Process Engineer - Lean, HSE & Defence Manufacturing

Thales; Rural City of Benalla; On-site; AUD 85,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Family Friendly Workplace Certified

Relocation Assistance

ThalesFlex – Hybrid work

Fitness Passport Discount

Modernised Paid Parental Leave

Veterans Leave

Personal & professional training

Job summary

Thales Australia Munition business seeks a Process Engineer to join our Benalla site and drive process improvements across electronics, mechanics and chemical engineering. You will help ensure a robust safety management system and advance SMS maturity while supporting production and repair processes.

As a Defence role, applicants must be Australian citizens and eligible to obtain a Defence security clearance.

Qualifications

• Engineering degree and experience in process engineering or similar roles.
• Extensive knowledge of production and repair processes.
• Extensive knowledge of products and their manufacturing or repair processes and knowledge of industrial management control.
• Basic knowledge of stock management and flow management methodologies.
• Chemical Engineering or Mechanical/Mechatronics background is highly desirable.
• Implementation of continuous improvement and management tools (Lean: flow management, conducting Gemba Walks, Compass Room, Plan Do Check Act (PDCA), TPM, etc).
• Knowledge of industrial management control and stock management and flow management methodologies.
• Knowledge of production tools, industrial IT & use of dashboards (analysis, decision support).

Responsibilities

• Ensure that the facility has a safety management system that results in compliance with state and federal regulations and meets good industrial practice.
• Ensure that the facility has a safety management system meets the intent of preventing or minimising accidental exposures to self, colleagues, visitors and/or the environment. Through the development, maintenance and continuous improvement of the documents, systems and procedures that make up the safety management system (SMS).
• Develop and facilitate audit programs, to asses and evaluate the effectiveness of the SMS.
• Evaluation of the HSE impacts of existing, new and updated procedures and processes and ensure adequate consideration is given to HSE in the development and design and continuous improvement of these documents.
• Preparation of compliance reports for regulatory authorities as required.

Skills

Process engineering

Industrial control

Lean management

Dashboards

Safety management

Stock management

Chemical engineering

Mechanical / Mechatronics

Education

Engineering degree

Chemical Engineering

Mechanical/Mechatronics

Tools

Dashboards

Industrial IT

Job description

Thales Australia Munition business seeks a Process Engineer to join our Benalla site and drive process improvements across electronics, mechanics and chemical engineering. You will help ensure a robust safety management system and advance SMS maturity while supporting production and repair processes.

As a Defence role, applicants must be Australian citizens and eligible to obtain a Defence security clearance.