Skilled Assembly Technician

Systems Engineering & Assessment Ltd; City Of London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free onsite parking

Onsite bistro

Private medical health insurance

Health Cash Plan

Cycle to work scheme

Job summary

Systems Engineering & Assessment Ltd is seeking a Skilled Assembly Technician based at our Barnstaple site. The role requires being onsite five days a week with a salary up to £33k, depending on experience.

Join a team of around 500 staff across the UK and Canada, contributing to projects that protect what matters. Requirements include experience in electro/mechanical assembly, a recognised engineering training programme or equivalent, and the ability to read complex drawings.

Qualifications

• Experience in an electro/mechanical assembly role.
• Completed a recognised engineering based training programme or have appropriate experience.
• Able to understand and work from complex engineering drawings.
• Able to work as part of a team or individually as workload requires.
• Able to generate reports and documentation for repair plans and replacement part purchasing lists.
• Comfortable working with either electrical or mechanical equipment.

Responsibilities

• Providing skilled electro/mechanical assembly service to new build and legacy contract operations.
• Generate reports as required following equipment survey and test reports after functional testing.
• Provide flexible and proactive approach to move between other areas of the factory and, if skilled, operate some machine tools.

Skills

Electro/mechanical assembly

Engineering training

Read complex drawings

Team or individual work

Report writing

Electrical/mechanical equipment

Education

Engineering training programme

Job description

Engineered to Protect, that's our promise, we protect what matters - our nations, our waters, our land, our cities, our people, our environment, our world. You will be supporting the manufacture of new equipment, through assembly of parts supplied against detailed drawings, working to company safety and quality standards as appropriate.

Skilled Assembly Technician will be based at our Barnstaple site. This role does require being onsite 5 days a week. The salary for this role is up to £33k, depending on experience.

Join us and be part of something smaller - with 500 people in the UK and Canada - doing something bigger: protecting what matters.

Requirements

• Experience in an electro/mechanical assembly role
• Completed a recognised engineering based training programme or have appropriate experience
• Be able to understand and work from complex engineering drawings
• Work as part of a team or individually as work load requires
• Be able to generate reports and documentation that could be used to create repair plans and replacement part purchasing lists
• Be comfortable working with either electrical or mechanical equipment

Responsibilities

• Primary responsibility - Providing skilled elctro/mechanical assembly service to new build and legacy contract operations.
• Secondary responsibility - Generate reports as required following equipment survey and appropriate test reports following functional testing.
• Tertiary responsibility - Provide flexible and proactive approach that would allow movement between other areas of factory, also if skilled appropriately run some of the machine tools owned by the business

About our company

At SEA, we develop and deliver advanced solutions to make our world safer, cleaner and more efficient. We provide state-of-the-art applications for naval ship and fleet protection, and undersea surveillance systems. In-service across the globe, our systems deliver a rapid response to threats and system effectiveness and interoperation. Our systems support an ever-growing number of navies across the world, and we continue to bolster our already specialist, on-the-ground knowledge of key overseas markets.

At our core, we encourage innovation, flexibility and out-of-the-box thinking to solve problems, so we're always looking for talented, flexible, and creative people to bring their best to SEA. In return we offer generous rewards, a fantastic work/life balance, and excellent career and training opportunities for everyone who joins. Have a look at the benefits we offer:

Benefits

• Work life balance
• Hybrid/flexible working arrangements
• 25 days' annual leave, plus buy and sell
• Up to 16 days flexi leave accrual
• Half day Fridays
• Reservists in the Armed Forces receive special paid leave

Family & wellbeing

• Private medical health insurance & Employee Assistance Program
• Health Cash Plan
• All Staff Bonus
• Group Pension Plan of up to 8% employer contribution
• Cycle to work scheme
• Wellbeing Centre
• Sports & Social activities
• Employee Discounts portal - online and in-store discounts, travel savings
• Life assurance policy
• Publication and recruitment bonus rewards
• Development opportunities, including LinkedIn learning

Facilities & resources

• Electric vehicle charging points at all sites
• Private seated lunch areas
• Onsite bistro (Barnstaple office) and free hot and cold beverages
• Onsite showers and toiletries provision
• Free onsite parking