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Wirer

Job Location: Bournemouth, Dorset

Job Type: Permanent

Salary: £15.00 - £15.50 per hour / £28,860 - £29,822 per annum

Hours: 37 hours per week, Monday – Thursday 7.30am – 4pm & Friday 7.30am – 12.30pm

Benefits: Excellent benefits to include, annual pay reviews, 33 days holiday, ½ day finish on Fridays, enhanced pension, life and health insurance

We are recruiting for a Wirer on a permanent basis to join a leading manufacturer who design and manufacture products for the Avionics and Defence industry.

Working out of a purpose built modern, state of the art facilities you will be part of a hardworking, friendly and dedicated team working on the Assembly of new, prototype and serviceable high value products for various Avionics and Defence Solutions.

Within this role you will be working on small units, undertaking the wiring and assembly of these ensuring that you are working to work instructions.

Duties will include;

  • Wiring of small units

  • Some of the work will be under microscopic lenses

  • Intricate soldering

  • Crimping of wires and attaching connectors

  • Testing of products

  • Working to drawings or manufacturing instructions

  • Using hand tools

  • Using a computer to do basic product testing and recording results

  • Running basic testing

  • Excellent attention to detail is paramount for this position.

    The successful candidate will possess;

  • Experienced in undertaking wiring, either in a production, manufacturing environment or as part of a network or telecoms role

  • Electronics experience is advantageous, either if that is through education, qualifications or practical experience

  • Ability to read and work from drawings and specifications

  • Able to use multi meters or any other test equipment to undertaking functional tests

    For more information on these positions, please call our recruitment team directly on (phone number removed) or by emailing your CV.

    Those who have the right skills and experience, our aim is that you will hear back from us within 24 hours but due to the high number of applications we are receiving at present, we are unable to respond to every application individually so If you do not hear from us within 3 days, please assume that your application at this stage has not been successful. As new positions arise, we will review any applications already made to us and may contact you about other suitable roles.

    Resource Recruitment is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to a policy of treating all its employees and job applicants equally. It is the policy of the Company to take all reasonable steps to ensure that each applicant is assessed only in accordance on the basis of their qualifications, skills and abilities to perform the relevant duties without prejudice in regards to background, religion, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, disability or gender.

    By completing our application process, you are authorising us as a Recruitment Agency to contact you in connection with your application by email and / or telephone & SMS under GDPR Article 6(1) (a) and you are also consenting to receiving information via the same means in relation to Resource Recruitment providing you with work finding services. Our Privacy Policy can be viewed on our website under the Privacy Policy tab on our website. Should you wish, you may opt out at any time.

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