Manufacturing Technician

Thales; Crawley; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative company is seeking a Manufacturing Technician to join its Industrial Operations team. In this role, you'll be responsible for executing complex manufacturing tasks, ensuring high-quality standards while working with advanced technology. Your expertise in wiring and soldering, along with your IPC qualification, will be crucial in building electronic assemblies that contribute to the safety and efficiency of defense systems. This position offers opportunities for growth and flexibility, allowing you to balance your professional and personal life effectively. If you're passionate about technology and eager to make a difference, this role is perfect for you.

Benefits

Market-leading training

Flexible working hours

Career development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in wiring, soldering, and building electrical assemblies.
• Ability to interpret drawings and wiring diagrams.

Responsibilities

• Perform complex manufacturing operations to quality standards.
• Manage and record build configuration of products.

Skills

Wiring

Soldering

Potting

IPC Standards

Electronic Testing

Education

IPC Qualification

Tools

ERP Systems

Palma

Job description

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Location: Crawley, United Kingdom

In fast changing markets, customers worldwide rely on Thales. Thales is a business where brilliant people from all over the world come together to share ideas and inspire each other. In aerospace, transportation, defence, security and space, our architects design innovative solutions that make our tomorrow's possible.

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 the major industries of Aerospace, Defence, 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.

R0269539 Manufacturing Technician

Location Crawley

Our Opportunity

Thales teams deliver cutting-edge solutions to armed forces the world over. We are Europe’s number one supplier of defence electronics and a leading provider of integrated air defence systems. But our people don’t just work with incredibly advanced technology. The armoured vehicles we build can resist the full force of improvised explosive devices, while our avionics solutions control some of the world’s most iconic military aircraft. Together, our people make the world safer.

We are looking for a Manufacturing Technician to join our Industrial Operations team at Thales Crawley site. With experience in wiring, and building electrical assemblies you’ll be performing manufacturing tasks in accordance with engineering drawings to the required quality.

What the role has to offer:

• To perform complex Manufacturing operations in accordance with the associated documentation provided to the quality standards expected in a timely and professional manner.
• To adhere to the defined Company processes when carrying out all tasks
• Performs self-assessment and approval of products
• To input and support any continuous improvement actions being worked on within Industry
• To be able to detect any fault or non-compliance and if necessary raise the alert. In addition when able should contribute to diagnostics and the finding of the cause/root analysis
• To manage and record build configuration of product
• To use the company tools (ERP, Palma etc.) when carrying out product assembly tasks
  
  
  

About You

• Experience in wiring, soldering & potting.
• Ability to perform complex electronic operations involving wiring and component soldering to IPC standards
• IPC qualified
• Experience building electronic assemblies
• The ability to interpret drawings and wiring diagrams
• Experience in electronic testing
• Eligible to obtain full SC clearance.
  
  
  

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 some of the smartest minds in the industry.

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 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.

If you are interested in this role, we would encourage you to have informal chat with the assigned recruiter.

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

In line with Thales' Baseline Security requirements, candidates will be asked to provide evidence of identity, eligibility to work in the UK and employment and/or education history for up to three years. Some vacancies may require full Security Clearance which can require further evidence to be provided. For further details of the evidence required to apply for Baseline and Security Clearance please refer to the Defence Business Services National Security Vetting (DBS NSV) Agency.

At Thales we provide CAREERS and not only jobs. With Thales employing 80,000 employees in 68 countries our mobility policy enables thousands of employees each year to develop their careers at home and abroad, in their existing areas of expertise or by branching out into new fields. Together we believe that embracing flexibility is a smarter way of working.

Thales UK is committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free recruitment process. We will provide reasonable adjustments and support to ensure neuro-diverse applicants or those with a disability or long-term condition can be their best during the recruitment process. To request an adjustment, if you need this job advert in an alternative format or if you have any questions about the recruitment process, please contact Resourcing Ops for mid to senior roles, or the Early Careers Team for graduate and apprentice roles.

Great journeys start here, apply now!

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Management and Manufacturing

• Industries

  Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing and Defense and Space Manufacturing

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