January Starts - PCB Assembly Technician

CMS - Recruitment; Greenwich; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering recruitment agency in the UK seeks a PCB Assembly Technician for a long-term contract in Greenwich. The role involves assembling and testing electronic components, requiring skills in soldering and wiring. Successful candidates will work in a dynamic manufacturing environment, rotating between day and night shifts, with full training provided. Benefits include holiday pay and access to gym facilities. Applicants need to demonstrate their right to work in the UK.

Benefits

Holiday pay

Gym facilities

Pension scheme

Free parking

Full training

Qualifications

• Experience with PCB assembly and electronic components.
• Ability to follow engineering drawings accurately.
• Experience in a manufacturing environment is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Undertake assembly processes ensuring adherence to ESD discipline.
• Build and test products according to engineering specifications.
• Assemble mechanical racking systems and wiring connections.
• Conduct soldering tasks and electrical assembly.

Skills

Interest in electronics

Practical, hands-on skills

Soldering skills

Wiring skills

Job description

PCB Assembly Technician

Greenwich, SE10

Ongoing long-term contract

Monday – Thursday, 41 hours per week

Day shifts and night shifts on a 2-weekly rotation

£10.20 - £11.22 per hour

The PCB Assembly Technician role is working in a busy manufacturing and production area, for a large engineering company in telecommunications.

Full training will be provided for the PCB Assembly Technician position, and the ideal candidate requires an interest in electronics and a practical, hands on position.

As an Assembly Technician, you will be responsible for:

• Undertaking assembly processes, ensuring all ESD product disciplines are adhered to and products are correctly built and tested,
• Following Engineering drawings to assemble the mechanical racking systems, sub assembly and wiring of all connections,
• Building, assembling and installation of modules that make up the suites,
• Rack wiring completed for all the panels connecting to each other as per drawing,
• Assembling different power supply units and installation of cubicles,
• Working on control panels, including complete wiring on the panels using crimp tools,
• Component & D-type connector soldering,
• Electrical/Prototype Wiring,
• PCB Building.

The role is working within a team of Technical Assembly Operators, Support Engineers and Team Leaders you will be responsible for ensuring safe, efficient, and accurate building, testing and inspection of built articles. You will also be responsible for the manufacture of high‑quality products for external customers.

Hours of work

The successful applicant will be required to work both day and night shifts, these shifts will be on a 2-week rotation.

Day shifts (x2 weeks)

Monday - Thursday: 06:00 – 17:15

Night shifts (x2 weeks)

Monday – Thursday: 18:00 – 05:15

Benefits include holiday pay, gym facilities, pension scheme, free parking, full training, and the opportunity to work within high tech and interesting surroundings.

Full training will be provided for this role, candidates who are interested will be invited to an assessment day to go through a Maths and English assessment and an instruction-based manufacturing test. We will go through the role in further detail and discuss the company.

For this role, you must have evidence of the right to work in the UK. CMS do not discriminate on the grounds of age, gender, race, colour, religion, disability or sexual orientation, and we welcome applications from all sections of the community.