AIT Electrical / Mechanical Assembly Technician

• Job Location: England
• Type: Contract
• Posted: 15/11/2018

We are working with a leading Space & Satellite client based in Hampshire in the UK who are looking for an AIT Electrical / Mechanical Assembly Technician. This is an initial contract position.

Main role and responsibilities:
To perform electrical and mechanical integration activities:
• Equipment integration
• Waveguide integration
• Coax cable integration
• DC harness integration and connector mating and de-mating
• Structural component integration
• Test instrumentation integration (thermocouples, heater circuits and accelerometers)
• Wiring activities (crimping)
• Use of basic hand tools (torque tools, screwdrivers, spanners, measurement tools and etc.).
• Basic engineering hand skills (filing, drilling, tapping, heli-coil installation)
• Prepare, apply, handle and dispose of chemical and hazardous substances in accordance with COSHH requirements
• Ensuring workspace is kept clean and tidy in accordance with 5S policy
• Following tool control procedures
• Active participation in continuous improvement activities
• Ensuring correct completion of build paperwork for all activities you have performed
• Interpreting technical documentation (schematical drawings, wiring diagrams, 2D and 3D General Assembly Drawings, technical notes and integration procedures)
• 3D model navigation
• Support movement and lifting operations using overhead crane and other MGSE (Mechanical Ground Support Equipment).


Qualifications
• HNC or HND in an engineering production or maintenance field
Or / and
• Apprenticeship in Aerospace/Space or other high quality production or maintenance field

Experience:
Essential:
Assembly experience of the following in high quality manufacturing area:
• Detailed assembly and integration (equipment and processes similar to, or to the standard required for aerospace industry).
• Basic engineering hand skills
• Experience using basic hand tools
• Tool control
• Technical documentation
• Handling and use of chemicals and hazardous substances
• Harness securing methods

Desirable:
• Proven experience in a similar role
• Previous experience of working in a cleanroom environment
• ESA, aerospace or other high quality wiring experience
• Machine shop trained
• Experience carrying out structural activities
• MLI (Multi-Layered Insulation) blanket installation and tailoring experience
• Previous experience of space/aerospace inspection activities
• Knowledge on RF systems
• Installation and removal coaxial cables / DC harnesses
• Inspection of critical electronic/electrical/electro-mechanical hardware
• Must be able to work at height and in a restricted space

*For more information regarding this role, including the Shifts and hours detail, please contact matkins@capital-staff.com with your CV or click to apply.

Capital International Staffing Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.