Head of The Structures Section

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Noordwijk, Nederland European Space Agency Voltijd

Head of the Structures Section

**Job Requisition ID**:18871**Date Posted**:3 September 2024**Closing Date**:24 September 2024 23:59 CET/CEST**Publication**:Internal & External**Type of Contract**:Permanent**Directorate**:Technology, Engineering and Quality**Workplace**:Noordwijk, NL**Grade Band**:A2 - A4

**Location**
ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands**Description**
Head of the Structures Section in the Structures, Mechanisms and Materials Division, Mechanical Department, Directorate of Technology, Engineering and Quality.
Reporting to the Head of the Structures, Mechanisms and Materials Division, you, as Head of the Structures Section, will be responsible for the management of the Section, its resources and its activities. In addition, you will be accountable within the Agency for the outcome of operational activities conducted within the Section’s technical domain.
The Section covers the following technical domain: design, development and verification of the structural function on spacecraft systems, subsystems and equipment.

**Duties**
Within the technical domain defined above, your tasks and responsibilities will include the following:

Workload assessment and assignment:

- Establishing the (multi-year) plan of activities for the Section, covering required competences and assignment of resources;
- Establishing annual objectives and managing/coordinating on a day-to-day basis specialised technical support in the Section’s fields of expertise, in full collaboration with the functional managers;
- Actively contributing to increasing the agility/flexibility required to meet the short-notice and peak-period resource needs of projects;
- Being accountable for all activities and resources delegated to the Section, and for resolving possible conflicting demands on the use of the Section’s resources.
Talent management:

- Maintaining state-of-the-art expertise in the Section - identifying, developing, maintaining and tracking the technical competences needed to meet current and future strategic needs;
- Establishing individual talent management (competence and development) plans for the Section's members, covering technical and behavioural aspects;
- Collaborating with functional managers whenever needed;
- Driving the development of people within your area of responsibility, facilitating the development of people beyond your area of responsibility, and encouraging mobility when it serves the organisation's interests;
- Encouraging the integration of newcomers and contributing to their initial development plans, in particular in the first three years of their contract;
- Managing staff functional mobility and changes (arrivals, departures, reassignments, probation and contract extensions) with minimum disruption to the activities of the Section.
Support management:

- Monitoring, measuring and reporting on performance at individual and team level, in particular regarding the Section’s objectives;
- Being accountable to the hierarchy for all the daily matters within the Section and for the achievement of the Section’s objectives;
- Being accountable for the Section members' career management, as well as for performing individual performance assessments and merit recognition exercises, and for providing regular feedback.
Expertise offering: management of tools/processes/working methods:

- Ensuring regular interaction between the Section members, supporting teamwork, the exchange of experience and lessons learned, and the gathering of feedback;
- Contributing to the continuous improvement of working procedures, tools, processes, expert working methods and delivery methods (lessons learned, knowledge management) and to the reflection on the evolution of the Section's role and activities;
- Contributing to the (independent) technical assessment capability and supporting project reviews;
- Representing the Agency in your area(s) of expertise within ESA and with external entities (industry, delegations, etc.);
- Coordinating the dissemination of the Section’s results within and beyond ESA, in particular via conferences, workshops and R&D presentation days.
R&D/technology management:

- In line with anticipated technology trends and project needs, defining, promoting and implementing the Section’s contributions to ESA technology programmes and R&D activities;
- Coordinating, where applicable, the requirements of technology elements in your domain of expertise with the overall requirements of systems being developed under the responsibility of other areas in the Directorate;
- Liaising with relevant technology expert groups and coordination mechanisms.
Laboratories:

- Acting as Technical Responsible for the ESTEC Structures and Mechanisms Design and Analysis Facility.
General and leadership:

- Ensuring a positive and motivating working environment for the Section;
- Communicating ESA values and ensuring compliance with all ESA policies;
- Representing the Section when brokering agreements with other part

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