Manufacturing Technician

Novanta; Stockport; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in precision and laser manufacturing is seeking Manufacturing Technicians for its Stockport facility. The role involves assembling innovative products, ensuring quality standards, and collaborating in a supportive environment. Novanta offers competitive salaries, comprehensive benefits, and opportunities for career growth.

Benefits

Competitive salary, reviewed annually

25 days holidays plus public holidays

Death in service scheme

Private Medical Insurance Scheme

Enhanced company pension scheme

Friendly working environment with social activities

Employee Assistance Programme

Volunteering Days

Qualifications

• Experience in a manufacturing assembly or production environment preferred.
• Strong computer, written, and verbal skills required.
• Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma experience advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Assemble products or components according to work instructions.
• Inspect products and identify non-conformances.
• Follow safety protocols and maintain a clean work area.

Skills

Communication

Technical problem-solving

Team player

Education

Experience in manufacturing assembly environment

Job description

Build a career powered by innovations that matter! At Novanta, our innovations power technology products that are transforming healthcare and advanced manufacturing—improving productivity, enhancing people’s lives and redefining what’s possible. We create for our global customers engineered components and sub-systems that deliver extreme precision and performance for a range of mission-critical applications—from minimally invasive surgery to robotics to 3D metal printing.

Novanta is one global team with over 26 offices located in The Americas, Europe and Asia-Pacific. Looking for a great place to work? You have found it with a culture that embraces teamwork, collaboration and empowerment. Come explore Novanta.

Manufacturing Technician

Stockport

We are growing at Novanta’s Precision and Laser Manufacturing facility in Stockport! We are seeking a number of Manufacturing Technicians to join us in our state-of-the-art facility where we manufacture innovative products that matter!

We are investing into the incredible Stockport facility to manufacture more Novanta products – with more growth to come.

As an ideal candidate for this role of Manufacturing Technician, you will be a confident and highly organised self-starter with good communication and technical problem-solving skills to ensure execution of our quality standards and customer on time delivery metrics.

We are recruiting Manufacturing Technicians with experience, and those who want to kick start their career or whom are looking for a change in career. We will provide all of the training to set you up for success!

What we Offer:

• Competitive salary, based on experience and reviewed annually.
• 25 days holidays, plus public holidays
• Death in service scheme.
• Private Medical Insurance Scheme.
• Enhanced company pension scheme.
• A friendly and sociable working environment - including regular business unit wide social clubs, activities and events.
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Volunteering Days.

Primary Responsibilities

• Assemble products or components according to work instructions and assembly drawings

• Usage of hand tools properly and safely

• Mechanical assembly of products within acceptable quality and output levels

• Soldering of cables, wires and through hole devices within acceptable quality limits

• Inspect product and properly identify non-conformances

• Follow all safety protocols and maintain a clean and organized work area.

• Assist in training new technicians or operators as needed.

General Tasks

• Strict compliance with the quality, occupational safety, and environmental regulations.

• Implementation of the instructions of the quality / environmental management representative and the occupational safety specialist

Required Experience, Education, Skills, Training and Competencies

• Experience of working in a manufacturing assembly environment and/or production environment is preferred.

• Team player with strong computer, written, verbal and skills

• Previous experience in Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma environmentsis deemed advantageous, but not essential.

• Health & Safety and safe working practice awareness

As an inclusive employer, Novanta wants to see every candidate performing at their best throughout the application process, interview process and whilst at work. We therefore encourage you to inform your Talent Acquisition Partner of any reasonable adjustments you might need to enable this to happen.

Novanta is proud to be an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action workplace. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, military and veteran status, disability, genetics, or any other category protected by federal law or Novanta policy.

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