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Manufacturing Technician

Cheadle Hulme
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Job Description – Manufacturing Technician

Job Title

Salary

Manufacturing Technician

£28,227 per annum

Reports To

Supervisor/Lead

Business

Stockport

Location

Hours

Stockport | UK

Hours: Monday – Friday (37.5 hours)

Day Shifts: 07:00-15:00pm, 08:00-16:00pm or 09:00-17:00pm (flexible)

Company Overview

Build a career powered by innovations that matter! Our client innovates power technology products that are transforming healthcare and advanced manufacturing, improving productivity, enhancing people’s lives and redefining what’s possible. Our client serves as a trusted technology partner to medical and advanced industrial original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) worldwide, engineering components and sub-systems that deliver extreme precision and performance for a range of mission-critical applications from minimally invasive surgery to robotics to 3D metal printing.

Our client is a global organisation with offices located throughout EMEA, The Americas and Asia Pacific. 

Position Details

Summary

The ideal candidate will be a confident and highly organised self-starter with some applications knowledge, communication and technical problem-solving skills to ensure execution of their quality standards and customer on time delivery metrics.

Primary Responsibilities

Assemble products or components according to work instructions and assembly drawings      
Usage of hand tools properly and safely
Mechanical assembly of products within acceptable quality and output levels                    
Soldering of cables, wires and through hole devices within acceptable quality limits                
Inspect product and properly identify non-conformances
Follow all safety protocols and maintain a clean and organized work area.
Assist in training new technicians or operators as needed.
General Tasks

Maintain strict compliance with the quality, environmental and occupational health and safety regulations and implementation of the instructions of the quality, environmental management and/or occupational health and safety officer.
Required Experience, Education, Skills, Training and Competencies

Experience of working in a manufacturing assembly environment and/or production environment.
Team player with strong computer, written, verbal and skills.
Previous experience in Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma environments.
Basic knowledge and practice of ESD and 5S principles.
Health & Safety and safe working practice awareness

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