Electrical Technician - Manufacturing
Company
Location
Templecombe, England, United Kingdom
Posted At
6/21/2025
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Description
Location: Templecombe, 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 the major industries of Aerospace, Defence, 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.
Electrical Technician - Manufacturing
Templecombe
Are you an experienced electrical technician who can hit the ground running in a new role? Do you enjoy a varied workload where not every day is the same?
Our Opportunity
Due to demand, we’re looking for an experienced Electrical Technician to join our Maritime Mission Systems business unit in Templecombe.
With experience building electrical or electro-mechanical assemblies you’ll be performing manufacturing tasks in accordance with engineering drawings to the required quality.
The product range is diverse, one day you’ll be working on a small, detailed board work and another a large-scale sonar product. You’ll have the opportunity to learn from a large, experienced and knowledgeable team and the opportunity to progress through the Manufacturing function or move into Quality, People Management or Engineering in the future, all of which is fully supported by Thales.
The role is based out of our Templecombe manufacturing site. You will work a 4-day week Monday to Thursday and work 9.25 hours per day.
Key duties:
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.
This role will require SC Clearance. It would be advantageous if currently held, however, if not currently held, it is a requirement that the successful applicant will undergo, achieve, and maintain SC Clearance. Please visit the UKSV website for further guidance.
To be eligible for full SC, you generally need to have resided in the UK for the last 5 years. In some circumstances, a minimum of 3 years’ residence in the UK over the last 5 years may be accepted, with additional overseas checks.
For further details of the evidence required to apply for Baseline and Security Clearance please refer to the National Security Vetting (NSV) Agency - United Kingdom Security Vetting - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
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 Resourcing Ops for mid to senior roles, or the Early Careers Team for graduate and apprentice roles.
Great journeys start here, apply now!
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 the major industries of Aerospace, Defence, 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.
Electrical Technician - Manufacturing
Templecombe
Are you an experienced electrical technician who can hit the ground running in a new role? Do you enjoy a varied workload where not every day is the same?
Our Opportunity
Due to demand, we’re looking for an experienced Electrical Technician to join our Maritime Mission Systems business unit in Templecombe.
With experience building electrical or electro-mechanical assemblies you’ll be performing manufacturing tasks in accordance with engineering drawings to the required quality.
The product range is diverse, one day you’ll be working on a small, detailed board work and another a large-scale sonar product. You’ll have the opportunity to learn from a large, experienced and knowledgeable team and the opportunity to progress through the Manufacturing function or move into Quality, People Management or Engineering in the future, all of which is fully supported by Thales.
The role is based out of our Templecombe manufacturing site. You will work a 4-day week Monday to Thursday and work 9.25 hours per day.
Key duties:
- Produce on time and to quality manufacture of Electrical assemblies
- Escalating blockers and issues to team Leader
- Escalating Health and safety issues to team Leader
- Ensuring 5S standards are met
- Ensuring any quality non-conformances are logged and escalated to the Inspector or Quality representative
- Ensure all incidents are logged correctly and escalated to H&S leaders as appropriate
- Experience building electrical or electro-mechanical assemblies
- Experience in wiring
- The ability to interpret drawings and wiring diagrams
- Eligible to obtain full SC clearance at UK eyes only
- Working within IPC standards
- 4 day working week
- 28 days annual leave (Plus Bank Holidays)
- Pension contributions up to 7%
- Healthcare Cash Plan
- Life insurance
- Stock options (SharingThales) every 2 years
- Enhanced maternity and parental leave.
- Generous training budget and allowance to attend conferences/workshops.
- Gym and well-being memberships, Cycle to Work
- Discounts on major retail outlets
- 24/7 Employee Assistance Program and access to mental wellbeing app
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.
This role will require SC Clearance. It would be advantageous if currently held, however, if not currently held, it is a requirement that the successful applicant will undergo, achieve, and maintain SC Clearance. Please visit the UKSV website for further guidance.
To be eligible for full SC, you generally need to have resided in the UK for the last 5 years. In some circumstances, a minimum of 3 years’ residence in the UK over the last 5 years may be accepted, with additional overseas checks.
For further details of the evidence required to apply for Baseline and Security Clearance please refer to the National Security Vetting (NSV) Agency - United Kingdom Security Vetting - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
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 Resourcing Ops for mid to senior roles, or the Early Careers Team for graduate and apprentice roles.
Great journeys start here, apply now!
Advertise with us by contacting: [email protected]
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