ILS ((Integrated Logistics Support) Engineer

Location: Belfast, 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.

ILS (Integrated Logistics Support) Engineer

Belfast

We have a new opportunity for an ILS (Integrated Logistics Support) Engineer to join the Thales Integrated Airspace- Protection Systems business line based at our Belfast site. Reporting to the Head of ILS, the ILS Engineer will be responsible for delivering the ILS work package for their assigned project(s). The position would be ideal for someone with experience working as an ILS or Supportability Engineer with a Defence Engineering background.

Duties will include the following:

• Prepare all ILS deliverables in line with both internal processes and industry standards, these may include the following;

  • ILS plans

  • Logistics Support Analysis (LSA)

  • Reliability Modelling

  • Maintainability Analysis

  • Data Recording  Analysis and Corrective Action (DRACAS)

  • Spares Modelling

• Manage ILS Work Packages and identify ILS risks (Work Package Management)

• Provide input to bids for the supportability element, ensuring ILS activities are considered and budgeted for

• Seek to continuously improve our products supportability, using in service data, lessons learned and industry best practise

• Represent the ILS department in customer meetings and interactions

• Liaise with key stake holders including but not limited to, Service Delivery Managers (SDM’s), Programme Manager (PM’s), Technical Authors, Training Managers, Obsolescence Managers Engineering Delivery Managers (EDM’s) and Field Service Engineers (FSE’s)

Skills and experience required:

• Experience working as a Supportability or ILS Engineer with a good understanding of reliability and maintainability principles

• A basic understanding of ILS and LSA tasks

• Experience working within Defence, Aerospace, Maritime, Military or MoD

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.

Flexibility

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.

If you are interested in this role, we would encourage you to have informal chat with the Talent Acquisition Partner.

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

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)

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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.

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