Hardware Manager, Six Month Contract, Stevenage

Job Description:

The Opportunity

An opportunity has arisen within an Architecture team to manage the Hardware Delivery for a development programme.

What are we looking for?

* Excellent communication skills (written and oral)

* Good organisational and administrative skills

* Ability to work in a team and on own initiative

* Ability to foster and maintain excellent working relationships

* Ability to work within a complex multiple stakeholder environment

* Ability to work to strict and/or conflicting deadlines

* Ability to produce professional and concise documentation

* Experience with Primavera P6 (inc. Work Package Management Training)

* Experience with MS Office inc. Excel, Powerpoint, Word

* Appreciation of Weapon Sub-System and Equipment assembly

* Regular travel to Bolton will be required at times

What's in it for you?

* This is a high visibility role critical to the success of the programme.

* Ideal for someone who enjoys a challenge, and who wants to make a big impact on delivery

* Will provide you with exposure to all parts of the missile, and all the equipment teams and suppliers that deliver them

* Will provide exposure to senior stakeholders on the programme

Role Requirements

You will be required to capture and manage hardware needs by:

* Capturing and collating needs for development hardware at System-level.

* Generate and manage Hardware Lists (and Configuration Notes).

* Ensuring that all H/W needs are provided to the RMOs to load onto the RPSS/Sub-contractors.

* Incrementally populate H/W Spreadsheet with Applicable Configuration data

* Adapt as-necessary to changing needs of the programme.

* Facilitate trades for Performance and Availability.

* Negotiate with local Stakeholders then agreed at CSE, CSPE, CDE level

* Secure and manage "predicted" dates from RMOs.

* Provide these delivery dates to the Project Management team and participate within Critical Path Analysis (CPA). Manufacturing management (UK specific):

* Have oversight of all h/w manufacture (incl. that h/w not delivered to System).

* Ensure that Manufacturing (incl MLU/IGP etc) have oversight of the complete manufacturing programme during development