Calibration Technician

Overview

Location:
Corby (onsite)
We are seeking a Calibration Technician to join our wider calibration team onsite at our Corby facility. You will perform time-critical calibration to customers’ requirements on instrumentation purchased new from our RS catalogue and on both RS supplied and Non-RS supplied instrumentation returned by the customer for recalibration in compliance with the Company’s UKAS and BSI approvals.

Role: Calibration Technician

Location: Corby (onsite)

• Calibrate test & measurement instruments to exact requirements set out by ISO
  17025 & UKAS.
• Maintain a productive pace to ensure service levels are met and items are dispatched within the department’s published turnaround times.
• Support the department with pre-calibration tests, administration tasks and material handling when necessary.
• Interpret product specifications to validate manufacturer claims and produce calibration certificates.
• Communicate with customers and colleagues to identify any failed calibration and its cause.
• Work as part of a team to achieve departmental objectives.

• A passion for science and/or engineering, with a technical background
• Customer-focused
• Strong collaborative worker
• Ability to prioritise assigned tasks effectively
• Experience working effectively with others
• Degree/City & Guilds/ONC/BTEC in a relevant STEM field (or equivalent experience)
• Microsoft Office skills, particularly Excel
• Experience in a calibration environment would be advantageous

We are RS Group. At RS we’ve been solving engineering problems for over 80 years: big ones, small ones, easy and difficult ones. We turn the ‘what ifs’ into the ‘why nots’, turning customer challenges into achievements. Across the industrial design, manufacturing and maintenance worlds, we’re the digital destination for product and service solutions to help our customers with the maintenance, repair and operation of their businesses.

Together, we have one purpose:
To make amazing happen for a better world – and have fun doing it. We’ll invest in your development and wellbeing – because building a more diverse and inclusive culture, being ethical, responsible and committed to our Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) action plan is at the heart of everything we do.