Job Description

Location: Belfast, United Kingdom

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 five major industries; Aerospace, Defence, Ground Transportation, Security and Space. Your health and well-being matters to us and that\xe2\x80\x99s why we offer you the flexibility to do what\xe2\x80\x99s important to you; whether that\xe2\x80\x99s 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.

Sort, Straighten, Shine, Standardise and Sustain\xe2\x80\xa6 We have a new and exciting vacancy for a Manufacturing / Engineering Graduate to support our manufacturing facilities in Belfast.

Working as a part of a Lean Team, you will implement and deliver business improvement methodologies across manufacturing, office and site operations.

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Our Opportunity

As the Manufacturing / Engineering Graduate you are responsible primarily for developing and sustaining the local 5S strategic approach, ensuring there is support for the 5S business initiative activities within the Industrial Supply Chain function. You will develop skills to lead and deliver primarily 5S transformation activities across the site, creating tangible plans for more efficient and higher standards of a sustainable 5S culture.

Your development will aim to coach and develop the local Industrial Supply Chain team to realise efficiencies of process and methodology deployment. Working to deliver the overall 5S planning, training, deployment and development of the site 5S standard & process across the whole of Industry, which includes Production, Stores & Office areas. Shape local industry 5S vision though the development and implementation of standards and processes that can be sustained to a desired level for your site.

Day to day responsibilities include;

• Lead multi-disciplinary teams across the business to develop and implement efficiencies in 5S processes and initiatives
• Create a network of 5S champions within the business to drive rapid process improvement and sustain gains
• Work with the Autonomous Production and Repair Units (APRU) Management to improve maturity and business culture towards 5S including training initiatives for functional new starts
• Carry out analysis of specific business processes and provide effective solutions for 5S improvement
• Interface with key stakeholders to gain buy-in to 5S improvement projects and support future state production area planning phases to ensure 5S is baked into their design and processes
• Drive successful implementation of improvement 5S activities ensuring a structured phased approach is followed
• Focus on engagement and understanding the business to identify improvement activity that improves maturity
• Deliver short training sessions in 5S tools
• Plan and co-ordinate all 5S activities / audits within your site to drive the improvements in 5S scores and maturity scores for the site
• Establish a reporting method for all 5S activities, initiatives and processes
• Audit lines / areas and develop means to hold them accountable
• Plan and control the labour booking for improvement 5S activities

About You

You will have awareness of 5S principles and how they relate to a manufacturing and office environment. Advantageous to this would be a further knowledge and practical understanding of Lean techniques within a manufacturing industry.

To be successful in the role, you will have the following knowledge and attributes:

• Demonstrable knowledge of how 5S relates to a manufacturing / office environment.
• Successful implementation of group related projects.
• Understanding of and familiarisation with 5S Tools
• Knowledge of Plan, Do, Check, Act approach
• Great interpersonal skills
• Goal driven individual
• Knowledge of lean tools/ techniques
• Logical approach in planning and executing tasks / strategies / projects

Due to the nature of the business candidates will need to be British Passport holders.

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 for mid to senior roles, or the for graduate and apprentice roles.

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