Manufacturing Technician (Test)

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Manufacturing Technician Test

Location: Glasgow

Role:  Permanent and Fixed Term Opportunities

Hours: 4 day week Monday-Thursday / 37 hours per week

We’re looking for a number of Test Technicians to join our Naval Manufacturing team.  Our Test Technicians carry out in depth testing and fault diagnoses of complex electro-optical units , PECs and sub-assemblies.

The roles are based out of our Glasgow manufacturing site.  You will work a 4 day week Monday to Thursday and work 9.25 hours per day.  Start time is flexible between 6:00am and 7:30am and you get 30 minutes unpaid for lunch.  There is also free on-site parking and an on-site canteen

What you’ll do…

• Test and repair various electronic systems and sub-assemblies to component level.

• Diagnose faults and contribute to material review boards (MRBs) and root cause analysis.

• Perform complex Manufacturing operations in accordance with the associated documentation provided to the quality standards expected in a timely and professional manner.

• Adhere to the defined Company processes when carrying out all tasks

• Adhere to company Health and Safety processes at all times

• Ensure any incidents are logged correctly and escalated to H&S leaders as appropriate.

• Input and support any continuous improvement actions being worked on within Industry

• Manage and record build configuration of product

What you’ll need…

• Experience working in a production test department

• An HNC in electrical/electronic engineering would be advantageous.

• Ability to interpret circuit diagrams / schematics and identify faults to component level

• Ability to Identify and carry out actions required with minimal supervision

• PC literate in the use of Microsoft Office Tool set

• Able to secure SC clearance with no restrictions

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