Mechanical / Electrical Build Technician

Job Description

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Role: Electrical / Mechanical Build Technician

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Location: Bristol

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Duration: 12 months

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Rate: £40/hour (Umbrella)

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Inside IR35

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Job description:

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The ideal candidate would be a technician, with a focus on precision quality & build procedures, which require attention to detail. Most build work will be small and quite detailed.

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A problem-solving mindset and great communication skills with the engineers and ops staff around them would enable the technician to be a valued team member for the duration of contract.

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Experience working with a variety of metrology techniques would stand the candidate in good stead to learn new procedures, the majority of which are developed in house.

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Experience reading engineering documentation and drawings a necessity and feeding back improvements to documentation desired.

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Key responsibilities:

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• Precision mechanical/electrical builds to technical drawing.

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• Quality Assurance - identify defects in optics assemblies.

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• Kitting parts for build against drawing.

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• Build / improvement of test rigs, working closely with design engineers to leverage rapid prototyping (3D Printing, laser cutting, modular lab-build kits).

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• Running rudimentary software scripts for test rigs.

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• QA incoming mechanical parts against drawing.

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• Documenting build / QA procedures.

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• Receiving goods-in & organizing shipments for goods out.

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• Supporting good workshop culture

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Skills / experience

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Essential

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• HNC or higher, or equivalent in technical discipline

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• Ability to understand engineering documentation & drawings.

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• Experience assembling in accordance with technical drawings.

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• Excellent attention to detail and commitment to quality.

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• Knowledge and experience of mechanical part inspection

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• Experience working on procedures which are governed by ISO 9000 standards. (batch control / traceability)

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• Flexible, problem-solving mindset.

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• Familiarity or interest in programming basics.

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Desirable

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• Experience handling optical assemblies.

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• Experience using machine tools (pillar drill, lathe).

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• Experience making coding in Python

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• Member of a professional body (MEIT, IMechE)

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To apply, please send your CVs in the first instance

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