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Industrial Process Engineer
Apply remote type On-Site locations Glasgow time type Full time posted on Posted Yesterday job requisition id R0252815 Location: Glasgow, United KingdomThales people architect solutions that are relied upon to deliver operational advantage at every decisive moment throughout the mission. Defence and armed forces customers rely on us to deliver the full range of defensive systems for land, sea, and air. From early warning, to threat neutralisation, our platforms cover all levels from very short-range systems, to extended protection across the entire battle-space including Airspace Mobility Solutions, Vehicles and Tactical Systems and Missile Defence, Optronics, and Radar.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 five major industries; Aerospace, Defence, Ground Transportation, 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.We are recruiting a dynamic and focused individual to the Manufacturing Engineering team delivering supply chain processes within Thales OME. The roles represent a career opportunity in an environment of collaborative working within Industry.
You will work closely with existing Manufacturing Engineers to utilise and adopt the techniques, systems and processes currently applied to achieve process control and cost reduction within the Operations sphere.
The role will form a part of the Thales UK’s Manufacturing Engineering capability. It is our aim with this role to increase the knowledge base of our highly skilled Manufacturing Engineering staff. The successful candidate will require the skills, knowledge and experience to be embedded within our business. We are looking for high-potential candidates that are involved or interface with the supply chain.
Key Responsibilities:
- Key member of the Manufacturing Engineering team implementing Design for Manufacture and Assembly techniques and providing full process technical support to the manufacturing team.
- Delivering production processes that will deliver on time and to budget
- Drive process implementation and validation to support both manufacturing and pre-production.
- Influence and monitor product maturity from concept to series production.
- Using structured problem solving techniques to minimise production downtime
- Support manufacturing in identifying and implementing continuous improvement initiatives
- Ensure a level of governance around Manufacturing data packs and processes
Principal Relationships:
- Work Cell Managers
- Engineering Staff
- Procurement & Logistics staff
- Sub-contract managers
- Technicians and Test Engineers
- Quality Engineers
- Fellow team members (mix of multi-functional staff)
Skills
- Excellent team player and communicator. Able to work effectively within and across transverse teams.
- Strong relationship builder, able to successfully manage stakeholders at different organisational level of Industry
- Flexible team member and a fast learner
- Experience of Manufacturing processes implementation
- Focussed on meeting deadlines with good time management and prioritisation skills
- Experience of product line activities, routings, visual aids, corrective actions and product costing.
- The ability to work on own initiative when required
Qualifications
- Mechanical Engineering, Product Design, Electronic or Manufacturing Engineering degree, or studying towards are preferable however candidates with suitable experience within a manufacturing environment will also be considered.
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