Jobs in Sheldon Corner

Engineering Technician (Contract) — 6 Months

Location: On site near Bath.
Contract Type: 6-Month Contract
Rate: Dependant on experience

Our client is a healthcare technology and diagnostics company developing. They're looking for an Engineering Technician to join their engineering team on a 6-month contract, supporting internal development programs and helping resolve reliability issues, trial design improvements, and run tests and experiments alongside scientists and engineers.

This is a hands-on role suited to someone with a strong mechanical/electrical assembly background and a genuine interest in scientific instrumentation.

Key Responsibilities

* Executing repairs and modifications to equipment and simple mechanical presses

* Analysis of defective equipment

* Product and component testing, including reliability testing

* Developing protocols to commission simple production equipment, including equipment qualification

* Promoting cGMP compliance within a pilot production facility

* Maintaining a set of working instruments for day-to-day use

What We're Looking For

* Graduate in Electronic or Mechanical Engineering, or BTEC/equivalent in an engineering discipline

* Experience working with mechanical assembly equipment

* Experience with electrical products and a basic understanding of electronics

* Soldering experience, particularly SMD rework

* Fault-finding and repair experience on production equipment or scientific instruments

* Experience in product testing and failure analysis

* Competent practical skills running and maintaining diverse mechanical test equipment

* Scientific instrumentation experience preferred

* Strong record-keeping skills

* Self-motivated, able to work unaided

* Fully computer literate

This is a great opportunity to join a growing medtech/diagnostics business at an exciting stage of expansion, working on a genuinely innovative point-of-care diagnostic platform