Apprentice Assembly Technician

ABER ELECTRONICS LIMITED

Tendring

On-site

GBP 12,000 - 17,000

Full time

3 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Colchester Institute apprenticeship

Engineering & manufacturing pathway

Job summary

ABER Electronics Limited offers an apprenticeship in Engineering and manufacturing support technician (level 3) with structured progression through production, testing and development areas. You will learn PCB assembly, antenna assembly, cable builds and ISO9001:2015 documentation while working with a small team at our Tendring site.

The program includes training through COLCHESTER INSTITUTE, with courses in engineering and manufacturing, and a 3 year 6 month duration.

Qualifications

GCSEs including Maths and English (A*-C/9-4) are essential.
Strong communication and attention to detail required.
Willingness to learn across engineering and manufacturing processes.

Responsibilities

Soldering PCBs to high standard, including fine pitch parts (SMT).
Quality checking own and others' work.
Assembling units with PCBs, cables and mechanical parts.

Skills

Communication

Attention to detail

Organisation

Problem solving

Team working

Initiative

Can do attitude

Enthusiastic

Good listener

Interest in electronics

Ability to work alone

Awareness of quality work

Ability to focus on tasks

Education

GCSEs including Maths and English

Job description

Introduction

This is a great opportunity to become a member of a growing company with plenty of scope to work upwards into other roles such as test, development and design. The candidate will start learning all aspects of the manufacturing process including PCB assembly, antenna assembly, box building, machining enclosures and more.

About the Employer

Aber Electronics is an OEM where we design and manufacture RF equipment used in medical, broadcast, defence and surveillance industries.

We specialise in microwave amplifiers and antennas but also have a range of other products including downconverters and filters.

Our customer base was predominantly UK based but has now spread across Europe, USA, Australia and Asia.

The company was founded in 2010 and has rapidly grown with 9 employees on site and others working remotely in sales and technical roles.

What You'll Do

Role responsibilities include:

Soldering PCBs to a high standard including fitting some fine pitch parts, this is mostly surface mount technology but not always.
Checking for quality of own and others' work.
Building units that require PCBs, cable assemblies and some mechanical assembly.
Building cable assemblies to a pre designed specification.
Checking kits are correct and ready for assembly.
Carrying out PCB reworks when instructed by the test department.
Basic Multimeter testing of assembled PCBs, cables etc.
Maintaining or referencing the company information database.
Maintaining the companies ISO9001:2015 Quality Documentation.

Training Outcome

Potential to work up through the company’s departments, through production, into test and eventually research and development for those with the right skills.
Potential for offsite visits to customers premises and or operational locations for the purposes of rf surveying, repairing equipment or customer training.
ABER will give the candidates a great base in engineering, specialising in RF Electronics, this will be very beneficial to them as these are rare sought-after skills.

Skills Required