Mechanical Assembly Operator

On behalf of our client, we are seeking a Mechanical Assembly Technician to join on an initial 6-month contract.

Role: Mechanical Assembly Technician
Pay: £22.09 per hour via Umbrella
Hours: 16-day pattern (4 days 06:00 till 18:00, 4 days off, 4 nights 18:00 till 06:00, 4 nights off)
Contract: 6-month contract
Location: Portsmouth
IR35 Status: Inside
SC Clearance: BPSS to start, SC thereafter

Responsibilities

• 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 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).

Skills and Experience

Essential –
Assembly experience of the following in high quality manufacturing area:

• Detailed assembly and integration (equipment and processes like, 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
• Experience use of Measuring equipment, Vernier Callipers / Micrometre

Desirable –

• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in a similar role
• Previous experience of working in a cleanroom environment
• Machine shop trained
• Installation and removal coaxial cables / DC harnesses
• Experience carrying out structural activities
• MLI (Multi-Layered Insulation) blanket installation and tailoring experience
• Previous experience of space/aerospace inspection activities
• Inspection of critical electronic/electrical/electro-mechanical hardware
• ESA, aerospace, or other high quality wiring experience
• Knowledge on RF systems
• Must be able to work at height and in a restricted space

Education and Training

Desirable –

• HNC or HND in an engineering production or maintenance field

Or / and

• Apprenticeship in Aerospace/Space or other high-quality production or maintenance field

If you are interested in applying for this position and you meet the requirements, please send your updated CV to: Ellie Laflain at Line Up Aviation
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