Calibration Support Specialist

Ontic; Bishop's Cleeve; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Up to 29 days annual leave

Volunteer time

Annual goal share bonus

EAP

Employee discounts

Job summary

Ontic is seeking a Calibration Coordinator to join our Engineering team at the Bishops Cleeve, Cheltenham site. You will coordinate calibration activities, manage equipment logistics, maintain calibration records, and support purchasing while liaising with external providers.

The role includes transporting equipment between sites (20–30 kg) and driving the company calibration van. The ideal candidate is highly organised, collaborative, and detail-focused in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in an administration, coordination, or support role, ideally in technical, engineering, manufacturing, or operational settings.
• Excellent organisational and planning skills with ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines.
• Strong IT skills, especially Microsoft Excel, Outlook and Word, plus experience with electronic databases and records.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate calibration activities across sites and ensure on-time calibration.
• Manage equipment logistics and maintain accurate calibration records and traceability.
• Support purchasing activities and act as a link between internal teams and external calibration providers.
• Safely transport calibration equipment between sites and assist with loading/unloading (20–30 kg loads).

Skills

Administration

Coordination

Documentation

Stakeholder communication

Tools

SAP

ERP systems

Job description

Ontic, a leading licensor and manufacturer of complex engineering parts for the global aerospace and defence industries, are now recruiting for a Calibration Specialist to join our Engineering team where you'll provide support with administration and calibration functions. This role will be based at our Bishops Cleeve, Cheltenham site.

Ontic is a more than just a business, we're a community of innovators who pride ourselves on fostering a culture where talent thrives, ideas flourish, and careers are built. We're committed to excellence, driving us to continuously improve and adapt, ensuring that we remain at the forefront of our industry.

The Role

Join Ontic as a Calibration Coordinator and play a vital role in ensuring the accuracy, compliance, and reliability of our calibration operations across multiple sites.

In this fast-paced and varied role, you'll coordinate calibration activities, manage equipment logistics, maintain accurate calibration records, and support purchasing activities to keep our operations running smoothly. Acting as the key link between internal teams and external calibration providers, you'll ensure equipment is calibrated on time and meets stringent quality and regulatory standards.

Approximately 30% of this role involves transporting calibration equipment between company sites. As part of these duties, the successful candidate will be required to safely load, unload and move equipment weighing between 20-30kg without mechanical assistance. A UK driving licence is essential, as the role includes driving the company calibration van between locations.

If you're highly organised, detail-oriented, and thrive in a collaborative environment where your work directly supports manufacturing excellence, we'd love to hear from you. This is an exciting opportunity to build your career within a global aerospace organisation committed to quality, continuous improvement, and operational excellence.

About You

At Ontic, our culture is integral to making sure we enjoy our work and deliver for our customers. While we look for the right skillset, we're also looking for someone who will thrive within our recognition and empowerment culture.

To be successful in this role you'll need to be proactive and highly organised, someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment and takes pride in delivering accurate, high-quality work. You'll have previous experience in an administration, coordination, or support role, ideally within a technical, engineering, manufacturing, or operational setting. With excellent organisational and planning skills, you'll be confident managing multiple priorities, meeting deadlines, and ensuring documentation and records are maintained with exceptional accuracy and attention to detail.

You’ll be an effective communicator who enjoys building strong working relationships across cross-functional teams and with external suppliers. Comfortable working independently, you’ll also be a collaborative team player with a proactive approach to problem-solving. Strong IT skills, including proficiency in Microsoft Office applications such as Excel, Outlook, and Word, are essential, along with experience maintaining electronic databases and records while ensuring data integrity and traceability.

Experience within the aerospace, manufacturing, engineering, quality, or another highly regulated industry would be a distinct advantage. You’ll stand out if you have an understanding of calibration processes, quality management systems, and industry standards such as ISO 9001 or AS9100. Experience using ERP or purchasing systems, such as SAP, would also be beneficial.

If you're passionate about organisation, quality, and continuous improvement, and you're looking to join a global aerospace business where your work directly supports operational excellence and customer success, we'd love to hear from you. This is an exciting opportunity to develop your career in a collaborative, supportive environment where your contribution will make a real difference.

Benefits

At Ontic we care about your financial, physical, and mental wellness so we offer a range of benefits to support this, we care about what matters to you and have a valued culture of recognition and empowerment, accompanied by benefits that support work/life balance.

Our Benefits Package Highlights Include

• Up to 29 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays
• 10 hours paid volunteering time
• Annual goal share bonus scheme for all employees
• 24/7 Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Discounts and offers from a range of retailers

Best place to work

We are more than the sum of our parts. And we’ve been recognised internally and externally for being so:

• We were ranked #9 in Best Companies’ Q3 leaderboard for Best Manufacturing Company based on our employee feedback
• 72.5% of employees who took part in our 2023 employee satisfaction survey said they are proud to work at Ontic

No day is the same at Ontic; we have doubled in size over the last couple of years and are still in rapid growth. We attribute our success to empowering colleagues to create the opportunity, fostering an environment of autonomy where we ask for forgiveness, not permission.

Our values

Our Values Are Intrinsic To Everything We Do

• We share a common sense - we’re a global family of specialists with a shared passion for precision.
• We have the freedom to choose - we’re challengers and innovators with the freedom to think differently and challenge the status quo.
• We create the opportunity - we’re change-makers with a clear direction and can-do spirit.

We are a fast-paced business with ambitious growth plans; so if you are dedicated, enthusiastic and always seeking ways to improve, you'll enjoy a career with us!