Position Type: 12-month contract (with likelihood of extension) Hours: 37 hours per week Monday - Thursday: 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM Friday: 8:00 AM - 1:00 PM Upto 24 per hour GBP We are seeking an experienced Proving Test Technician to join a global engineering development team. In this role, you will work on a variety of powertrain installation, integration, shakedown, and testing projects for off-highway machines and heavy vehicles. Install prototype, pilot, and production powertrains into various off-highway machinery. Testing & Instrumentation: Instrument powertrains with speed pickups, thermocouples, pressure transducers, and other sensors. Diagnose and fix mechanical, hydraulic, and electrical faults on both powertrains and full machines. Fabrication: Read engineering drawings to manufacture parts using manual machining, welding, and fabrication tools, and produce electrical looms. Safe Operations: Operate a range of off-highway vehicles (such as excavators, telehandlers, and loaders) within the test facility, adhering strictly to health and safety procedures and 5S standards. Candidate RequirementsExperience: Minimum of 4 years of hands-on experience in a workshop, testing, or maintenance environment working with engines, automotive systems, or heavy machinery. Technical Skills: Strong diagnostic and testing skills across mechanical, electrical, and hydraulic systems. Tools & Drawings: Proficiency in using hand/power tools, lifting equipment, and welding gear, alongside the ability to interpret electrical and mechanical engineering drawings. Qualifications: A completed or ongoing engineering or motor mechanics apprenticeship, or a relevant higher education qualification (such as NVQ Level 3), is highly desirable. IT Skills: Good PC literacy, including proficiency with Microsoft Office applications. Randstad CPE values diversity and promotes equality. For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business.
Test Technician Apprentice in Peterborough employer: Randstad Construction & Property
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