Engineering Technician

Rivan Industries

Greater London

On-site

GBP 50,000 - 60,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Extensive relocation support

Unlimited time off

£6000 per year for living close to HQ

Job summary

A synthetic fuel technology firm in London is seeking an Engineering Technician to enhance their build pace and support engineering teams. This role requires 4-5 years of experience in relevant environments, including hands-on project experience. The successful candidate will work on designing and executing tests for engineering validations, while also ensuring workshop organization and tool maintenance. A competitive salary of £50-60k with extensive relocation support and unlimited time off are offered.

Qualifications

4-5 years of professional experience in relevant environments such as workshops or laboratories.
Hands-on project builds demonstrating practical experience.
Personal projects showcasing what you’ve built or tinkered with.

Responsibilities

Design, build, and execute tests for engineering validations.
Work from engineering drawings with precision.
Maintain and organize workshop tools and machinery.

Skills

Plumbing

Wiring

Fabrication

Machining

Mechanical work

Problem-solving

Education

Engineering degree or equivalent apprenticeship

Tools

Laser cutters

Water-jet cutters

Drills

Lathes

Mills

Welding equipment

Job description

Engineering Technician role at Rivan Industries

5 days ago Be among the first 25 applicants

Base pay range

£50-60k salary depending on experience

About us

Rivan Industries (Rivan.com) is a synthetic fuel company designed to decarbonise heavy industry; we aim to make synthetic fuel cheaper than fossil fuels and sustain life on earth by keeping CO2 locked underground.

We’ve design and manufacture modular synthetic fuel plants consisting of a DAC system, an Alkaline Electrolyser, and a Sabatier Reactor, vertically integrating with off-grid DC solar and the European gas-grid. Here’s our manifesto on how we plan to do it. We’ve recently deployed the UK’s largest synthetic fuel plant and are planning to 1000x this scale in the next 2 years.

We have “increase iteration speed or die” up on the wall at our HQ. The success of Rivan is really down to the speed at which we can iterate through bad designs to something that has staying power. Since information is the bottleneck, our ability to quickly build everything from test-rigs to full-scale assemblies is the difference between life and death. We’re looking for an Engineering Technician to supercharge that build pace, enabling our engineering teams to surface valuable information, and compound our iteration speed.

If you love building things, have an attention to detail, and feel shackled where you currently work - come and help us at Rivan!

The role

Help us design, build and execute tests to validate engineering assumptions across fluids, thermals or electrical systems. This requires great practical capability in these areas: Plumbing, Wiring, Fabrication (Welding etc), Machining, Mechanic work.

Work straight from engineering drawings, with particular attention to tolerances. This includes working from high level design description (sketch, CAD model, description of work), requiring little input after initial description. Go and own it.

Execute all the above with sound safety experience.

Help us keep the workshop clean and in order- with all tooling clean, tidy, ready to use, any parts in-stock or ordered. This includes equipment maintenance. Maintain our (growing) range of heavy machinery, including laser cutters, water-jet cutters, drills, lathes, mills, and welding equipment. Keep a list of spares, jigs and material to use across all machinery.

Other areas we’re looking for

We’re after a technician to propose solutions rather than just follow instructions. We need high agency and experience to make this work.

We don’t want technicians at Rivan to just be “executioners”. We’re after experienced technicians that are a source of knowledge and help guide on issues rather than just doing tasks.

We’d like this role to take the lead on coordinating with external contractors to implement solutions. This might be anything from air extraction to compressors.

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