Technical Delivery Manager Hybrid Communications

Location: London or Winchester. Arqiva operate a flexible hybrid working model with travel required to either London or Winchester twice a week.

Salary/Package : Up to £64,000 + 10% bonus

Driving Licence: Yes

Accountabilities:

• Accountable as key interface for vendors and supply chain in the Utiliites Hybrid Communications technical deliveries.
• Support customer engagement, scoping, planning, and leading the execution of proof of concepts, trials and pilots.
• Collaborating with technical SMEs in aiding the adoption of the Hybrid communications product set.
• Engage with the product and architecture team to ensure design compliance of solution.
• Use established delivery framework to drive, schedule and manage Technical Delivery as per implementation plan.
• Define the scope, goals and deliverables for the project.
• Define the tasks and resources required to deliver the project and produce a comprehensive project plan establishing project timelines, dependencies and critical paths
• Identify and assign the project team members, both direct and virtual, required to deliver the project, agree allocation of activities and manage delivery throughout the project lifecycle
• Manage the project budget allocated
• Manage customer relationships and interactions across the project, providing regular progress reports and responding to customer feedback
• Track progress against project deliverables and report progress to all stakeholders
• Use defined Arqiva processes to manage changes to project scope, risks, issues and overall project governance
• Deliver an effective project handover to the customer, ensuring capability to maintain agreed standards of performance
• Evaluate each project against its scope and objectives and produce a Project Closure Report
• Identify 3rd party suppliers and ensure their standards of delivery, product specification and documentation are aligned to project requirements
• Drive innovation, both small and large, into and through the business; deploy and evidence with outcomes, a continuous improvement (CI) mind-set
Bring a commercial perspective to the operation, with a particular focus on cash management, cash preservation and optimising returns on investments made in assets and tools

Qualifications:

• Bachelors in Engineering / HND or equivalent in Engineering or relevant experience
Minimum of relevant entry level project management qualification such as APM Project Management Fundamentals or Prince 2 Foundation

Experience/Expertise:

• Track record of leading a team of multi-disciplined technical engineers in the delivery of complex solutions.
• Ability to manage the allocation of Engineering resources to projects effectively and efficiently.
• Comprehensive knowledge of project management lifecycles, project governance, methodologies/frameworks and processes.
• Experience of risk and issue identification and management with internal teams or 3rd parties.
• Experience of project change control and configuration.
• Experience in the areas of Utilities technical deliveries.
Experience in working with suppliers – both developing new services/capabilities and driving 3rd parties to resolve and fix functionality issues and errors.

Technical / Professional Skillset(s):

• Knowledge of technologies involved in Utility data collection, processing, and management.
• (Radio Access Networks (Sensus), OSS (Comarch), • Knowledge of Cellular, data communication over cellular using LTE and or 5G, complimentary communications principles, system & technologies suitable for delivery of SCADA communications.
Working experience in Satellite Data Communications components including BGAN, Iridium and Inmarsat based products and their integration techniques.

More than anything, we want to work with people who are passionate about what they do and believe in our vision. So, if you think you have most of the skills and / or experience we are looking for, then please do apply for the role - we want to hear from you!

What do you need to be the best version of you…

We have worked closely with our colleagues during the past 18 months to create Work. Life. Smarter. – our approach and commitment to a flexible and hybrid working culture for everyone. Our approach gives our colleagues empowerment and support to work in ways that enable them to thrive in their role. We are very much on a learning journey at Arqiva, but through a balance of in-person and remote working opportunities, we are encouraging our teams to work together to put in place what works best for them, ensuring that they’re meeting individual, team and customer needs.

Our colleagues feel empowered by the opportunities available to them to ensure we all bring our very best selves to work, wherever that may be, and we welcome the opportunity to talk to you about how Work. Life. Smarter. could work for the role you are interested in, as well as formal flexible working requests such as part-time or job shares.

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For us, building a working environment that is diverse, inclusive and engaged, is a positive for both our colleagues and our customers. This is why we have invested in our partnerships with initiatives and organisations such as Tommy's Pregnancy at Work, Inclusive Employers and WISE (Women in Science and Engineering).

We also have active and thriving networks to support our colleagues like our Working Families network, Women at Arqiva and Diversity Ambassadors. Take a look at our LinkedIn Life page for more details - https://www.linkedin.com/company/arqiva/life

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