East Coast Operations Manager
Thales
- Dartmouth, NS
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Developing and maintaining the Halifax Operations Plan to include:
+ Aligning Halifax Operations;
+ Managing use of Industry in Halifax; and
+ A waterfront plan incorporating waterfront management principles.
- Planning, coordinating and managing Halifax activities.
- Leading the East Coast Integrated Project Team (IPT).
- Developing and maintaining the East Coast Strategic Operations Plan.
- Liaising with the East Coast operational authorities to develop combined readiness tracking models.
- Receiving and transitioning East Coast ships into service.
- Interfacing with the FMF to develop and maintain good working relationships on the East Coast.
- Ensuring Senior Management are informed of significant events occurring in Halifax.
- Supporting the Procurement Manager with establishing and maintaining a subcontractor base on the East Coast.
- Working with coastal stakeholders to refine the hybrid model and determine work assignment agreements with FMF.
- Supporting the LCMM and Engineering Manager in managing and maintaining the coastal Engineering presence.
- Supporting the Thales National Director of Public Affairs & Communications in liaison with local media.
- Liaise and coordinate with Senior Management, Canada and Thales HR to ensure a recruiting plan is developed and executed in line with ship deliveries.
- Manage designated ship maintenance and repair activities involving various stakeholders and Thales personnel ensuring all duties are fulfilled as required.
- Ensuring program objectives relating to scope, cost, time, safety and quality are achieved, meeting contracted KPIs and other performance measures required under the Service Delivery function.
- Foster Enterprise values and develop relationships with industry, DND, FMF and the RCN.
- Supervising (planning, organizing, leading, managing and supporting) subcontractors and project support team personnel to achieve agreed outcomes within delegated authorities and responsibilities.
- Ensuring the project team execute all required activities prior to the commencement of maintenance execution, including planning meetings, subcontractor Kick-off meetings, authorization of purchase requisitions and issuing of purchase orders, etc.
- Overseeing all maintenance execution activities for designated maintenance periods to ensure material readiness objectives for the platforms are being achieved.
- In collaboration with the Service Delivery Manager, prepare and submit regular reports as required.
- Ensuring that issues are resolved at the lowest level and escalated to the Service Delivery Manager as required, especially issues affecting operational availability and/or safety which must be communicated as soon as they happen or are known.
- People Management
+ Coach, mentor, and develop staff, including overseeing new employee onboarding and providing career development planning and opportunities.
+ Lead employees to meet the organization's expectations for productivity, quality, continuous improvement, and goal accomplishment.
+ Foster a spirit of teamwork and unity among department members that allows for cohesiveness, support, and working effectively together enabling each employee and the department to succeed.
+ Work with Human Resources staff to recruit, interview, select, hire, and employ an appropriate number of employees.
+ Establish and foster a culture in line with the AJISS Enterprise charter.
- Health, Safety & Environment
+ Promote Thales’s Health, Safety and Environmental programs by demonstrating HS&E Leadership in a professional and supportive manner.
+ Interact and work with management/employees to promote teamwork, by effectively communicating with all levels of staff via staff meetings, written communications and one-on-one communication.Key Requirements
- Minimum of ten years’ experience in an industrial or related discipline
- Minimum of five years’ experience in a supervisory position.
- Experience working within a defense environment is desirable.
- Experience in the supervision of teams undertaking maintenance activities.
- Strong computer literacy, with proven experience with Microsoft products especially Word, Excel and PowerPoint essential.
- Experience interfacing between various internal/external stakeholders
- Strong organizational skills and ability to balance multiple priorities. Experience within procurement, finance, project management or warehouse environments desirable.
- Accreditation as a Certified Practicing Project Manager or equivalent is advantageous
- Tertiary education in an Engineering or Business/Project Management related field is preferred.
- Predominantly office based, but will also be required to work onboard Naval Vessels, or remotely (including from home).
- Will be required to undertake inspections, including confined space entry, on Naval ships involving bending and twisting. Tasks may also require working at heights.
- Must meet all federal government requirements to access Canadian government facilities, including naval dockyards
- Requires direct or indirect access to hardware, software, technology or technical data controlled under the Canadian Export Control List, the ITAR or the EAR
- Requires a positive Controlled Goods assessment as you will have direct access to hardware, software, technology or technical data controlled under the Canadian Controlled Goods Program
- Required to obtain and maintain a Security Clearance at the NATO Secret Level
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