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Coventry
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Assembly Technician

Permanent Role

Coventry, Ansty Park

07:00am-15:30pm, Mon-Thurs, 07:00am-12:30pm Fri

Starting Salary: £38,209.33

About us:

This Business is an international leader in the aerospace, defence and energy markets, employing more than 60,000 people at over 40 manufacturing facilities, and regional offices worldwide.

Working closely with their customers, this business delivers technologically differentiated systems and products for the most demanding environments, with high certification requirements for applications across its core end markets. Through focusing on engineering and operational excellence, this business builds broad installed bases of equipment and provides services and support across a fleet of approximately 73,000 aircraft.

Business Core values:

Winning culture, valued customers, passionate people, and engaged leadership are what have allowed them to become the company they are today.

The Role:

Come be a part of this collaborative and cross functional team! This role will drive the maintenance, repair, and overhaul of a variety of aircraft repairs. You will be responsible for the assessment, repair, and stripping of seat belts and harness repairs section for a variety of aircraft projects, while being cross trained to other areas of the team to develop your overall production knowledge. You will have the chance to learn and develop your aerospace production experience within this amazing team!

Responsibilities of the role:

Overhaul and repair of aircraft restraints, including disassembly, inspection, servicing, and reassembly of seat belts and harnesses and aircraft areas
Collaborate with quality and production teams to ensure standards are met and products are delivered on time to customer requirements
Conduct product investigations and quality assessments using engineering drawings and technical specifications
Support multiple product lines; performing maintenance, repairs, and rework of components
Operate technical equipment and tools, such as manual machines and sewing machines, while following detailed work instructions.Skills required:

Background within engineering and following maintenance standards within quality, safety, and improvements
A collaborative individual who can work well with others in challenging and busy environments
Can review engineering drawings and interpret them for maintenance on components
Previous experience using SAP, but not essential as this can be trained
Background with quality checks and leading safety systems is a strong bonus but not an essential requirement

Benefits:

Free car parking, Competitive pay package, Career progression opportunities, Pension up to 10% company contribution, Holiday 25 plus stats, Subsidised canteen with Starbucks, Life Assurance, ACIP, (Annual Cash Incentive) Employee Assistance Program for Health & Wellbeing, Employee Perks - offering our employees discounts on a huge variety of goods and services, Income Protection, Business Resource Groups, and Volunteering day off

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