Electromechanical Technician

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Electromechanical Technician– Medical Devices, Southampton, £30,000 – £35,000

Electromechanical Technician or Service Technician opportunity within a fast-growing medical device company developing innovative rapid diagnostic technology for hospital laboratories.
Salary guide £30,000 – £35,000 depending on experience.
Some flexibility with working hours, 27 days holiday (increasing by 1 day per year), and the opportunity to join a well-funded MedTech startup environment.

You will play a key role supporting the deployment, servicing and continuous improvement of diagnostic instruments. The role combines field-based support at customer sites across the UK with hands-on work in the manufacturing team, building and maintaining instruments while feeding back real-world insights to engineering and R&D teams.

This Electromechanical Technician job will suit:
An Electromechanical Technician, Service Technician, Field Technician or Instrumentation Technician with experience working on complex instruments & machinery.
Candidates with strong hands-on engineering skills who enjoy fault finding, assembly and servicing electromechanical systems.
Technicians with experience working within a regulated environment such as medical devices, laboratory equipment, pharmaceuticals, aerospace or similar industries.
Individuals comfortable with a bit of travelling across the UK to install and service equipment at customer sites (probably 20% of the time in initially)
Candidates with around 3+ years’ experience building or servicing electromechanical equipment, ideally PLC-controlled machinery.

This Electromechanical Technician job will involve:
Commissioning instruments at customer sites across the UK and providing user training.
Diagnosing faults, carrying out repairs and servicing equipment both in the field and at the company facility.
Supporting the manufacturing team by assembling instruments and completing build records.
Maintaining the in-house instrument fleet including preventative maintenance and upgrades.
Recording service activities, faults and corrective actions accurately within the quality system.
Providing feedback to engineering and R&D teams to help improve reliability, serviceability and product design.

This Electromechanical Technician job is based in Southampton and is commutable from Fareham, Portsmouth, Eastleigh, Hedge End, Winchester and surrounding areas.

To apply please send your CV to Sam Hilton at Euro Projects Recruitment Ltd.

Please note that if you are not contacted within ten days, your application has not been successful

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