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EMS Manager

Nash, Somerset
3 weeks ago
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EMS Manager

Yeovil

6-Month Contract

Paying up to £82p/h (Inside IR35)

Overview: Our client a large Aerospace company is looking for an EMS manager to with comprehensive Aerospace Engineering and programme experience to assist with driving the evolution and sustained improvement on an Engineering Management System (EMS) project

Key Responsibilities:

Develop options for execution of strategy to deliver effective technical compliance oversight of all engineering activity.
Plan, coordinate and drive the implementation of an evolving Engineering Management System (EMS) to deliver integrated and available process and technical guidance media across all engineering activities. This will include the creation, maintenance and monitoring of project Schedules, Baselines and deliverables.
Lead the development and implementation of the engineering governance framework, aligning people, processes and tools for a consistent approach to engineering.
Support the Engineering Subject Matter Experts to coordinate, compliment and integrate work strands where appropriate.
Liaise and coordinate across relevant stakeholders to deliver coherent, pragmatic implementation of the EMS.
Coordinate the Development and implementation of Engineering processes, manuals and tools.
Identify training gaps and collaborate with the relevant Head of Department to address them effectively.
Manage and control Engineering metrics to facilitate management, performance monitoring, and continuous improvement initiatives (metrics, reporting, team tasking, risk/issue/opportunity management).
Forging of effective working arrangements with the quality management and safety management systems within the company.

Required Skill set:

A degree level (or equivalent) qualification in Engineering, Systems Engineering, or an Engineering related field (Preferred, not Essential)
Ideally, be, professionally registered through a professional engineering institution.
Understanding of Quality Assurance Management and associated requirements.
Applied experience across some or all elements of Systems Engineering: requirements management; interface management; system architectures; MBSE; integration of specialties; Verification and Validation; technical, governance and change management
Applied experience in delivering Continuous Improvement within an engineering domain
Possess strong pro-active communication, stakeholder management and influencing skills.
Demonstrated experience in planning complex packages of work, leading multidisciplined teams, and developing/using meaningful metrics to evaluate project status and provide performance visibility

Disclaimer:

This vacancy is being advertised by either Advanced Resource Managers Limited, Advanced Resource Managers IT Limited or Advanced Resource Managers Engineering Limited ("ARM"). ARM is a specialist talent acquisition and management consultancy. We provide technical contingency recruitment and a portfolio of more complex resource solutions. Our specialist recruitment divisions cover the entire technical arena, including some of the most economically and strategically important industries in the UK and the world today. We will never send your CV without your permission. Where the role is marked as Outside IR35 in the advertisement this is subject to receipt of a final Status Determination Statement from the end Client and may be subject to change

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