Thales UK is a major defence, aerospace and electronics company. They employ 11,000 people - 70% of them in engineering – across 60 sites in the UK.
The challenge:
To manage all recruitment issues on a Master Vendor basis, arising from the Bracknell to Crawley factory consolidation resulting in 93 new vacancies.
The vacancies were across 20 depts. >85% engineering-based positions including:
* Design Engineers – Mechanical & Electrical
* Test Engineer & Component level Service Engineers
* Senior Test Support Engineers
* Senior RF Design Engineers
* Systems Engineering Managers
* Systems & Senior Systems Engineers
* Assembly Technicians
* Project and Programme Managers
* Electronics Design Engineers
* P.D.S Engineer, Technical Authors & ILS Engineers
* Embedded Software Design Engineers
* Prototype Wire-persons
* Business Development Managers
* Commercially related support staff
The solution
* CBSbutler appointed an on-site account manager integrated within Thales HR department to liaise with line managers and provide a dedicated recruitment presence.
* CBSbutler managed 23 agencies to ensure vacancies were filled to tight deadlines
o 10,540 applications were processed
o 1,370 CV’s were submitted
o 343 interviews were arranged
The benefits:
* 93 new permanent vacancies filled to agreed timescales
* 93 new contract vacancies filled to agreed timescales
* Thales achieved a successful transition from Bracknell to Crawley
“By working along side us everyday, the CBSbutler team have built excellent working relationships with our managers together with gaining a thorough understanding of our business, the skill sets and calibre of personnel we require. This is what sets CBSbutler apart from the competition... and as a result, CBSbutler has achieved total success in supporting our critical resource needs”
HR Manager, Thales
