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Location: Glasgow, United Kingdom. In fast changing markets, customers worldwide rely on Thales. Thales is a business where brilliant people from all over the world come together to share ideas and inspire each other. In aerospace, transportation, defence, security and space, our architects design innovative solutions that make our tomorrow’s possible. Together we offer fantastic opportunities for committed employees to learn and develop their career with us. At Thales UK, we research, develop, and supply technology and services that impact the lives of millions of people each day to make life better, and keep us safer. We innovate across the major industries of Aerospace, Defence, Security and Space. Your health and well-being matters to us and that’s why we offer you the flexibility to do what’s important to you; whether that’s part time hours, job sharing, home working, or the ability to flex your start and finish times. Where possible, we support a working pattern that suits your lifestyle and helps you reach your ambitions.
2026 Contract Management Graduate
Start Date: 07 September 2026
Salary: £32,000 per annum
Employee type: Permanent
Location: Initial location is role dependent (Glasgow, Crawley or Templecombe) for first 12 months and thereafter Rotational (our main UK locations are: Crawley, Glasgow, Belfast, Reading, Cheadle and Templecombe)
Working Schedule: 37 hours per week (8 hours Monday - Thursday, 5 hours on a Friday)
What the role has to offer
* Reviewing customer terms and conditions and evaluating and advising on commercial risk, including recommended mitigation strategies
* Preparation of costing and pricing information and explanatory commentary
* Interpreting contractual documents and making amendments to existing and potential contracts
* Advising on potential liabilities, risks, issues and disputes arising with customers, suppliers, or third parties and working within multi‑functional teams to reduce company risk and exposure
* Contributing to the successful delivery of contracts by managing the commercial aspects of the delivery to the customer as part of a multi‑disciplinary team
* Handling customer change requests from receipt of change notices through to contract amendment to incorporate them
* Ensuring appropriate export licences are in place, including liaising with supply chain to understand the export classification of goods
* Reviewing proposal documents to ensure consistency, clarity and professionalism
Graduate Programme
The graduate programme is a 2‑year talent programme offering you the chance to experience living and working in 2 of our UK locations for a period of 12 months each. Your first 12 months will be at your role’s starting location (Crawley, Glasgow or Templecombe) and then you will re‑locate to an alternative location for your second 12 months. You will have the opportunity to work for different parts of the business for periods of 6‑12 months and will gain a solid understanding of Thales and the Contract Management role as well as developing your leadership and personal behaviours throughout the scheme.
Requirements
* On track to or have achieved a bachelor’s degree in any subject.
Benefits
* 201 hours annual leave (plus a company day and bank holidays)
* Company Pension
* Health Care Cash Plan
* Life Insurance
* Discount Portal
* Performance‑related pay uplifts
* 80 Hours Volunteering (first two years)
Closing date: Applications will close at 11.59pm on Monday 5 January 2026. Please note, we will be in contact by the end of February 2026 with details of next steps. The role may close earlier if we receive a high number of applications – we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
All successful candidates must possess the permanent right to work in the UK and will be required to go through Government security clearance at BPSS Level and obtain full Security Clearance (SC) in line with the UKSV requirements prior to starting with us. The role requires the successful applicant to be a sole British National from birth and to achieve SC clearance without caveats.
Thales is an equal opportunities employer and diversity and inclusion are integral to the success of Thales.
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