At a Glance
- Tasks: Join our team to create advanced orthotic products and improve lives.
- Company: Blatchford, a leader in prosthetic technology with a focus on innovation.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, pension, 25 days holiday, and discounts on shopping.
- Other info: Opportunities for training across departments and career growth.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in people's lives while developing your skills.
- Qualifications: Knowledge of anatomy, IT skills, and a proactive attitude.
The predicted salary is between 19350 - 23650 £ per year.
Blatchford is a multi-award-winning manufacturer of some of the world's most advanced prosthetic technology, bespoke seating solutions and orthotic devices. Our evidence-based approach and commitment to continuously challenge possibilities ensures our mobility solutions prioritise the wellbeing and long-term health of our users. Through science, technology, and maintaining a clear focus on people, we make mobility possible.
We now have an exciting opportunity for a Trainee Technician to join our manufacturing team in Sheffield. As Trainee Technician you will work within the Orthotic Department to ensure customer orders are processed effectively to satisfy the requirements of the clinician/patient.
Key duties and responsibilities:
- To maintain in process product quality standards.
- Interpret customer orders to manufacture Orthotic.
- Maintain team performance against agreed targets in-line with department standard times and volumes.
- To identify opportunities for process improvement to achieve increased productivity or reduced product cost within the business.
- To maintain a safe working environment.
- Opportunities to work across other departments where full training will be available.
What are we looking for?
As Trainee Technician, you will have the following:
Essential skills:
- Knowledge of the anatomy and terminology associated with the production of orthotic products.
- Capable of working to drafts/casts and measures supplied by clinicians.
- IT Skills.
- Highly self-motivated individual.
- Positive and proactive approach.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Good team working skills.
What can we offer you?
- A competitive salary.
- Pension.
- 25 days' holiday, increasing with service.
- Option to purchase additional holiday.
- The support of an experienced team.
- On demand pay.
- Cycle to work scheme.
- Discounted shopping/leisure activities.
Trainee Technician employer: Blatchford Ltd
Blatchford is an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work environment at our cutting-edge manufacturing facility in Basingstoke. With a strong focus on employee growth and a culture rooted in innovation and collaboration, we provide competitive salaries, generous holiday allowances, and unique benefits like a health cash plan and a cycle to work scheme. Join us in making a meaningful impact on the lives of our users through advanced prosthetic technology and quality improvement initiatives.
