Job Overview
Production Engineer / Installation Technician (strain gauging experience critical) sought by an exciting market leading electronics & analytics systems business, focused on designing, building, installing and operating measurement systems for the marine sector.
Contract type: Permanent
Salary: Negotiable but as a guide £30K-£45K (depending on competency) basic plus excellent staff benefits package
Location – Havant / Portsmouth, Hampshire area
Start date - ASAP
Working conditions: Normal office and light workshop environment
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 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!
