Industrial Process Engineer

Location: Glasgow, United Kingdom

Thales is a global technology leader with more than 83,000 employees on five continents. With over 7,500 people in the UK, operating across defence, space, aerospace, and digital security, we help build a future we can all trust. Thales supports the security and stability of our nation by providing extraordinary technology to our customers, as well as delivering social value to the UK with our products and services.

Industrial Process Engineer

Do you have an interest in Engineering? Are you up for a challenge? Do you want to work with a highly regarded team who will support your learning and development? Do you want to be part of a team of specialists that are designing solutions that make tomorrow possible, today? ……..Then look no further

What the role has to offer:

Development Opportunity

Job Satisfaction - involvement in product solutions from concept to customer delivery and repair/servicing

Large support network within the function

Diverse and challenging role

Our Opportunity

You will be working within the large manufacturing team within OME (Optronics and Missile Electronics) to deliver Industrialisation activities and support through production and reporting into the Manufacturing Engineering Management team.

As part of the role you will utilise and adopt techniques, including but not limited to the following, at different times depending on the phase of the product lifecycle that you are working on:

Estimating to support bids, including direct and in-direct costs and schedule capabilities

New Product Introduction (incl. MRL, PRR, FAI, DFx, Tooling and Test Equipment)

Reviewing the Engineering definition file and creating and approving the manufacturing file

Define the process of assembly and test

Managing Non-conformance and Engineering Change in production

Monitoring product costs

Working alongside a Workcell/APRU Manager to deliver to target KPI’s

Identifying and implementing improvements using various Lean techniques

About You

You will need to be self-driven and have attention to detail as well as having the following:

Experience of Manufacturing Engineering processes within a similar environment

Excellent team player and communicator. Able to work effectively within and across a variety of different teams.

Strong relationship builder, able to successfully manage stakeholders at different organisational level of Industry

Flexible team member and a fast learner

Focussed on meeting deadlines with good time management and prioritisation skills

Educated to degree level in a relevant Engineering discipline

Ability to use Microsoft Office tools (Word, Excel, Powerpoint etc.)

Experience of Industry tools (Oracle, Palma, Mestec)

What We Can Offer

We’re committed to giving you opportunities to be your best. We believe in embracing the passion and potential of our people, and to achieve this we offer market leading training, development and experiences, along with the opportunity to be mentored and coached by skilled and experienced individuals within the function. We hire from within as our first priority, so you’ll have a myriad of opportunities within our diverse, global organisation.

Flexibility

Your health and well-being matters to us and that’s why we offer you the flexibility where possible.

Due to the needs of the role, this role is predominantly based on site, however, Thales has a hybrid-working model that enables home working when this is suitable for the activities being conducted.

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

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At Thales, we ensure equal opportunities, pay and working conditions for all. The benefits we offer include private medical insurance, buying or selling annual leave, cycle to work schemes, employee discounts, paid volunteering day, stocks and shares, annual bonus and much more depending on the role. Read more about our benefits here.

We are committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels valued for who they are and the unique strengths they bring. Discover more about our programmes, employee networks, wellbeing policies, and inclusive features here.

If this role isn’t quite right for you, we encourage you to join our talent community where your details will be shared with our recruitment teams for other potential opportunities. Join the Talent Community here.

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