Manufacturing Operator

The Manufacturing Operator will join the APRU Racks & Cabinets team within the Industry department, focusing on the precise assembly and testing of various racks, cabinets, optronics systems, and panels. This role involves fine mechanical tasks such as soldering, riveting, sealing, and gluing products to high-quality standards. The work is diverse, contributing to advanced, high-tech products for different radar systems, ensuring no two days are the same and offering direct involvement in innovative technological developments.

Must Have

• Soldering components with precision
• Riveting small mechanical parts
• Sealing and waterproofing products
• Gluing products with high quality requirements
• Experience with (fine) assembly work
• Works accurately and has good motor skills

Good to Have

• Technical insight is a plus

Perks & Benefits

• A challenging job in a great team within a high-tech, innovative work environment with room for initiative
• Opportunities for personal and professional development (technical, commercial, international)
• Valuable international collaborations with colleagues from 68 countries
• A comfortable workplace in a modern environment, with attention to flexibility and work-life balance
• Hybrid working model, allowing up to two days of remote work per week if the role permits
• A good salary, appropriate travel allowance, and the possibility to personalize employment conditions annually (e.g., exchange vacation days for internet costs, bicycle plan, company fitness, relocation costs)
• 40 vacation days per year

About the team

The APRU Racks & Cabinets is part of our Industry department and consists of a team of 55 enthusiastic employees. Together, they ensure that various racks, cabinets, optronics systems, and panels are carefully assembled and tested.

About your future job

Are you accurate and do you have an eye for detail? For our team, we are looking for an enthusiastic employee with an affinity for fine mechanical work. As a manufacturing operator, you ensure that panels are firmly and neatly glued according to the set quality standards.

• Soldering components with precision.
• Riveting small mechanical parts.
• Sealing and waterproofing products.
• Gluing products with high quality requirements.

What makes this position so interesting?

You will work on advanced, technically sophisticated products specially developed for various radar systems. The work is therefore very varied, as you will make panels and components for different projects, each with its own challenges and specifications. No day is the same, and you are directly involved in innovative technological developments. You are an indispensable link in the production process where precision, quality, and variation are central.

Why are you a good match

Are you social, enterprising, practical, and a match with the competencies below, then we are looking for you.

• You have experience with (fine) assembly work.
• You work accurately and have good motor skills.
• Technical insight is a plus.
• You enjoy working in a team but can also work independently.

What you get in return

• A challenging job in a great team within our high-tech, innovative work environment. Including plenty of room for personal initiative and good ideas.

• Opportunities for personal and professional development within the organization, for example in technical, commercial, or international fields.

• Valuable international collaborations with colleagues from 68 countries.

• A comfortable workplace in a modern environment, with attention to flexibility and the right work-life balance.

• Work can usually be done where and when you want to do your job as well and efficiently as possible. Within Thales, we are implementing hybrid working, where you can, for example, work from home two days a week if your role allows it.

• A good salary, appropriate travel allowance, and the possibility to personalize your employment conditions annually: for example, you can exchange vacation days for internet costs, our bicycle plan, company fitness, and relocation costs.

• 40 vacation days per year.

Interested?

Apply now by clicking 'Apply now' below!

To ensure we are a good match, we may ask you to participate in an assessment.

Diversity Statement

We believe that your job should support the right work/life balance and be the platform to realize your ambitions. This means that equal opportunities, inclusivity, and an informal culture are an essential part of our success. But also that your health and happiness are very important to us! That's why we offer you the flexibility to do what is important to you; whether that's working part-time, working from home, or the possibility to be flexible in your start and end times, we think along with you.

Security Requirements

In line with Thales' basic security requirements, we may ask candidates for proof of identity, work permit, and employment and education history. Some vacancies also require a security clearance which requires further information. For more information on what is required for certain security clearance, please consult the General Intelligence and Security Service.