Commissioning Manager Jobs

Location: British Columbia_Remote_Worker, Canada
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Position Summary
This is a remote position located in British Columbia, Canada.
Thales is looking for a Commissioning Manager who will act as the customer point of contact for ensuring the delivery of compliant system solutions throughout ship commissioning activities with demonstrated traceability to contracted requirements.
In this position, you will be responsible for the development and deployment of naval commissioning processes and best practice that shall be used by the commissioning teams responsible for conducting test and trials.
You will also participate in all phases of engineering to ensure ship commissioning stakeholders input is provided throughout the Systems Engineering lifecycle, including requirements analysis, architectural design, preliminary and detailed design tasks, system integration, procurement planning, engineering and project risk management, and engineering close-out activities.
Key Areas of Responsibility

• Assist the Marketing Team on proposals.
• Represent Thales as the Subject Matter Expert in Electronic Systems Integration commissioning activities and provide commissioning input direct to the prime ship builder for the requirements, design and build activities.
• Support the Commissioning Team in the planning and execution of ship commissioning events.
• Support the resource plan commissioning resources to meet business requirements.
• Provide comprehensive discipline expertise in all areas of Electronic Systems Integration by providing technical oversight for commissioning activities and influence system requirements and designs to ensure commissioning input has been provided.
• Duties require strong leadership, project management/planning, technical, and communication skills.
• Provide comprehensive discipline expertise in all areas of Electronic Systems Integration and ship commissioning activities and provide input to proposals, scopes of work, establishing budgets and schedules to ensure contract requirements are met.
• Provide coordination and liaison support to a diverse commissioning stakeholder community.
• Experience in ship construction, design and maintenance will be an asset.
• Comprehensive understanding of design standards for naval platforms.
• Provide commissioning input during reviews in order to achieve customer, classification society and regulatory approval.
• High level oral and written communication skills required for report writing and design justification documentation.
• Provide mentoring and technical advice to subordinate engineers in support of onboarding new staff and succession planning.

Minimum Requirements
Skills and Abilities:

• Individually adopting innovation, competitive thinking and behaviour, and the efficient application of process.
• People Management/leadership.
• Excellent communication (verbal & written) and interpersonal skills required to succeed on multidisciplinary teams.
• Excellent adaptability.
• Capable of developing strong relationships across the business through excellent customer service.
• 10 years of experience in marine systems engineering (aspects of mechanical and electrical design).

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, Electrical or Marine Systems Engineering.

Preferred Qualifications
Skills and Abilities:

• Naval or Marine construction experience.

Education:

• Eligible for P.Eng. license.
• Master’s degree in mechanical, Electrical or Marine Systems Engineering.

Physical Demands
This position occasionally involves moving around aboard a ship that is in the process of being built, which includes, but is not limited to, climbing ladders, walking across gangways, and crawling under obstacles.
This position also occasionally involves working on board a ship that is out at sea.
Special Position Requirements
Schedule: 40 hours/week. Overtime may be necessary depends on the demand and project schedule.
Physical Environment: Frequent access to shipyard
Travel: Travel required depending on Commissioning locations.
Customer Location Based or Site Visits: Primarily based at customer location – VSY - Vancouver – BC
Regulatory Compliance Requirements
Access to Trade Controlled Items
Access to Controlled Goods
Security Clearance
Thales is an equal opportunity employer which values diversity and inclusivity in the workplace. Thales is committed to providing accommodations in all parts of the interview process. Applicants selected for an interview who require accommodation are asked to advise accordingly upon the invitation for an interview. We will work with you to meet your needs. All accommodation information provided will be treated as confidential and used only for the purpose of providing an accessible candidate experience.