Location: North Kingstown, United States of America

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Position Summary

This is an on-site position in North Kingstown, RI, USA.

Thales is looking for a Manufacturing Engineering Technician in North Kingstown, RI.

As a Maintenance Engineering Technician for the North Kingstown site, you will be responsible for providing engineering and technical support for all Personalization and insertion machinery with regards to Health & Safety, Quality and Productivity. The intervention could a corrective or preventive action to the equipment. As part of the duties of this position you will be managing projects for cost reduction, spare parts inventory and maintenance KPI improvements.

At the same time it is expected as Maintenance Engineer to work on process improvement projects, new product or machine qualification being responsible for completing the corresponding CMB process for each change and ensure proper documentation and training is completed.

Key Responsibilities:

• You will maintain Personalization and insertion equipment to provide safe, reliable & efficient production, while adhering to all OSHA regulations/policies.

• You will perform root cause analysis to provide optimum up-time of Perso equipment doing the appropriate repairs according to the analysis.

• You will create documentation and provide instruction to production operators on machine operation and basic maintenance on their different levels (TPM).

• You will liaise with equipment suppliers to undertake machinery diagnostics / upgrades and modifications. As well to place purchase orders for spare parts.

• You will assist in the control / management of spare parts while ensuring the database is up to date.

• You will escalate all issues of downtime to the Maintenance Manager or Production Team Leader and enter details of maintenance and downtime on the corresponding maintenance ticket.

• You will ensure continual high standards of housekeeping.

• You will work on new machine qualification attending time line and cost requirements.

• You will work on process improvement projects including the proper documentation (CMB) and training utilizing TWI methodology.

• You will work on problem solving projects utilizing lean manufacturing methodologies.

• You will provide Technical Support to other Thales Perso facilities that shares the same Perso technology.

• You will work on specific projects related to the maintenance area like spare parts cost reduction, spare parts inventory and maintenance KPI improvements (MTBF, availability and machine downtime).

• Schedule: . First Shift, 7AM-3PM Monday through Friday.

• Physical Environment: 80% manufacturing/production area, warehouse. 20% office.

Required Skills and Experience:

• Proven Engineering/Technical grounding in mechanical, pneumatic and electrical disciplines.

• You must have the ability to identify faults quickly and provide prompt support to solve problems.

• You must be computer literate and possess good communication, organizational and time management skills.

• Ability to read technical literature, follow oral instructions and communicate with cross functional team members.

• Willingness to learn and support new equipment, as well as has the ability to travel occasionally to support other Thales Perso sites.

• Experience minimum of +5 years working on maintenance department providing support machinery on electronic, pneumatic, mechanical support.

Skills and Abilities:

• Preferable knowledge of Datacard / Bell & Howell / Pitney Bowes / Matica / Persomaster machinery, as well as fault finding at board level and a good understanding of computer hardware / architecture.

• Preferable knowledge of spare parts management and Oracle ordering and reception.

Education:

• Education: Bachelor degree completed on Mechanical, Electronics or Computer Systems Engineering

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This position will require successfully completing a post-offer background check. Qualified candidates with [a] criminal history will be considered and are not automatically disqualified, consistent with federal law, state law, and local ordinances.

Successful applicant must comply with federal contractor vaccine mandate requirements.

Thales champions inclusion and we believe diversity strengthens the fabric of our culture. We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

If you need an accommodation or assistance in order to apply for a position with Thales, please contact us at talentacquisition@us.thalesgroup.com .