Engineering Technical Assistant

**Position: Engineering Technical Assistant**

**Location: Cheadle**
- Do you have a can-do attitude? Are you a hardworking individual who enjoys coming up with innovative solutions? Would you enjoy working in a hands-on role where it isn’t your usual 9-5 position? Got your interest, then look no further _

**Our Opportunity**:
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Under Water Systems (UWS) business unit at Cheadle as an Engineering Technical Assistant.

As an Engineering Technical Assistant, you will be responsible for supporting Engineering development by undertaking administrative and technical tasks as part of the wider engineering team. This role will be an integral part of the Engineering team supporting multiple activities; from bids, services and projects through to contract requirements, documentation governance, PALMA and on-time delivery.

Key Responsibilities and Tasks:

- Willingness to learn and use Engineering Tools such as JIRA, DOORS and Windchill
- Willingness to learn and understand the Engineering development lifecycle and lifecycle products and support our product development as directed within the lifecycle.
- Support the Engineering Team with the execution of Test Specifications.
- Assist in the investigation of problems with the engineering documentation.
- Proactively engage with owners of actions, problem reports, change requests to ensure timely closure.
- Support the identification and updating of project Risks and opportunities that support the identification and updating of Engineering Lessons Learnt

**About You**
- **Ideally from a technical(engineering) background with experience in Administration. Exceptional organisational skills, including the ability to prioritise tasks, plan your own time and communicate this to others**:

- **Excellent proficiency in written English and arithmetic**:

- **Has a sound ability to use and learn System Engineering tools**:

- **Proficient in using computer and learning new software tools/technologies.**:

- **Must be eligible to obtain Full SC clearance without restrictions**:

- This role requires a problem-solving mindset and keenness to work both independently and collaboratively to find solutions. Excellent teamwork alongside an enthusiasm for technology and high-quality deliverables is a must.
- A desire to continually learn and develop technical skills
- The ability to maintain quality of deliverables under multiple competing demands
- Ability to communicate simply to technical and non-technical audiences
- Understanding of configuration control
- Has knowledge of project control using defined processes, including CHORUS2
- Has an awareness of project plans
- The ability to take ownership and accountability for resolution of issues across a team and proactively engage with team members.

**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.

**Company Story**

The future is full of excitement and change; each new change and technology will create situations no one has had to deal with before or even anticipated and it will happen at an even faster pace than today.

Our 3 priorities throughout the crisis remain constant:

- To continue to protect all our employees’ health and financial wellbeing.
- To safeguard the business and continue to deliver for our customers as best we can.
- And, to ensure that Thales is best placed to recover quickly.

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

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Life insurance
- Referral programme

Schedule:

- Day shift

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Cheadle, Greater Manchester: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (preferred)