Location : Crawley, 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.

Bill of Materials Engineer

Location : Crawley or Bristol

Hybrid working (Min. of 3 days at Thales site, customer site or supplier site)

Are you someone who has good attention to detail? Are you a good communicator and a team player? Would you like to work in a supportive environment? Got your interest, then look no further…

What the role has to offer :

• The opportunity to join a world-class company of 80,000 employees and with operations in 68 countries
• Working with a supportive and friendly team
• Being in a role which is analytical and organisationally driven
• Working across multiple sites within Thales
• The opportunity for development and progression at all levels of the organisation and the support to succeed wherever you want to take your career in the future

Our Opportunity

We have a great opportunity for a Bill of Materials Engineer to join Thales Above Water Systems (AWS). You will be responsible for the input and update of Engineering data into to Thales UK Product Lifecycle Management tool, as well as reviewing the integrity, validity and maintenance of documents relating to the data.

You will be the point of contact for all business functions relating to Product items in the PLM tool, including functional, allocated and product baselines, problem requests, engineering changes outstanding tasks and notices.

As well as this, you will run reports and analyse data sets against Design review documentation. Additionally, you will become a configuration management tool (PLM) expert providing reports and metrics to the Programme Management team.

About You

You will ideally have experience of PLM toolsets for example Windchill / Teamcenter.

You are able to read Design Drawings and identify a part breakdown structure

You foster continuous improvement and encourage a culture of feedback

You are able to multi-task and prioritise without requiring regular direct supervision

You will be someone who is process driven, methodical, analytical and detail oriented.

You are a communicator and a team player : you are willing to help and establish strong relationships with the rest of the team

You have the ability to establish and meet deadlines

You understand the importance of data integrity

Security Clearance statement

This role will require full SC Clearance. It would be advantageous if currently held, however, if not currently held, it is a requirement that the successful applicant will undergo, achieve, and maintain SC Clearance. Please visit the UKSV website for further guidance.

To be eligible for full SC, you generally need to have resided in the UK for the last 5 years. In some circumstances, a minimum of 3 years’ residence in the UK over the last 5 years may be accepted, with additional overseas checks.

For further details of the evidence required to apply for Baseline and Security Clearance please refer to the National Security Vetting (NSV) Agency - United Kingdom Security Vetting - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

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 matter 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, hybrid 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.

Benefits at Thales

On offer is a competitive salary and benefits package, which includes;

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

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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.

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