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Thales

Global defense and aerospace electronics

Industrial Methods Service Manager

Manufacturing EngineeringConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeSaint-Étienne, FranceNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A Bac+5 qualification from a general, mechanical, electronic, optronic, or optical engineering school.
  • At least 10 years of experience managing an Industrial Methods or Industrialization department.
  • Technical English proficiency in reading, writing, and speaking is required.
  • Strong team-management capability.
  • Leadership, coordination, teamwork, and relationship-building capability.
  • Analytical and synthesis skills.
  • Knowledge of inventory-management and flow-management methodologies.
  • In-depth knowledge of production and repair processes.
  • In-depth knowledge of products and their manufacturing or repair processes.
  • In-depth knowledge of mechanical, electronic, and computer technology.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and manage the Industrial Methods teams and activities during both project and production phases.
  • Share best practices and challenges with the team through periodic meetings and appropriate feedback.
  • Coordinate and optimize the team's short- and medium-term activities, accounting for employee skills and anticipating future needs.
  • Own employees' performance and skills development in accordance with human-resources processes, while listening to and considering their views.
  • Delegate appropriately and check that assigned activities are properly handled.
  • Promote company management processes, including continuous improvement, teamwork, and team accountability.
  • During project phases, ensure the teams prepare the industrial dossier under the direction of the Industrialization Manager.
  • Promote collaboration with design engineering so industrial constraints and feasibility are incorporated from the design stage.
  • Ensure the quality of comparative analyses of costs, risks, and feasibility for alternative production solutions, and validate or participate in selecting solutions as appropriate.
  • Ensure team participation in process failure mode and effects analyses (PFMEA).
  • Define and deploy industrial processes, including manufacturing and testing strategy, industrial equipment needs, production flows, production-unit layouts, configuration management, and operator training.
  • Ensure responsive handling and reliability of the Manufacturing and Inspection File, including process routes, instructions, programs, production equipment, and measurement records.
  • Implement necessary action plans and evaluate their results.
  • Encourage innovative solutions, lead improvement and competitiveness initiatives, and develop technology monitoring in manufacturing and inspection.
  • Encourage the formal investigation and sharing within the department of technical and technological developments.
  • Promote the development of new processes and optimization of existing manufacturing and inspection processes to rationalize flows, improve reliability, and reduce manufacturing time.
  • Lead and validate associated action plans, including industrial investment dossiers, in collaboration with site departments and in accordance with the Industrial Competence Center's industrial strategy.
  • Contribute to budgets and ensure adherence, including determining technical operating times, product costs, development costs, and operating expenses.
  • Work with the quotation department to prepare development budgets and product costs, including forecast and cost-of-sales estimates.
  • Work with industrial management control to maintain cost-of-sales targets and take corrective measures when deviations occur.
  • Ensure sound technical support for internal production workshops.
  • Ensure that operational teams' difficulties are taken into account.
  • Comply with and enforce company quality, safety, and environmental instructions, and report detected anomalies and deviations in these areas.

About the Company

Thales

Global defense and aerospace electronics

Thales designs and delivers critical technology for aerospace, defense, and digital security. Its products include electronics, software, and data-security systems that power air travel, payments, and modern military platforms, by integrating hardware and software to build systems such as avionics, radar, cybersecurity, and secure communications that collect sensor data and protect networks. It stands out through deep industrial experience, end-to-end solutions across defense, aerospace, and cybersecurity, and a focus on AI and quantum tech, aided by strategic acquisitions and partial state ownership. Its goal is to provide reliable, secure, and connected technologies that support national security, public safety, and everyday life by solving complex security and connectivity challenges.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Meudon, France
Founded
1893

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