Degree level
2027 Obsolescence Management Engineer Apprentice - Level 6 - Crawley
THALES UK LIMITED · Manor Royal
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- Pay
- £24,000 a year
- Hours
- 37 a week
- Length
- 42 months
- Starts
- 6 Sep 2027
- Advertised closing date
- 17 Feb 2027
- Openings
- 1 position
- Last checked
- an hour ago
Applications are handled by THALES UK LIMITED directly.
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What you would do
Working as part of our Obsolescence Management Component Engineering team, you will support the delivery of systems and equipment solutions, ensuring projects are supported and managed throughout production and during their agreed support contract within budget.
Day to day
- Supporting equipment requirements and design activities
- Contributing to project reviews
- Participating in product testing and mitigation activities
- Assisting with engineering investigations and problem solving
- Visiting customer sites where required
- Working with experienced Obsolescence Manager/ Component engineers on live projects
What you would study
Product design and development engineer (degree) (level 6)
- On-campus teaching (approx. 12 x 3-day blocks per academic year)
- Virtual coaching sessions
- Online learning resources
- Self-directed learning activities
Other training
Years 1 and 2
Build a broad engineering foundation across:
- Mechanical engineering
- Electrical engineering
- Electronics
- Materials engineering
- Design engineering
- Computational engineering
Years 3 and 4
- Progress onto your specialist pathway
- Apply your learning to real projects within our function in Crawley
Training provider: UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK
Working week
Flexible working. Monday - Thursday, 8 hours per day. Friday, 5 Hours.
What you need
- GCSE 5 GCSE's including Mat at grade 9-4 (A-C) (essential)
- A Level Maths and 1 additional STEM subject or engineering at grade C and above with a B in Maths (essential)
Skills they are looking for
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
After the apprenticeship
Will role off into the business as a Obsolescence Management Engineer.
Where
Manor Royal, South East (RH10).
About THALES UK LIMITED
Together, we create the ingenious technological systems and innovations that impact and improve people's lives every single day. Even if you haven't heard the name Thales before, you've definitely benefited from our inventiveness. We reinvest 20% of our sales in Research & Development in the UK. Together we supply invention across 4 core areas: Aerospace, Space, Defence and Security, Digital Identity and Security.
Benefits
- Holiday entitlement of 201 hours a year (plus company day and bank holidays)
- Contributory company pension
- Health care cash plan
- Employee assistant programme
- Learning and development support
- Employee discount and wellbeing portal
- Life cover
- 80 hours volunteering per year (first two years), then 24 after that
Things to consider
Because of the work we do at Thales, all roles are subject to security requirements.
To be considered for this position, you must have the permanent right to work in the UK and be able to successfully complete and maintain UK Government security checks, including Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) screening and Security Clearance (SC), which is a government background check, before starting employment.
To be eligible for SC clearance, you will typically need to have lived in the UK continuously for the last five years. As part of the vetting process, you will be asked to provide evidence of your identity, right to work in the UK, any time spent overseas during the last five years, and your employment and/or education history.
For further details of the evidence required to apply for security clearance please follow this link - https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/united-kingdom-security-vetting-clearance-levels/national-security-vetting-clearance-levels.
Reference 2000057615.
Report a problem with this listing- Pay
- £24,000 a year
- Hours
- 37 a week
- Length
- 42 months
- Starts
- 6 Sep 2027
- Advertised closing date
- 17 Feb 2027
- Openings
- 1 position
- Last checked
- an hour ago
Applications are handled by THALES UK LIMITED directly.
Know someone this would suit?
Disability Confident employer
This employer is in the government Disability Confident scheme. If you have a disability, you can ask to be considered for an interview under the scheme, as long as you meet the essential requirements. Read about the scheme on GOV.UK.