Role: Technical Engineer REF 106663
Contract Length: 6 months
Location: Flintshire
IR35: Inside
Pay Rate to Intermediary: Market Rate
Security Clearance: SC requested
Spinwell is recruiting for a Technical Engineer for an excellent opportunity within the public sector.
RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE TECHNICAL ENGINEER
- Understanding and complying with statutory, quality and organisational requirements for aviation, including safety, documentation, occupational health and safety in an aviation environment1.
- To carry out calibration and/or measurements in accordance with authorised documentation.
- Adjustment or partial reconditioning of customer assets that have drifted outside specification (where possible).
- To complete all relevant paperwork (e.g. F731) to declare the customer asset as conforming to required specification and having a calibration that is traceable to the International System of Units (SI units), as realised at NMI (national metrological institution) level.
- To ensure that calibration standards or artefacts used during measurement activities are those specified in the authorised calibration procedure, are fit for use and hold a valid calibration status. To report any suspected issues with calibration standards or artefacts that may compromise the integrity of measurement results.
- To analyse and interpret measurement results, ensuring that customer asset performance is within the specification stated in the applicable calibration statement of requirement and/or standard.
- To update calibration records on TEPL business system (Beaver Data Management System (DMS)) prior to and after any calibration activity. To ensure that data has been captured accurately regarding calibration assets/artefacts used (metrological traceability) and that any important information regarding customer asset as-found and as-left conditions has been logged.
- To ensure the proper handling of customer assets both during measurement activity and in preparation of hand-over to warehousing team.
- To coordinate with Team Leader and/or TEPL Support Engineers in the raising of Request For Change (RFC) forms for issues that have been identified about documented calibration procedures.
- To carry out pre-production proving of technical documents following RFC process and to provide feedback to actioning engineer and agree corrective amendment action where necessary or coordinate with TEPL Test & Measuring Equipment Controller (TMEC) in the sign-off of amended documentation.
- To assist TEPL TMEC in the round-up of TEPL calibration standards and artefacts in preparation for internal recalibration or dispatch to external calibration organisations.
- To assist with development of calibration methodology and procedure, where agreed with the Team Leader.
- To report calibration standards and artefacts that are suspected to have drifted excessively in value or whose operation is suspect and may have an impact on validity of measurement.
- To follow procedure regarding the bonding of customer assets where a TEPL standard or procedure has become unavailable or unsuitable for use.
- To ensure the protection of mechanical calibration standards if the laboratory experiences an unacceptable drift in ambient humidity and temperature conditions outside specified parameters.
- To ensure the cleanliness and integrity of working calibration area in preparation of measurement activity and to maintain on an on-going basis.
- To assist with technical queries received through TEPL Helpdesk, where possible and on the strict on condition that there is no risk to integrity of results or customer confidentiality.
- To coordinate with TEPL Engineering Support in the authorisation of alternative Test and Measurement equipment if a suitable alternative calibration standard has been identified in lieu of either a specified standard that is unavailable or if an opportunity for enhanced accuracy has been identified.
SKILLS/EXPERIENCES OF THE TECHNICAL ENGINEER
- Technical background in mechanical or electronic / electrical engineering
- BTEC ONC in a relevant Engineering discipline / completion of a recognised relevant Engineering apprenticeship or similar accredited training.
- Or qualified to an equivalent level of the above by experience.
- Ability to work well as part of a team
- Ability to follow/adhere to technical procedures
- Working knowledge of IT systems (Word, Excel etc.)
- This junior role. Looking for someone with transferable skills they can train up.
If you are a Technical Engineer, apply now or send your CV to Spinwell!
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Disability Confident
As a member of the disability confident scheme, the client guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.
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