Engine Technician (EAB) in Portsmouth

Key responsibilities and duties:

• Maintain a safe and clean working environment.
• Conduct all work in accordance with company policies, health and safety procedures, quality procedures, manufacturers and customer specifications, and industry regulations.
• Raise Non-conformance reports as necessary.
• Carry out extensive inventory of components/accessories, checking for any damage, anomalies, and ensuring all supporting documents are correctly completed.
• Disassemble accessories to an acceptable level depending on customer/OEM manual requirements.
• Carry out cleaning of components as appropriate and according to manual instruction.
• Inspect all relevant components and identify items for serviceability, scrap, rework, or refit using product information and OEM manuals, in accordance with company procedures and Quality Manuals.
• Ensure all components for rebuilding are to required specifications.
• Assemble accessories to defined manual standards ensuring fit, clearance, and modification levels are accurate.
• Prepare/set up accessories for testing.
• Test accessories and ensure all test standards/limits are met, to required OEM specifications.
• Carry out final checks on accessories ensuring all paperwork is appropriately stamped.
• Maintain exceptional quality standards throughout all processes in a safety-conscious manner.
• Continuously meet expected turn time targets, working efficiently and methodically to achieve this.
• Adhere to the Company Information and Protection Policy (IPP).
• Adherence to our Quality Management Systems (QMS), Safety Management Systems (SMS), Environmental Management Systems (EMS), and all associated Business Manuals.
• Carry out any other reasonable request within current competence level.
• Willing to work flexible/extra working hours to cover production workload requirements.
• Assist in the training of team members ensuring best practice standards are maintained.
• Maintain positive working relationships with internal and external departments.
• Self-development will be the responsibility of the post-holder. Training and development will be identified and opportunities sought to increase personal effectiveness.
• Support company improvement plans by being a willing participant in any projects, providing a positive contribution when called upon.

Competencies:

• Core: Strong verbal communication and written skills to work with internal and external stakeholders. Keen eye for detail. Able to use computers/computer systems. Self-motivated, and able to prioritise and manage own workload. Good teamwork and problem-solving skills. Proactive self-learner. Collaborative team member.
• Functional: Additional training/experience in a technical field. Ability to use basic hand tools. Ability to use and care for precision measuring and torque devices. Working knowledge of Engine publications and work instructions including overhaul and maintenance manuals, parts catalogues, and service bulletins. (Training Provided) Familiarity with quality procedures and documentation including process paperwork, parts routing procedures, Engineering Repair Instructions, Detailed Work Instructions, and Non-Conformance Report system.

Organisational Relationships:

• Directly responsible to Operations Team Leader.

Professional Qualifications/Education and Training:

• Desirable: Have a recognised Engineering Apprenticeship or equivalent NVQ and BTEC level 3 in an engineering discipline or military equivalent. Human Factors Training.

Experience:

• Essential: Have an engineering background and possess relevant certification.
• Desirable: Have worked within the industry.