2026 Contract Management Graduate

About 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 tomorrow’s possible. We provide opportunities for committed employees to learn and develop their careers.

2026 Contract Management Graduate

Start Date: 07 September 2026

Salary: £32,000 per annum

Employee type: Permanent

Location: Initial location depends on role – Glasgow, Crawley or Templecombe for first 12 months, then rotational across Crawley, Glasgow, Belfast, Reading, Cheadle, Templecombe.

Working Schedule: 37 hours per week (8 hours Monday‑Thursday, 5 hours 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 relocate 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

• You will be 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)

Security Clearance

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. This role requires you to be a sole British National from birth and achieve SC Clearance without any caveats. You should currently hold it, but if not, the successful applicant must undergo, achieve, and maintain SC Clearance prior to commencing employment.

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.

Equal Opportunity

Thales is an equal opportunities employer and diversity and inclusion are integral to the success of Thales.