Production Engineer​/Technician - strain gauging

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

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

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 ISO
  9001
• Has worked with and applied lean, six-sigma, kaizen methodologies

• 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

• 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!