Senior Technician - Machine Shop

Teledyne LeCroy Korea; St Asaph; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Qioptiq Ltd. (an Excelitas company) seeks a Mechanical Design Engineer to join the North Wales site, delivering mechanical solutions aligned with business needs.

You will work within a strong engineering team, operate in a CNC-capable environment, read complex drawings, and ensure high-quality components while maintaining safety standards and exploring process improvements.

Qualifications

• NVQ Level 3 or equivalent in Mechanical Engineering.
• Experience reading complex design drawings.
• Experience setting up and operating NC machines.
• Knowledge of workshop health and safety.

Responsibilities

• Operate CNC machines in the machine shop to produce high-quality parts.
• Read and interpret complex drawings accurately.
• Ensure adherence to health and safety in the workshop.
• Identify improvements to production processes and productivity.

Skills

Reading engineering drawings

NC machining

Health and safety awareness

Problem solving

Education

NVQ Level 3 Mechanical Engineering

Tools

NC Machining

Shop floor equipment

Job description

Be visionary Teledyne Technologies Incorporated provides enabling technologies for industrial growth markets that require advanced technology and high reliability. These markets include aerospace and defense, factory automation, air and water quality environmental monitoring, electronics design and development, oceanographic research, deepwater oil and gas exploration and production, medical imaging and pharmaceutical research. We are looking for individuals who thrive on making an impact and want the excitement of being on a team that wins.

Job Description Company Overview:

Qioptiq Ltd. (an Excelitas company) designs and manufactures market leading Optronic solutions for Defence & Aerospace applications. Key markets include head up displays for commercial airliners, helmet mounted displays for 4th & 5th generation fast jet platforms, night vision for the dismounted soldier, and advanced electro-optics for airborne, maritime and vehicle platforms. Qioptiq has a world-renowned reputation for the highest standards of business integrity, customer service, product quality and cutting-edge innovation.

An exciting new opportunity has opened at the North Wales site for a Mechanical Design Engineer. The successful candidate will form part of the strong engineering team located on this site and will be responsible for the design of mechanical solutions in-line with business requirements.

Job Outline:

To operate CNC machines, producing high quality parts, working to tight tolerances.

Key Responsibilities:

• Operate CNC machines in a fully functioning Machine Shop.
• Set up relevant machinery to ensure efficient production of precision components within correct dimensions that is suitable for further processing.
• Have the ability to read and interpret complex design drawings
• Ensure health and safety is adhered to and maintained within the workshop
• Look at how the machine shop can improve ways of working to reach greater productivity.
• Ensure that the required quality and operating standards are satisfied throughout each stage of manufacture to achieve optimum quality.
• Instruct other employees in the operation of machinery and processes and assists other personnel in the department
• Ensure that the equipment and work area is cleaned and maintained in accordance with the operator’s maintenance schedule and the required departmental standards
• Support the business needs by operating across the whole department as required and to fully participate in ongoing process/business improvement programmes
• Plan if necessary, and to produce one off type components and special project work which is outside the average production level of work.

Personal Specification:

• Mechanical Engineering Technical Certification NVQ Level 3 or equivalent
• Mechanical Engineering Qualification or Demonstrated Experience
• Experience of NC Machining – setting and running
• Understanding of health and safety in the workshop
• Candidate flexibility may be required

#LI-ON1 #Qioptiq Teledyne and all of our employees are committed to conducting business with the highest ethical standards. We require all employees to comply with all applicable laws, regulations, rules and regulatory orders. Our reputation for honesty, integrity and high ethics is as important to us as our reputation for making innovative sensing solutions. . You may not realize it, but Teledyne enables many of the products and services you use every day. Teledyne provides enabling technologies to sense, transmit and analyze information for industrial growth markets, including aerospace and defense, factory automation, air and water quality environmental monitoring, electronics design and development, oceanographic research, energy, medical imaging and pharmaceutical research.