Training Equipment Manager

• 37hr working week, although hours may vary depending on role, job requirement or site-specific arrangements.
• Early 1.30pm finish Friday, start your weekend early!
• Remote, hybrid and site based working opportunities, dependant on your needs and the requirements of the role.
• Up to 5 paid days volunteering each year.
• Flexible working culture focused on output, with more formal flexible working arrangements on request (assessed subject to role) - please highlight any requests to the Talent Acquisition team.

At Raytheon UK, we take immense pride in being a leader in defence and aerospace technology. As an employer, we are dedicated to fuelling innovation, nurturing talent, and fostering a culture of excellence.

As a leading defence and aerospace company operating across the United Kingdom, Raytheon UK helps to solve our customers’ toughest challenges. We are a major supplier to the UK government and customers around the globe, providing defence solutions across all domains: land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace. We also provide digital and training transformation solutions to commercial and military customers.

With circa 2000 employees and major facilities operating throughout the UK including Broughton (Wales), Livingston and Glenrothes (Scotland), and Harlow, Gloucester, and Manchester (England); we are committed to investing in British careers and technology development.

Through advanced technology and our people’s expertise, our Training Transformation Services is modernising what’s possible in the training and preparation of our armed forces. With a real blended approach to learning and using the latest innovative systems and technology, we ensure our service men and women really are prepared for any situation. 

Raytheon UK seeks a training hardware/synthetic training professional with advanced experience in all aspects of training system integration and transition into service and solution realisation. The Training Equipment Manager will, as part of the core Project Delta team utilise their understanding and expertise in the design of training system solutions to deliver a large-scale programme integrating individual and collective training devices and courseware.  

The Training Equipment Manager will lead on all aspects of Project Delta training device delivery.

• →Lead a team (of internal staff and external partners) in the development, integration and transition into service of training devices to deliver a functional training system for Project Delta. 
• →Manage stakeholders across the training system integration and readiness spectrum, from Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM), device test and evaluation experts and customer agents. 
• →Oversee the drafting of training device specifications and lead the process of assessment of tender responses. 
• →Proactively manage potential integration risks, working with the Project Delta delivery team and wider stakeholder community, develop effective project delivery or change solutions that eliminate or mitigate risks to the solution delivery date. 
• →Working with the Team Fisher/Selborne consortium to support validation & verification of the Integrated Training System (ITS) for TiS. 
• →Work as senior member of the wider Project Delta delivery management team. 
• →Support External Validation activities for the ITS, with Team Fisher/Selborne Consortium. 
• →Provide key data and detail to inform the project status to the Training Solution Delivery Lead, Programme Management and Customer. 
• →Manage, coordinate and support all necessary meetings and tasks during the life of the programme. 
• →Coach and mentor subordinates throughout all processes 
• →Maintain currency and an awareness of emerging technologies and learning practices. 
• →Assist in the creation of project plans and BoEs to meet schedule, budget, and quality requirements. 
• →Manage and resolve conflicts with clients, escalate where required. 
• →Be ‘Responsible for championing and fostering a culture of Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) compliance and continuous improvement’. 
• →Any other duties required to meet the needs of the programme.

• University degree in a relevant subject and, or equivalent experience  
• Involvement in design, development, manufacture and acceptance of complex training devices. 
• Strong understanding and application of Systems Engineering and Systems Thinking 
• Possess a solid and up-to-date understanding of synthetic training technologies and techniques 
• Working within the DSAT (Defence Systems Approach to Training) process 
• Managing projects and personnel. 
• Presenting to management and senior leaders. 
• Writing and communication skills. 
• Using the MS Office suite with emphasis on Word, PowerPoint, and Excel. 
• Working with: 
• Training system integration. 
• Blended learning programmes. 
• Learning Management Systems (LMS). 
• Ability to travel up to 25% of the time. 
• Valid driving licence. 
• Eligible for, or holder of, SC security clearance (Raytheon will sponsor). 

• Understanding of relationship between BAES, JDA and subsequent impact to Project Delta 
• Understanding of ship-building processes and key stakeholders within the Dreadnought Alliance 
• Understanding of Project Delta data repositories and frameworks for data transmission, including relevant restrictions on each data repository 
• Understanding of ship/submarine systems and the ability to communicate with system owners on technical matters 
• Working knowledge and experience in MOD training development and procurement processes. 
• Working knowledge of Teamcenter 
• An understanding of project management principles 

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