Electrician - Vehicle Cable Integration

Due to increased workload, Ground Equipment have a requirement to increase the manufacturing team. This has resulted in an opportunity for an experienced Electrician to join the vehicle integration team. This position is within a team of personnel who are responsible for the manufacture, repair & refurbishment of associated Rapid Ranger ground equipment. The key driver is achievement of set customer delivery milestones. The key focus is to ensure we provide a consistent quality product to support all our UK & Export customers. Principal Relationships:

• Vehicle Test Diagnostician
• Manufacturing Planners/Stores
• Team Leaders
• Cell Manager
• Quality Assurance
• Design Authority/Engineers
• Customer representative for Factory Acceptance Testing, Must be able to work to drawings and production specifications.
• Produce assemblies and sub-assemblies against Production Test Specifications and recording of results.
• Experience in vehicle cable fitting/assembly techniques required to successfully complete task to the quality standard specified
• Integrating and working in harmony with the established team so as to achieve targets.
• Become familiar with and adopting the principles of the 5's housekeeping standard.
• Participate in the Continuous Improvement activities that are ongoing within the work place with the goal of eliminating waste and reduce operating costs.
  
  Essential
• Experienced PC user
• Manual dexterity.
• Quick learner.
• Working within a team.
Desirable
• Must be capable of working to Manufacturing Instruction and Engineering drawings.
Experience: Essential
• Cable Manufacture/Installation.
Desirable
• At least 3 years in a Production environment or similar.
Values & Behaviours:
• Customer and target focused.
• Working within larger team.
• Innovative approach.
• Develop through learning.
Qualifications: Desirable
• Recognised Electrical Qualification.
  
  Thales people architect solutions that are relied upon to deliver operational advantage at every decisive moment throughout the mission. Defence and armed forces customers rely on us to deliver the full range of defensive systems for land, sea, and air. From early warning, to threat neutralisation, our platforms cover all levels from very short-range systems, to extended protection across the entire battle-space including Airspace Mobility Solutions, Vehicles and Tactical Systems and Missile Defence, Optronics, and Radar.
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., 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.