Electrical MAIT Technician - High-Quality Manufacturing

As part of our continued support to our client in the high-quality manufacturing sector, we are looking for an experienced Electrical Technician with a strong background in Manufacturing Assembly, Integration & Test (MAIT).

You will be working alongside subject matter experts in a dynamic and growth-focused business at our client's facility in Stevenage. This hands-on role will see you supporting the preparation and integration of electrical components, ensuring they meet the high-quality standards required by production procedures and processes.

The Role: Key Responsibilities

Working as an integral part of the MAIT team on critical components, you will produce assemblies that conform to strict quality requirements and are delivered to schedule in accordance with the production plan.

Your core activities will include, but are not limited to:

• Online Harness Work: Performing harness routing, crimping, and connector population in line with industry standards.
• Documentation & Compliance: Reading and working precisely to shop floor documents such as routings, drawings, work instructions, and Bills of Materials (BOMs).
• Quality Assurance: Performing pre-installation electrical checks and conducting inspection capabilities to check crimps and harness routing.
• Integration: Performing mechanical and electrical integration of equipment and hardware.
• Standards: Being responsible for working to and complying with high-quality standards, processes, and all Health & Safety (H&S) requirements.
• Record Keeping: Completing all necessary paperwork relating to operations undertaken, including traceability.
• Continuous Improvement: Playing an active part in continuous improvement plans.

You will work within a flexible, motivated team, working to tight schedules and meeting critical deadlines. Candidates may be asked to temporarily follow equipment to other UK sites and may be given opportunities to work abroad.

About You

We are looking for a dedicated technician who can meet the following requirements:

Essential Skills & Experience

• Experience: Candidates must have at least 18 months of electrical experience post any training period.
• Knowledge: Strong electrical knowledge and technical understanding with specific knowledge of crimping, splicing, wiring, harness manufacture, harness forming, and thermal installation, all to relevant Electrical standards.
• Shop Documentation: Familiarity and ability to follow shop documentation such as BOMs, drawings, work instructions, processes, and procedures.
• Quality Environment: Experience working in a high-quality production environment relating to electrical assembly.
• Clean-Room Practice: Experience working in a clean-room environment including adherence to FOD/ESD practice.
• Inspection: Pre-installation electrical checks and inspection capabilities to check crimps and harness routing.

Qualifications

• An Electrical Technician qualification is preferred; however, other electrical qualifications will be considered.
• Time-served apprentice is desirable but not essential.

Desired Skills (Highly Sought After)

• Specific experience in RF and optical cable routing and assembly.
• Detail fit (rivets/inserts), Panel edge taping, and Panel edge trimming.
• MLI installation (thermal blanket).
• Bracket and Tybase Bonding, Bracket Installations, and Electrical Grounding.

Logistics & Offer

• Location: Based at our customer's facility in Stevenage.
• Shift Work: You must be willing to support a two-shift working pattern (06:00-14:00 & 14:00-22:00) for which a shift premium (x1.2) will be paid.
• Employment Type: We are able to offer these roles on a permanent or contract (Inside IR35) basis.
• Salary/Rate: Negotiable based on experience, seniority, and employment type.

If you are an experienced Electrical Technician looking for an opportunity to work on critical, high-quality technology, please apply today!

Randstad CPE values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are more than happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.

Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.

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