Hydraulic Test Technician in Tewkesbury

Staverton, Gloucester | Engineering | Onsite

Ontic, a leading licensor and manufacturer of complex engineering parts for the global aerospace and defence industries, are now recruiting for a Hydraulic Test Technician to join our team where you'll support us in ensuring the performance, reliability and compliance of critical aerospace components. This role will be based at our Staverton site.

Ontic is more than just a business, we're a community of innovators who pride ourselves on fostering a culture where talent thrives, ideas flourish, and careers are built. We're committed to excellence, driving us to continuously improve and adapt, ensuring that we remain at the forefront of our industry.

The Role:

As a Hydraulic Test Technician, you’ll play a key role in testing and validating hydraulic and mechanical assemblies to ensure they meet stringent aviation standards. Working within a highly regulated environment, you’ll carry out precise testing activities using dedicated test facilities, following detailed specifications and work instructions to ensure accuracy and consistency.

You’ll be responsible for maintaining full traceability throughout the testing process, as well as supporting fault finding, strip down and repair activities when required. Working closely with engineering and quality teams, you’ll contribute to investigations and continuous improvement initiatives, helping to maintain the highest standards of product integrity.

This role also involves completing accurate documentation, carrying out self-inspections, and ensuring components are fully prepared for quality control checks, all while adhering to strict health, safety and environmental standards.

About you:

At Ontic, our culture is integral to making sure we enjoy our work and deliver for our customers. While we look for the right skillset, we're also looking for someone who will thrive within our recognition and empowerment culture.

To be successful in this role, you’ll bring experience from a mechanical, hydraulic or test environment, with a strong understanding of working with engineering components and technical documentation. You’ll be confident interpreting drawings and specifications, with a high level of attention to detail and a quality-first mindset.

Experience testing hydraulic units would be highly beneficial, with any exposure to electrical testing also an advantage. You’ll be comfortable working to tight tolerances and deadlines, with a hands-on, problem-solving approach to your work.

You’ll ideally hold an apprenticeship, NVQ Level 3 or equivalent experience in an engineering discipline, and have a solid level of computer literacy to support documentation and system use.

Benefits Overview

At Ontic we care about your financial, physical, and mental wellness so we offer a range of benefits to support this, we care about what matters to you and have a valued culture of recognition and empowerment, accompanied by benefits that support work/life balance.

Our benefits package highlights include:

• Up to 29 days annual leave + bank holidays
• 10 hours paid volunteering time
• Annual goal share bonus scheme for all employees
• 24/7 Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Discounts and offers from a range of retailers

Best place to work

We are more than the sum of our parts. And we’ve been recognised internally and externally for being so:

• We were ranked #9 in Best Companies’ Q3 leaderboard for Best Manufacturing Company based on our employee feedback
• 72.5% of employees who took part in our 2023 employee satisfaction survey said they are proud to work at Ontic

We are a fast-paced business with ambitious growth plans; so if you are dedicated, enthusiastic and always seeking ways to improve, you'll enjoy a career with us!