Team Manager Specialty Engineering

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Location: Hengelo, Netherlands

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About the Team
The System Engineering department is responsible for the design of new products and for managing software and hardware development. Within this department, specialists from the Specialty Engineering team are dealing with the specification, analysis and design of generic system aspects such as system safety, eco-design, reliability/ availability/ maintainability, human factors, diagnostics, data analytics and electromagnetic compatibility.

About your future job
We are looking for a team manager to lead this team of specialists in a motivating and inspiring way. With your experience and knowledge, you are able to work closely with the team, yet on the other hand you will empower them to "let them do their thing" without too much interference.

The team consists of 30 specialists and is divided into four sub-teams, each having its own specialties and corresponding dynamics. These sub-teams are involved in product development of standard products, but also in deriving customer specific configurations to be delivered to our customers. Your team has a lot of internal customers: the entire Naval product organization in Hengelo and the project organization delivering to the external customers.

Your primary role is to enable your team members in doing their job. Are there enough skilled people in your team to be able to meet the demand? Is your team prepared for the next challenges ahead? You will work on capacity planning of your team, development and coaching of your team members, budget management of your team, and stay updated with respect to the status of your team's expert areas to be able to initiate the necessary process improvements and changes.

You are part of the System Engineering Management Team and you will be reporting to the Head of Discipline System Engineering.

Why you'd be a good match
* Clear sense of how to leverage your personality, knowledge and experience to bring out the best in others and yourself;
* You will set the direction, provide energy and connect with your team;
* Good interpersonal and good communication skills towards stakeholders;
* Analytical and solution focused;
* Solid engineering background and you are familiar with system engineering, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, software engineering and verification principles;
* High level of creativity, initiative, pragmatism and persuasiveness;
* Experience in people management, team management and being able to understand the challenges a team of specialists is dealing with;
* Fluency in spoken and written English.

What's in it for you
* A challenging job in a great team within our high-tech, innovative work environment;
* Freedom for initiative and good ideas;
* Room for personal and professional growth within our organization;
* Valuable international collaboration with coworkers from 68 different countries around the globe;
* A comfortable work space in a modern environment, with a focus on flexibility and the right work life balance;
* You can usually work where and when you want to be able to do your work as well and efficiently as possible. Within (COMPANY NAME) we implement hybrid working, where you can, for example, work from home two days a week if your role allows it;
* A good salary, fitting travel allowance, and the ability to personalize your employment conditions: for instance, you can trade days off for internet costs, our bicycle plan, company fitness and relocation costs;
* 40 days off per year (PTO). Yes, really.

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Questions?
Reach out for more information to our Talent Acquisition Partner Gerlof Jan Heck, via +31 (0) 638697390 or gerlofjan.heck@nl.thalesgroup.com.

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