole British Citizens. Applicants who meet this criteria may also be required to undergo security clearance vetting to SC or DV level.
This is a permanent position.
