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Airbus • Manching, Germany

Senior Technical Project Manager (d/f/m)

Employment type:  Full time
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Job Description

Job Description:

To strengthen our team in Manching, we are looking for a

Senior Technical Project Manager (f/m/d) for EF Simulation Programs

Your location
Located about an hour’s drive north of Munich, Manching is an up-and-coming market town that offers a wide range of leisure and cultural activities. Here, you can enjoy the quality of life in the countryside while the pleasures of near-by cities are still within easy reach.

Your benefits

  • Attractive salary and special payments.
  • 30 days holidays and extra days-off for special occasions.
  • Excellent upskilling opportunities and great development prospects.
  • Special benefits: employer-funded pension, employee stock options, discounted car leasing, special conditions for insurances, transportation subsidy, employee benefits at cooperating companies.
  • On-site-facilities: Medical officer for check-ups and other health-related services, canteen and cafeteria, kindergarten close to the site.

Your tasks and responsibilities

  • Coordinate and lead the technical activities along the complete project lifecycle (i.e. bids, proposal, design, implementation, integration, testing, acceptance and roll-out).
  • Manage cross functional teams to deliver the engineering solution. Working closely with Chief Engineering, Systems Engineering, Software Development, V&V, InfoSec, Ops. Factor, Config. & Data Management, etc.
  • Coordinate the project technical tasks with the internal and external stakeholders such as Customer, partner companies or suppliers.
  • Estimate effort for the technical activities and define resources needed for the project.
  • Monitoring and regular reporting of project status to stakeholders.
  • Responsible for technical, cost and schedule performance for the engineering activities.
  • Conduct and participate in project meetings and workshops with internal and external stakeholders.

Desired skills and qualifications

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or Sciences.
  • Minimum of 15 years work experience (within the training and flight simulation industry).
  • Experience in the EF programme (e.g., aircraft, training) and flight simulation.
  • Experience leading engineering teams.
  • Good communication and diplomacy skills with ability to operate under pressure.
  • Good knowledge of English both written and spoken is required to be able to work in a multicultural environment. Project language is English. German is beneficial.

This position will require a security clearance or will require being eligible for clearance by the recognized authorities.

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This job requires an awareness of any potential compliance risks and a commitment to act with integrity, as the foundation for the Company’s success, reputation and sustainable growth.

Company:
Airbus Defence and Space GmbH

Employment Type:
Permanent
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Experience Level:
Professional

Job Family:
Sub-system development

By submitting your CV or application you are consenting to Airbus using and storing information about you for monitoring purposes relating to your application or future employment. This information will only be used by Airbus.
Airbus is committed to achieving workforce diversity and creating an inclusive working environment. We welcome all applications irrespective of social and cultural background, age, gender, disability, sexual orientation or religious belief.

Airbus is, and always has been, committed to equal opportunities for all. As such, we will never ask for any type of monetary exchange in the frame of a recruitment process. Any impersonation of Airbus to do so should be reported to emsom@airbus.com .

At Airbus, we support you to work, connect and collaborate more easily and flexibly. Wherever possible, we foster flexible working arrangements to stimulate innovative thinking.

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