Job Description

Location: Singapore, Singapore

Thales people architect solutions that are relied upon to deliver operational advantage at every decisive moment throughout the mission. Defence and armed forces customers rely on us to deliver the full range of defensive systems for land, sea, and air. From early warning, to threat neutralisation, our platforms cover all levels from very short-range systems, to extended protection across the entire battle-space including Airspace Mobility Solutions, Vehicles and Tactical Systems and Missile Defence, Optronics, and Radar.

Thales established its presence in Singapore in 1973 to support the expansion of aerospace-related activities in the Asia-Pacific region. Throughout the last four decades, the company grew from strength to strength and is today involved in the primary businesses of Aerospace (including Air Traffic Management), Defence & Security, Ground Transportation and Digital Identity & Security. Thales today employs over 2,100 people in Singapore across all its business areas.

Responsibilities:

Projects

The ILS Manager is responsible for managing the following ILS activities for allocated Project within the scope of the relevant contract:

• ILS WP deliverables and budget,
• Performing and/or managing relevant (low level) Logistic Support Analysis (LSA) activities (eg LORA, FMEA, Spare Parts Dimensioning, Training Needs Analysis, etc.)
• Management of support inventory procurement and distribution,
• Support & Test Equipment (S&TE) requirements determination, along with management of procurement, and distribution of same,
• Technical documentation development and distribution,
• High level management of technical training development and delivery,
• Maintenance planning; and
• Relevant logistics and subcontractor co-ordination.
• The development and management of warranty support & repair claims up to the end of the Project, including maintenance support phase.
• The preparation and maintenance of project ILS plans, technical data/documentation plans, technical data lists, training plans, maintenance / warranty support plans, and maintenance procedures.
• Preparation and maintenance of the project\xe2\x80\x99s technical and operational training plans.
• Development, implementation, and management of both project and standardized technical training courses.
• Performing or managing Reliability, Availability, and Maintainability (RAM) modelling and calculations for project sub-systems and systems as required.
• Managing obsolescence of supported components pro-actively, including identification and validation of form, fit and function replacements.

Bids

The ILS Manager is responsible for managing the following ILS activities for bids.

• Performing relevant Logistic Support Analysis (LSA) activities.
• Development and delivery of required tender response documents related to ILS.
• Development, delivery, and approval of ILS segment cost estimates for tender response.
• Development of ILS subcontractor requirements and cost estimates for tender response.

Requirements:

• Degree or Diploma in Systems Engineering or Logistics Support Engineering, or equivalent experience as deemed appropriate by the Customer Services Manager
• Formal undergraduate or postgraduate training in Integrated Logistic Support, or experience worthy of qualification recognition
• Minimum of five years of experience in an Integrated Logistic Support Management, Engineering and/or Analyst or allied role.
• Experience working as part of a team in technology-based projects.
• Experience in managing small to medium multidisciplinary matrix teams of staff.
• Exposure to working within projects with aggressive milestones.
• Experience working in an ILS management role, leading a team in a sizeable and complex IT related project.
• Staff management of multidisciplinary teams in sizeable and complex IT related project to aggressive project deadlines
• Experience working in a team across geographies and time zones
• Highly self-reliant and resourceful.
• Reliable and consistent work ethic
• Confident and decisive

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