Principal Inspector

Location: Cheadle, United Kingdom

Thales 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.

Job title**:Electro-Mechanical Inspector**

Location**: Cheadle, Stockport**

Type**:Permanent**

**You working week will be Monday - Thursday, with optional Fridays paid at overtime rate.**

**Our Opportunity**

The Electro-Mechanical Inspector will be responsible for Inspection of electro-mechanical assemblies and their sub-assemblies to the required company standard (IPC Class 3) or as specified by the customer’s contract. The key focus is to ensure we provide a consistent quality of product across all UK & Export product lines and customers.

Key Responsibilities and Tasks:

- Performs inspection operations, for the acceptance of parts, sub-assemblies and products, to the required standards as defined by, and or the customer’s contractual requirements.
- Identifies and logs faults. Records Results
- Inspects associated build pack, test results and records of jobs compliance to requirements.
- Raising of Product Non Conformance Reports (PNC), Problem Reports (PR), Concessions / Production Permits (DR) to highlight discrepancies where necessary, to resolve documentation and or product issues.
- Provide support to Manufacturing Engineering, Technicians and Planning
- Survey of units returned for modification and/or repair.
- Overseeing of In house rework activities.
- Training & supervision of Junior staff as required
- Supplier off Site Acceptance UK & Overseas. (This may involve loan working).

Once experienced in the role, key performance Indicators will include:

- Quality - Clearing of Problem Reports (PR) Engineering Change Reports (EC) Raising and clearing of product non-conformance (PNC).
- Cost - Ensure job booking and timesheets are entered and completed on a weekly basis, measured on a weekly report. Keep to the budgeted hours for operations or highlight errors to Cell Manager and production engineering. Measured Budget Vs. Actual
- Delivery - Focus on time delivery (OTD) as set by Industrial planning and Cell Manager. Timely inspection of all new and repaired items as directed by the plan.

**About You**

You will ideally hold relevant ONC/BTEC City and Guilds qualification or apprentice trained. However proven experience of inspection experience in an Electrical / Mechanical Production or Development facility or similar environment may negate formal qualifications. Qualified to IPC610 / 620 or similar safety critical standards.
- Inspection of soldering, crimping, wire wrapping, splicing, sleeving, part making etc.
- Experience in the Inspection of Electro mechanical assemblies, part marking etc.
- Capable of interpreting, circuit diagrams, engineering drawings and technical documents.
- Knowledge of ESD Protection requirements.
- Capable of using production Inspection equipment such as Micrometres, Vernier’s, etc.
- Understanding of FAI and FOD
- Experience of ERP/MRP/Configuration Control systems, MS word & Excel

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

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 Caree