Field Service Engineer

Location: Glasgow, United Kingdom

In fast changing markets, customers worldwide rely on Thales. Thales is a business where brilliant people from all over the world come together to share ideas and inspire each other. In aerospace, transportation, defence, security and space, our architects design innovative solutions that make our tomorrow's possible.

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.

Job title: Field Service Engineer

Location:  Glasgow

Are you ready to make waves in the world of marine engineering? Join our dynamic Field Services team at Faslane and play a pivotal role in ensuring the optimal performance of our customer’s vessels.

As a key team member, you will drive the execution of corrective and preventative maintenance on Marine Engines, Generators, Hydraulic Systems, and Electrical Power Systems. Embrace the challenge, support innovative solutions, and offer expert advice when needed. Dive into a rewarding career that's as vast as the open sea — apply today!

Day to day you will:

• Be responsible for the Health and Safety of all Thales activities carried out by you and comply with the following:
  • Risk Assessments
  • COSHH Assessments
  • Safe systems of work
  • Be ultimately accountable for your own day-to-day welfare

• Support to Vessels in Defect Rectification:
  • Conduct and Supervise Front-line support including Fault diagnosis and testing as well as supporting trials both in harbour and at sea
  • Maintaining engineering records to approved MCA / ISM standards (for example, defect reporting and planned maintenance schedules, using an electronic system)
  • Write engineering defect reports

• Support to Vessels in Maintenance Periods / Refits:
  • Conduct scheduled maintenance activities
  • Escalate engineering issues to the Service Delivery Manager as required
  • Maintaining engineering records to approved MCA / ISM standards (for example, defect reporting and planned maintenance schedules, using an electronic system)
  • Write post maintenance reports

• This role will require your ability to go to sea to support tests and trials, and will require after hours and night working at times.

• Identification of your own personal and professional development.

• Compliance with all export control rules and regulations including International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR).

• You will also perform additional ad-hoc duties that will arise from time to time that are consistent with the nature of this position.

• Be able to work in restricted spaces – the USV engine space has been designated a restricted space rather than confined but it is extremely tight and not everyone will be able/willing to access the compartment

About you:

Expected Competence Level:

Skills:

• Installation, fault-finding and repair of a variety of marine engines, generators and systems
• Extensive experience in service, maintenance and operation of marine mechanical equipment including heavy marine and mechanical plant (pumps, hydraulics, etc)
• Experience in marine electrical systems 240v/415v/24v
• Strong analytical and methodical problem solving skills
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to deliver verbal and written briefings to communicate technical issues to a wide variety of audiences
• Ability to work under pressure independently during periods of intense activity
• Experience in working to preventative maintenance engineering schedules
• Able to use a range of IT tools.

Experience:

As a Marine Field Services Engineer, you will have a track record of performing in a relevant marine engineering discipline, preferably dealing with Marine Engines, Generators, and Hydraulic systems. Ideally this would have been gained within a defence environment, though this is not essential.  You must be capable of resolving issues and problems. You will have strong interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate at all levels in the spoken and written word. Your experience will demonstrate your high level of self-motivation and the ability to work under pressure are vital.

Values & Behaviours:

• Innovate – Be motivated to search for novel and unique solutions.
• Team working – Maximise the use of the wider department and Thales community to produce winning solutions.
• Develop people – Be prepared to share your ideas and experience with the wider Thales engineering community.
• Focus on customers – Be driven to deliver quality solutions to our customers.
• Safety – Totally embrace the Thales safety culture to provide a safe and healthy working environment for all.
• Ethics - Thales employees must be exemplary in their ethical conduct and social responsibility.
• Job holders will be expected to perform in line with the Thales Code of Practice, Policies and Procedures.
• You will demonstrate “role model” qualities associated with the Thales Group Leadership Model

Qualifications and Certification:

Essential:

• HNC in a relevant subject or equivalent (desirable)
• NVQ Marine Engineer or equivalent
• Full UK Driving License

The successful candidate will need full Security Clearance (SC) - For more information and guidance please visit the UKSV website*

Security Clearance statement

Due to the nature of the work that we do at Thales, many of our roles are subject to security restrictions.  This role requires you to be a UK National and achieve Security Clearance (SC) without any caveats. It would be advantageous if currently held, however, if not currently held, it is a requirement that the successful applicant undergo, achieve, and maintain SC Clearance prior to commencing employment.  If approved by the MOD, a dual national from a Non-ITAR country may be considered.  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 security clearance please follow this link  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/united-kingdom-security-vetting-clearance-levels/national-security-vetting-clearance-levels .

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 variety of opportunities within our diverse, global organisation.

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!