Technician Engineer

Indra Group UK & Ireland; Market Deeping; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexitime

Enhanced Holiday

Enhanced Pension

Life Assurance

Private healthcare

Cycle to work

Free parking

Job summary

Indra Park Air is recruiting a Technician Engineer on a permanent contract to join the Manufacturing team. You will test, diagnose and repair radios and supporting equipment, ensuring calibration and safety certifications are met.

You will document repairs, monitor costs, and provide technical feedback to engineering while supporting production operators and technicians.

Qualifications

• Interest in electro-mechanical componentry and products.
• Thorough knowledge of analogue and digital RF principles.
• Experience of fault finding on electronic units in a manufacturing environment, using appropriate test equipment and circuit diagrams.
• Repair and rework hand soldering experience.
• The ability to use own initiative.
• Good communication skills.
• Confident to ask questions.
• Quick learner.
• Enjoy hands on and practical work.

Responsibilities

• Test, diagnose and repair electro-mechanical equipment using test gear (oscilloscopes, radio test sets, signal analysers).
• Test PCBA's down to component level per IPC level 2/3.
• Safety test customer and production equipment.
• Produce test and repair documentation for customers.
• Record symptoms, faults and fixes in IT systems and databases.
• Monitor job costs and flag cost overruns with support teams.
• Upgrade equipment via change notices and CP actions as required.
• Identify repeat failures and raise trends to engineering and supervision.
• Provide feedback to development engineering on root causes.
• Ensure calibration and safety certifications (PAT) are current.
• Maintain job status in ERP and IT systems.
• Record productive/non-productive hours in ERP.
• Update Customer Services on repair status and costs.
• Provide training and support to production operators and technicians.

Skills

Electro-mechanical components

RF principles

Fault finding

Hand soldering

Initiative

Communication

Questioning

Fast learner

Hands-on

Education

BTEC National Certificate/Diploma or HNC

Job description

Indra Park Air work with customers all over the globe to make air travel safer. For over 50 years we've been one of the leading producers of VHF and UHF radios, providing the vital link between the ground and the air for passenger, freight and military aircraft.

The reasons behind our success are simple and won't change. First, we work harder for the customer than the rest. We take time to truly know their needs and create the right product for them. We train them how to use it, we won't let our equipment be deployed until every detail is right, and then we provide the best care and service for all of our products as long as they are still used.

At Park Air we stay the best by looking to the future - to new requirements and new possibilities. A radio remains a radio but we never stop thinking about how we can improve it, how we make it and how it can offer more to our customers. It's no wonder that we are one of only 2% of companies worldwide to hold PLATINUM Level in Investors in People Accreditation.

At Indra Park Air, our values guide everything we do, from developing industry-leading technology to supporting our customers around the world.

Innovation - Our capacity for innovation, cutting-edge solutions, and specialised team of professionals enable us to drive a safer, more connected future through technology.

Trust - We work with strength, commitment, and reliability, delivering quality solutions to build trust with customers, employees, partners, investors, and society.

Connection - We harness the power of collaboration, connect ideas and solutions, and adapt to our customers' needs, supporting them on the path to a better future.

Foresight - We anticipate future needs to make the world safer and more connected, transforming our experience and knowledge into solutions for a better tomorrow.

We are looking to recruit a Technician Engineer to join the team on a permanent contract, reporting to the Manufacturing Supervisor. As Technician Engineer you will test, diagnose, and repair our traffic communication product portfolio consisting of radios and supporting equipment.

What you will do:

• Test, diagnose and repair electro-mechanical equipment utilizing an array of test equipment including oscilloscopes, radio test sets and signal analysers
• Test, diagnose and repair PCBA's down to component level in accordance with IPC level 2 and 3
• Safety test customer and production equipment
• Produce test and repair customer documentation
• Enter symptom, fault diagnosis and fix onto appropriate IT systems and fault databases
• Monitor job costs (labour and materials) to ensure repairs remain under the quoted target and liaise with customer support department in the case of projected cost over-runs
• Monitor and implement CSD actions and change notices to upgrade customer equipment as required
• Recognise repeat failures within repairs and highlight trends to development engineering and supervision
• Provide technical feedback to the development engineering department relating to fault root cause analysis
• Ensure all equipment is within calibration and appropriate safety certifications (PAT) prior to use
• Maintain the job status on our IT systems including T-Card and ERP
• Accurately record productive and non-productive hours on our ERP system
• Provide updates to Customer Services Department on customers' equipment repair status, & repair costing
• Identify inefficiencies within test programs and suggest changes/improvements to production engineeringProvide training & support to production operators, technicians & technician engineers

What we are looking for:

• A BTEC National Certificate/Diploma or HNC,
• Interest in electro-mechanical componentry and products
• Thorough knowledge of analogue and digital RF principles
• Experience of fault finding on electronic units in a manufacturing environment, using appropriate test equipment and circuit diagrams.
• Repair and rework hand soldering experience
• The ability to use own initiative
• Good communication skills
• Confident to ask questions
• Quick learner
• Enjoy hands on and practical work

Security Clearance:

Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) clearance is required and must be maintained for this role. Please note that in the event that BPSS clearance cannot be obtained, you may not be eligible for the role and/or any offer of employment may be withdrawn on grounds of security. Please see the link below for further details regarding the requirements for BPSS clearance:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/united-kingdom-security-vetting-clearance-levels

• Flexitime and core hours - 37.5 hrs a week, core hrs between 0930-1500
• Enhanced Holiday - 25 days plus bank holidays
• Enhanced Pension Scheme - up to 8% company contribution
• Life Assurance
• Liberty Days - you can request up to 3 days of your annual leave 'on the day'
• Buying and Selling Holidays
• Long service and retirement awards
• Private healthcare
• Flu vaccinations
• Cycle to work scheme
• Subsidised staff canteen
• Free parking
• Training
• Continuous Learning
• Employee Assistance Programme and Wellbeing Services

Indra Park Air is an equal employment opportunity employer. Applicants are considered without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, origin, disability or other characteristics protected by law.