2027 Obsolescence Management Engineer Apprentice - Level 6 - Crawley

Working as part of our Obsolescence Management Component Engineering team, you will support the delivery of systems and equipment solutions, ensuring projects are supported and managed throughout production and during their agreed support contract within budget.

What you'll do

• Supporting equipment requirements and design activities
• Contributing to project reviews
• Participating in product testing and mitigation activities
• Assisting with engineering investigations and problem solving
• Visiting customer sites where required
• Working with experienced Obsolescence Manager/ Component engineers on live projects

Training

• On-campus teaching (approx. 12 x 3-day blocks per academic year)
• Virtual coaching sessions
• Online learning resources
• Self-directed learning activities

Years 1 and 2

Build a broad engineering foundation across:

• Mechanical engineering
• Electrical engineering
• Electronics
• Materials engineering
• Design engineering
• Computational engineering

Years 3 and 4

• Progress onto your specialist pathway
• Apply your learning to real projects within our function in Crawley

After the apprenticeship

Will role off into the business as a Obsolescence Management Engineer.

Skills

• Communication skills
• IT skills
• Attention to detail
• Organisation skills
• Problem solving skills
• Administrative skills
• Number skills
• Analytical skills
• Logical
• Team working
• Initiative

Qualifications

• Essential: GCSE, 5 GCSE's including Mat (grade 9-4 (A-C))
• Essential: A Level, Maths and 1 additional STEM subject or engineering (grade C and above with a B in Maths)

Things to consider

Because of the work we do at Thales, all roles are subject to security requirements.

To be considered for this position, you must have the permanent right to work in the UK and be able to successfully complete and maintain UK Government security checks, including Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) screening and Security Clearance (SC), which is a government background check, before starting employment.

To be eligible for SC clearance, you will typically need to have lived in the UK continuously for the last five years. As part of the vetting process, you will be asked to provide evidence of your identity, right to work in the UK, any time spent overseas during the last five years, and your employment and/or education history.

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.

Benefits

• Holiday entitlement of 201 hours a year (plus company day and bank holidays)
• Contributory company pension
• Health care cash plan
• Employee assistant programme
• Learning and development support
• Employee discount and wellbeing portal
• Life cover
• 80 hours volunteering per year (first two years), then 24 after that

About the employer

Together, we create the ingenious technological systems and innovations that impact and improve people's lives every single day. Even if you haven't heard the name Thales before, you've definitely benefited from our inventiveness. We reinvest 20% of our sales in Research & Development in the UK. Together we supply invention across 4 core areas: Aerospace, Space, Defence and Security, Digital Identity and Security.

Apprenticeship details

• Course: Product design and development engineer (degree) (level 6), Engineering and manufacturing
• Apprenticeship level: Degree (level 6)
• Training provider: UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK
• Expected duration: 3 Years 6 Months
• Hours: 37 hours a week. Working week: Flexible working.

Monday - Thursday, 8 hours per day.

Friday, 5 Hours.

• Start date: 6 September 2027
• Positions available: 1
• Wage: £24,000 a year