Are you an experienced Facilities Technician looking for a new position?

 

I am currently seeking a Facilities Technician with a bias towards instrumentation. You will provide electrical / electronic systems support to the Build and Test department. This could involve building, commissioning, maintaining, fault finding, repairing and calibrating instrumentation and control systems within the engine test cell/chambers as well as vehicle test areas.

 

Our client specialises in the design, development and manufacture of internal combustion engines and hybrid powertrain systems.

 

Duties

• Primarily dealing with Breakdowns & set-up work to powertrain test cells & chambers. 

• Electronic, electrical, & electro-mechanical repair & maintenance

• Build & install test cell equipment and produce appropriate documentation of process if required

• Preventative maintenance of B&T – Facilities owned equipment

• Asset recording and allocation

• Calibration of sensors & equipment 

• Support when required Facility Engineers in the upgrade of test facility.

 

Qualifications   

• Ideally a recognised qualification in facilities/electrical/electronic engineering or similar and/or demonstrated comparable industry experience.

 

Skills and Experience  

• Required:

o Experience and good broad knowledge of electrical and electronic instrumentation and electromechanical equipment.

o Ability to read electrical/electronic schematics

o Good problem solving / route cause analysis skills.

o Ability to perform simple manual operations such as drilling and sawing, e.g. for electronic enclosure assembly / modification.

 

• Advantageous:

o Experience working in a powertrain test environment

o Experience of working with mains voltages (dyno drives)

o Knowledge and experience of large motors and drive systems.

o Experience with PC’s, networks & I.T systems.