Manufacturing Technician – Wiring

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Manufacturing Technician – Wiring

Glasgow, United Kingdom

FTC (18 months) and Permanent. 4 day week Monday-Thursday, 37 hours per week (9.25 hrs/day). Start time flexible between 6:00am and 7:30am. Unpaid lunch 30 minutes. Free on-site parking and canteen.

Due to demand we’re looking for experienced Technicians to join our Optronics and Missile Electronics [OME] business unit in Glasgow. With experience in wiring and building electrical assemblies you’ll be performing manufacturing tasks in accordance with engineering drawings to the required quality.

• Ensure all incidents are logged correctly and escalated to H&S leaders as appropriate.
• Escalate health and safety issues to the Work Cell Manager.
• Perform complex manufacturing operations in accordance with the associated documentation and quality standards, timely and professionally.
• Adhere to the defined company processes when carrying out all tasks.
• Perform self‑assessment and approval of products.
• Support any continuous improvement actions being worked on within Industry.
• Detect faults or non‑compliance, raise alerts, and contribute to diagnostics and root cause analysis when possible.
• Manage and record build configuration of product.
• Use company tools (ERP, Palma, etc.) when carrying out product assembly tasks.

• Experience in wiring.
• Ability to perform complex electrical operations involving wiring and component soldering to IPC standards.
• Experience building electrical assemblies.
• The ability to interpret drawings and wiring diagrams.
• Eligibility to obtain full SC clearance.

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.

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