Expleo
Critical Transport Lead
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Overview
Expleo is a trusted partner for end-to-end, integrated engineering, quality services, and management consulting for digital transformation. We help businesses harness unrelenting technological change to successfully deliver innovations that will help them gain a competitive advantage and improve the everyday lives of people around the globe.
As part of our continued support to our customer in the space sector, we are currently looking for a Critical Transport Lead UK to be based on site at our customer's facility in Stevenage, though Portsmouth can be offered as an alternate office. This is a contract role deemed to be inside IR35, the rate is negotiable based on experience, seniority, etc.
Responsibilities
Under the leadership of the Head of the Industrial Planning, Performances & Control department (TSMUP), you will be in charge of:
- Preparation, specification, and coordination of critical transports (shipment of satellites to launch site or test site, and of main sub-assemblies between Airbus sites) in close cooperation with satellite's project teams, Transport teams, and relevant transport suppliers.
- Generic management of waivers for transport of dangerous goods, compliance to known consignor processes for air transports, and transnational coordination with other Airbus D&S production sites.
- On-time, on-quality, and on-cost critical transport deliveries as they are essentials for production performance and for satellites' launch as per customer requirements.
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Qualifications
- Project Management qualification or certification.
- Experience in maritime, automotive, aerospace sectors.
Essential Skills
- 'Industrial' / 'Delivery' / 'Planning' / 'Project Manager' skillsets will meet the requirements.
- You must be capable of proactively coordinating people and information flow to enable streamlined transport from an AIT perspective.
- Must show knowledge of good logical planning characteristics and have an understanding of Gantt charts and their application.
- Able to work in high-pressure environments.
- Able to prioritize workload effectively.
- Strong interpersonal skills, confident to communicate and able to assert influence in a multi-functional environment.
- They will need to be flexible, adaptable, able to apply a logical approach to problems, and have an ‘eye for detail'.
Experience
- Experience in Manufacturing scheduling.
What Do I Need Before I Apply
Due to the nature of the work, candidates must be eligible to achieve UK MoD security clearance.
Benefits
- Collaborative working environment – we stand shoulder to shoulder with our clients and our peers through good times and challenges.
- We empower all passionate technology-loving professionals by allowing them to expand their skills and take part in inspiring projects.
- Expleo Academy - enables you to acquire and develop the right skills by delivering a suite of accredited training courses.
- Competitive company benefits.
- Always working as one team, our people are not afraid to think big and challenge the status quo.
- As a Disability Confident Committed Employer, we have committed to:
- Ensure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible.
- Communicating and promoting vacancies.
- Offering an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job.
- Anticipating and providing reasonable adjustments as required.
- Supporting any existing employee who acquires a disability or long-term health condition, enabling them to stay in work.
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