Duties and Responsibilities

• Organising the materials, components, fastenings, and machine tools as directed by the AWST for company projects
• Occasional quality inspection of incoming parts (goods inwards) to ensure correct quantity received, part number/description
• Quality inspection of outgoing machines (dispatch) both from a visual and functional perspective. Ensuring machines are packaged correctly for delivery to the customer
• Ensure that all current company policy and procedures are understood and followed
• In this potentially dangerous working environment, the AWT is responsible for following all safe working practices
• Required to undertake manufacturing tasks and assist the throughput of work through the workshop under the supervision and direction of the AWST
• Maintain and be accountable for their own tools (Shadow board) ensuring they are fit for purpose and kept in good condition.
• The AWT is to seek advice and guidance from the AWST on best practices and methods of manufacture, for inside and outside of the Aerospace Workshop
• Maintain a clean safe working environment
• Assist the Business Support Team by testing and preparing Mechanical spares for customers
• The post holder will have to work out of hours and overtime occasionally
• The post holder will occasionally be asked to travel within and outside of the UK in support of company projects

Education

• Educated to BTEC Level 3 in an engineering discipline (preferably Marine or Aircraft engineering) or equivalent working experience

Specialized knowledge

• The minimum requirement for the post of AWE would be at least 5-years indentured engineering in mechanical engineering experience. Due to the specialised nature of the work this would have to be supported by 5 years’ experience in a marine/aerospace engineering capacity

Skills

• An understanding of the requirements of assembly, test, fault finding and rectification of complex electromechanical components and machines. A good understanding and experience of using test equipment
• A minimum of 5 years’ experience in a mechanical workshop role
• Good interpersonal communication and organisational skills and the ability to work effectively within a team
• Basic refrigeration installation skill of hand such as pipe bending, flaring, swaging, and brazing
• Basic ICT skills (MS Office, Emails etc)
• Be able to effectively communicate in both written and verbal format

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