Assembly Technician

Oxford

9 months ago

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Client;

We are proud to be working alongside a truly ground-breaking medical device business, who are looking to appoint a process/assembly technician.

POSITION; Process/Assembly Technician

SHIFT; Monday - Friday 8 - 4:30

Hourly Rate - £13.50 - £14.50 an hour.

The key responsibilities for this role are:

Operate precision manufacturing equipment
Perform incoming QC (Quality Control) inspection of engineered components
Work with cross-functional teams to support laboratory requirements and practice
Proactively work with the Process Engineering team to review process documentation, and suggest areas of process improvement
Follow process controls, in-line monitoring, IPQC, and metrology for QA to ensure that product and process quality specifications are met
Maintain equipment and batch logbooks for production
Understand and follow Health, Safety, and Environmental policies
Execute experimental protocols to qualify or validate production batches or new equipmentExperience required;

Experience within a production/assembly role
Experience within a quality inspection roleDesirable;

Experience working with medical devices
Knowledge of metrology equiptmentIf this role is of interest then please feel free to call Adam on (phone number removed) to discuss further.

Commutable Locations;

Oxford, Abingdon, Didcot, Kidlington, Witney, Bicester

Key words;

Quality,Inspection,assembly,production, manufacturing, medical

INDENG

Planet Recruitment is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy

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