Production Engineer / Technician - strain gauging

THE ROLE & OPPORTUNITY

As a result of expansion my client has an exciting new vacancy for their R&D function who MUST have strong experience with strain gauging;

Reporting directly to the Head of Operations, duties will include

• working in a team in their load cell production facility
• building, calibrating, and testing load sensors
• adhering to production schedules, output targets, and quality standards
• work with operations to optimise parts forecast

CANDIDATE PROFILE

The ideal applicant will have;

• Firm knowledge of strain gauging & tenure within the industry
• Analog electronics
• Material impacts on strain gauge/adhesive choice
• Surface preparations
• Strain gauge suppliers
• Strong background in mechanical and electronic assembly, ideally with sensor style products
• Has worked with calibration procedures and is comfortable with test equipment
• Can interpret engineering drawings
• Ideally from a low-to-medium volume, high-precision production environment
• Understands capacity management
• Comfortable with small batch / precision manufacturing, not just mass production
• Experience with digital twin-like systems, production data logging and quality control
• Experience with ISO9001
• Has worked with and applied of lean, six-sigma, kaizen methodologies

Character;

• Calm, practical, and organised
• Can help train up less experienced team members
• Can balance speed vs. care — knows when to slow down and when to push

WHAT'S ON OFFER;

• A highly competitive financial rewards package including benefits package
• The chance to join a highly established proven market leader who continually invest in their solutions to stay ahead of the competition
• A comprehensive learning and development program and genuine career prospects
• An excellent hard working but fun close “family” oriented collaborative working environment

If you are a good match then please send a CV immediately to learn more about this excellent rare and diverse permanent career opportunity!

Keywords: Production engineer, installation technician, strain guaging, Supervisor, Lead, Leader, Senior Mechanical Design Engineer, Engineering, Electro-Mechanical, aerospace, electronics, defence

This vacancy is being advertised by ChilliFrog Ltd. The services advertised by ChilliFrog Ltd are those of an Employment Agency.