Mechanical / Electrical Build Technician
Location: Bristol
Duration: 12 months
Rate: £40 - £45/hour (Umbrella)
Inside IR35
Job description:
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.
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.
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.
Experience reading engineering documentation and drawings a necessity and feeding back improvements to documentation desired.
Key responsibilities:
- Precision mechanical/electrical builds to technical drawing.
- Quality Assurance - identify defects in optics assemblies.
- Kitting parts for build against drawing.
- Build / improvement of test rigs, working closely with design engineers to leverage rapid prototyping (3D Printing, laser cutting, modular lab-build kits).
- Running rudimentary software scripts for test rigs.
- QA incoming mechanical parts against drawing.
- Documenting build / QA procedures.
- Receiving goods-in & organizing shipments for goods out.
- Supporting good workshop culture
Skills / experience
Essential- HNC or higher, or equivalent in technical discipline
- Ability to understand engineering documentation & drawings.
- Experience assembling in accordance with technical drawings.
- Excellent attention to detail and commitment to quality.
- Knowledge and experience of mechanical part inspection
- Experience working on procedures which are governed by ISO 9000 standards. (batch control / traceability)
- Flexible, problem-solving mindset.
- Familiarity or interest in programming basics.
- Experience handling optical assemblies.
- Experience using machine tools (pillar drill, lathe).
- Experience making coding in Python
- Member of a professional body (MEIT, IMechE)
To apply, please send your CVs in the first instance