Process Engineer

Thales; Tczew; On-site; PLN 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Culture of collaboration

Growth opportunities

Contract employment

Office in Tczew

Commute allowance

Free parking

Referral program

Private medical care

Life insurance

Social fund

Canteen

Charity & events

Job summary

Thales is seeking a Process Engineer to join our Centre of Excellence in Poland, driving manufacturing of banking cards and secure documents. You will implement new processes, supervise machine start-up, coordinate projects from concept to implementation, and define production documentation.

The ideal candidate has an engineering degree, hands-on experience in high-volume manufacturing, knowledge of automation, electronics, and lean tools, plus strong English and collaboration skills.

Qualifications

• Technical degree in Engineering.
• Experience as a process engineer or technologist/maintenance engineer in manufacturing.
• Knowledge of electrical engineering/automation/electronics/machine building/mechanical engineering/maintenance/pneumatics.
• Experience commissioning new machines.
• Experience in high-volume manufacturing is an advantage.
• Proactive, goal-oriented, able to work independently and coordinate tasks.
• Good knowledge of English.
• Familiar with PDCA, FMEA, SPC, MSA and quality tools.
• Practical knowledge of Lean Manufacturing tools.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills; able to negotiate and influence.
• Willing to grow and share knowledge; value teamwork.

Responsibilities

• Implement and start-up new manufacturing processes and products.
• Supervise commissioning of new production machines and ramp-up.
• Coordinate engineering projects from concept through implementation.
• Define production documentation and work standardization.
• Support production and maintenance in solving technical problems.
• Optimize existing production lines for efficiency and safety.
• Control production processes and implement error-proofing.
• Modify and improve processes and manufactured products.
• Aim for highest quality, efficiency and cost minimization.
• Identify problems and implement preventive solutions.
• Prepare reports and analyses of manufacturing processes.

Skills

Problem solving

PDCA

FMEA

SPC

MSA

Lean manufacturing

Electrical engineering

Automation

Mechanical engineering

Communication skills

Teamwork

Interpersonal skills

English language

Negotiation

Leadership

Coordination

Education

Engineering degree

Job description

Thales people architect identity management and data protection solutions at the heart of digital security. Business and governments rely on us to bring trust to the billions of digital interactions they have with people. Our technologies and services help banks exchange funds, people cross borders, energy become smarter and much more. More than 30,000 organizations already rely on us to verify the identities of people and things, grant access to digital services, analyze vast quantities of information and encrypt data to make the connected world more secure.

Your responsibilities:

• As a Process Engineer you will get the opportunity to work in our Centre of Excellence, contributing to the production of advanced banking cards and secure documents. On a daily basis, your task will be:
• Implementation and start-up of new manufacturing processes and products;
• Supervising the commissioning of new production machines and production ramp-up;
• Coordinate engineering projects from concept through implementation;
• Defining production documentation and work standardization;
• Support for production and maintenance in solving technical problems;
• Optimizing existing production lines to improve efficiency and safety;
• Control of the production process and error proofing implementation;
• Modifying and improving the process and manufactured products;
• Optimization of manufacturing process to ensure the highest quality, efficiency and cost minimization;
• Identification of problems and implementation of preventive solutions;
• Preparation of reports and analyzes of manufacturing processes.

Our requirements:

• You should have a technical degree in Engineering
• Your experience as a process engineer or as a technologist / maintenance engineer in a manufacturing company would be necessary for your smooth onboarding;
• Your knowledge in the field of: electrical engineering / automation / electrics / electronics / machine building / mechanical engineering / maintenance / pneumatics would be important;
• You should have also a practical experience in commissioning new machines;
• Experience in a high-volume manufacturing environment is an advantage.
• To succeed you need to be proactive, goal-oriented, able to work independently, and know how to efficiently coordinate tasks;
• Good knowledge of English is a must;
• This position involves solving problems, so you should know how to use in practice problem analysis methods (PDCA, FMEA, SPC, MSA, quality tools);
• Practical knowledge of Lean Manufacturing tools and other methods of process improvement would also be important;
• You will cooperate with various people, so you must have highly developed interpersonal and communication skills, a bit of expertise in negotiations and influencing others would also be helpful;
• The ideal candidate knows how to grow others and self so you need to focus on developing and expanding your knowledge as well as sharing it with others;
• And last but not least, we truly value teamwork - Together is one of factors we must all embrace, whatever part of the business we are in.

What we offer:

• A culture of collaboration, mutual respect and diversity;
• Tasks and projects providing growth opportunities in a motivating work environment;
• Employment (based on employment contract) in a company with a long history in innovation and technology;
• You will work from our modern office located in Tczew (near to Gdańsk);
• Commute allowance and free parking space for employees;
• Employee referral program;
• Private medical care co-funded by the company, life insurance, social fund, canteen, charity and social events.

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.