Industrial Process Engineer

Thales Avionics, Inc. (AGS)

Glasgow

Hybrid

GBP 45,000 - 60,000

Full time

4 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Private medical insurance

Cycle to work schemes

Employee discounts

Annual bonus

Job summary

Thales Avionics, Inc. (AGS) in Glasgow, United Kingdom, is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer to join the OME (Optronics and Missile Electronics) team.

You will contribute to industrialisation activities and provide production support within a large manufacturing function. The role involves estimating costs for bids, defining production processes, and managing non-conformances and engineering changes while collaborating to meet KPI targets.

Qualifications

Experience of Manufacturing Engineering processes within a similar environment.
Excellent team player and communicator. Able to work across different teams.
Strong relationship builder, able to manage stakeholders at different organisational levels.
Flexible team member with fast learning ability.
Focused on meeting deadlines with good time management and prioritisation.
Educated to degree level in a relevant Engineering discipline.
Ability to use Microsoft Office tools (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
Experience of Industry tools (Oracle, Palma, Mestec).

Responsibilities

Deliver Industrialisation activities and support through production and reporting into the Manufacturing Engineering Management team.
Estimate to support bids, including direct and indirect costs and schedule capabilities.
Review engineering definition files and create/approve manufacturing files.
Define assembly and test processes.
Manage non-conformance and engineering changes in production.
Monitor product costs.
Collaborate with a Workcell/APRU Manager to achieve target KPIs.
Identify and implement Lean improvements.

Skills

Manufacturing processes

Team collaboration

Stakeholder management

Time management

Degree in Engineering

MS Office

Oracle

Palma

Mestec

Education

Engineering degree

Tools

Oracle

Palma

Mestec

Job description

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.

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

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.

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.