From May 9, 2022 to June 17, 2022
MEDES, located in Toulouse, is a hybrid organization between space and health, an Economic Group of Interest, which was created in 1989 by the French Space Agency, CNES and Toulouse University Hospitals, its two main members. The other members include other French Universities and Hospitals. The activities focus on space physiology and medicine, clinical research and dual innovations for space and health. In particular, MEDES provides support to space agencies, for human spaceflights, with expertise and operational support for operational space medicine or crew support. As part of these activities, MEDES contributes to an integrated team at the European Astronaut Centre (EAC) in Cologne, Germany.
The selected candidate will be part of this integrated team at EAC.
ESA-EAC, Cologne, Germany
Reporting directly to the Head of HRE Project Control Team, but working closely with the Project Controllers at the European Astronaut Centre (EAC), the holder of the post will be assigned to the International Space Station (ISS) related Projects. For the Project(s) assigned to him/her, the new team member will perform a wide range of Project Control tasks, with an initial emphasis on the following activities:
Expertise in contracts management as well as in the use of modern schedule software tools (MS Project or Primavera) will be considered as an asset.
Because of the nature of the work, the post holder will also need to show:
The job will require substantial interaction with other key stakeholders inside ESA (e.g. Corporate Finance or Procurement Services), and also outside of the Agency (e.g. External Audit Commission, Major Industrial consortia or International Partner Organisations).
A Master’s degree (preferably MBA or equivalent) is required with a minimum of 5 years of experience in the management of complex technical projects.
Salary to be negotiated according to the candidate's profile and experience.
To apply, please send your CV and cover letter to: recrutement-medes @ medes.fr (recrutement-medes @ medes.fr)
To download the job offer: «Integrated Team - Project Controller at the European Astronaut Centre.pdf»