Location: Templecombe, United KingdomThales people provide armed forces customers with operational advantage at every decisive moment throughout the mission. Defence and armed forces customers rely on us to deliver the full range of defence mission systems solutions at land, sea, and air. Our platforms extend across the battlespace including Above and Sonar, Electronic Combat, and Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance systems.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.

Senior Manufacturing Engineer – (R0253323)

Location – Templecombe

Hours - 4 day week Monday-Thursday / 37 hours per week

Thales is a technology company that is part of the of the global Thales organisation. Thales worldwide has 88000 employees in 50 countries.

Thales teams deliver cutting-edge solutions to armed forces all over the world. We are Europe’s number one supplier of defence electronics.2

Thales Underwater Systems delivers a state of the art Sonar capability for UK and International Navies. Our systems are developed for a wide range of significant defence projects, including the Astute and Dreadnought class submarines, Merlin helicopters, Type 23 frigates and the Hunt class mine countermeasures vessel.

The Role

Thales Underwater Systems are looking for an experienced Manufacturing Engineer join our team in Templecombe, as a Senior Manufacturing Engineer in our Towed Array work cell.

You will contribute to the definition, implementation, and maintenance of the Industrial Strategy for existing products (work cell embedded) and new products (transverse activity extending between upstream/downstream) through day-to-day technical support to the onsite industrial footprint.

You will also play a key role within the wider Industrial footprint for key products, driving the right behaviours in Design for Manufacture within Engineering and Projects. Another key element to the role will be supporting procurement as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for Industry to ensure that our supply chain delivers robust products.

Having already gained experience in a similar role this is an excellent opportunity for you to further your skills and really start to build a successful career with a leader in their field.

Key Responsibilities and Tasks

Contributes to the Manufacturing engineering phase and the successful introduction into production of new and legacy products within a defined production centre/area. Transverse only Works with the Engineering teams through the Design, Development and Qualification phase to review Product Defining Data (PDD) and ensure it is suitable for manufacture. To also analyse and initiate changes to PDD throughout the design and product lifecycle. Transverse only. Preparing all data for and running Production Readiness Reviews (PRRs) on behalf of industry. Identify opportunities for manufacturing equipment capital purchases with financial assessment (Cost-Benefit Analysis & ROI’s) completed in order to drive business competitiveness. Assessing the Manufacturing Readiness Level (MRL) of products by reviewing the product maturity with project teams to identify and minimise risks manufacturing risks. Is accountable for the definition, setup, preparation and optimisation of manufacturing processes and tooling for a defined area, or product line, i.e. defining and agreeing layout and infrastructure for a product line, or manufacturing area. Contributes to compliance of the production process with all Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) applicable regulations Defines and optimises manufacturing documentation, tools, workflows for manufacturing and inspection based on the information supplied by upstream R&D engineering departments and guarantees the production data (ERP). Contributes to the technological innovation to reduce costs and workflows, whilst guaranteeing the feasibility and reproducibility of the process. Attending Material Review Boards (MRBs) and Configuration Control Boards (CCBs) on behalf of manufacturing. Actively managing failures and changes. Elaborates and implements tests & control plans for manufacturing equipment. As such, defines and develops the test procedures and associated means (programs, benches, and interfaces). Contributes to establishing and guaranteeing targeted cost at an early stage of development. Transverse only. Contributes to the capitalisation of the experiences fed back from the production line to ensure lessons learnt are captured in new product introduction. Contributes to the definition and the application of applicable baselines, as well as support, to the end users of the manufacturing process. Develops the skills within the function and provides the appropriate trainings

Your Skills and Experience

You will either have proven experience as a Manufacturing Engineer, ideally from an Electro-Mechanical assembly/fabrication background (other manufacturing environments will also be considered).

Elaborates and implements tests & control plans for manufacturing equipment. Awareness and use of continuous improvement techniques and implementation of lean manufacturing Experience of manufacturing systems Understanding/awareness of connected industrial concepts Industrial experience of implementing new technologies (including change management and impact analysis). Strong Communication skills & experience training team members

Thales Benefits

4 day working week 28 days annual leave (Plus Bank Holidays) Pension contributions up to 7% Healthcare Cash Plan Life insurance Stock options (SharingThales) every 2 years Enhanced maternity and parental leave. Generous training budget and allowance to attend conferences/workshops. Gym and well-being memberships, Cycle to Work Discounts on major retail outlets 24/7 Employee Assistance Program and access to mental wellbeing app

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