Materials Testing Technician

Materials Testing Technician - Field Based

Destructive Materials Testing Systems - South West England

Bristol, Gloucester, Swindon, Bath

£30,000 - £40,000 Basic Salary + Vehicle + Benefits + Bonus

• Do you have knowledge of materials testing in a lab and looking to get into a field service role?
• Perhaps you've wondered how the testing rigs function and have been a bit envious of the service engineers?

Read on for the opportunity to join this organisation; a prestigious, respected company. A place where you can grow and develop.

Your Role as a Materials Testing Technician:

• You'll be field based, predominantly covering a region but with further UK travel as needed.
• You will be responsible for the service, maintenance, and repair of this testing equipment and instrumentation.
  • Examples include impact, tensile, universal, fatigue, stress, or torsion testing.
• You will be working within a variety of appealing manufacturing sectors including the aerospace, automotive, and medical industries, amongst others.
• You will play an important role in ensuring the equipment is correctly calibrated and maintained to UKAS standards.
• Compile detailed reports as appropriate.
• The field-based nature of the role will require nights away from home; on average of 1 - 2 per week.

Ideal Background for the Materials Testing Technician:

• Knowledge of destructive Materials Testing equipment is essential, specifically on impact, tensile, universal, fatigue, stress, or torsion testing is mandatory.
• Approachable, honest, and a team player.
• A strong understanding of ISO/IEC 17025 would be beneficial.
• A genuine interest in becoming a field-based service and calibration engineer on materials testing rigs.
• Strong IT and communication skills.
• Hold a full valid UK driving licence and have right to work in the UK as sponsorship can't be provided.

The Client recruiting for the Materials Testing Technician:

• Fastest growing company in their industry.
• Excellent training, support, and ongoing opportunities.
• Work with a varied client base in Research, Automotive, Aerospace, General Manufacturing, and Rail sectors.

• "Recruit for attitude, train for skill"
• Trusted by testing laboratories, scientists, and engineers nationally.

The Package for the Materials Testing Technician:

• £30,000 - £40,000 basic salary, depending on experience
• Annual company performance related bonus
• Pension at 5% from company, 3% employee
• Company van, tools, laptop & phone
• Continuous development and training
• 25 days holiday plus statutory holidays.

Apply online now if you fit the above criteria and are eager to grow.

Dave is the main point of contact for this role.

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