Job Title: Test Equipment Support Engineer

Salary: up to £41,500 per annum dependent upon experience

Location: Portsmouth

We currently have a vacancy to join one of the world’s leading, global defence, security and aerospace companies as a Test Equipment Support Engineer. The role will be based in Portsmouth and requires the successful candidate to be on site full time but offers the opportunity for flexible working hours.

They work at the cutting edge of technology, creating more than 100 new inventions every year for customers in over 100 countries.

You will be joining the In Service Support team which consists of 14 skilled engineers dealing with MoD contracts, some that are 50 years old, to be maintained for the next 15-20 years.

Main Responsibilities:

• Carrying out safety testing, PAT and HAV
  
  
• Maintaining calibrated assets, documentation and SAP records
  
  
• Carrying out routine calibrations of special to type test equipment
  
  
• Maintaining current assets for usability and safety updating and repair where necessary
  
  
• Designing and building new test equipment when required
  
  Benefits:
  
  
• Enhanced Pension scheme- up to 14% combined
  
  
• Flexible working pattern including working from home/ flexible start and finish times
  
  
• 25 holiday days plus bank holidays- 26 days after 5 years’ service/ 27 days after 10 years’ service
  
  
• Shared Incentive Plan
  
  
• Employee Assistance Programme
  
  
• Cycle to Work Scheme
  
  
• Life Assurance (you and your spouse/ partner)- 6 x salary
  
  
• Ill Health Income Protection/ Private Medical Insurance- 50% of salary
  
  About You:
  
  Essential:
  
  
• Electrical/Electronic Engineering background
  
  
• Good knowledge of Microsoft office package
  
  Desirable:
  
  
• Software coding
  
  You must be eligible to apply for SC clearance and, therefore, must hold a British passport and have lived and worked in the UK for the past 5 years
  
  About Aeropeople:
  
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