Automotive Repair Technician

Salary: £26,000 per year

Job description

Competitive salary with monthly bonus/commission plan, pension

Starting at £26,000but will be negotiated at the interview. 

Repair Technicians are required with an industrial automation. Following extraordinary growth, the global distributor and repair specialist who support the manufacturing, automotive, food processing and energy sectors, is increasing capacity to support a growing customer base within Europe. They are an award winning, ISO 9001:2015 accredited business with locations in the UK, US, Canada and Germany.

The Repair Technician role involves, but is not limited to, the repair and/or calibration of industrial controls including printed circuit boards (PCB’s), timers, counters, programmable logic controllers (PLC’s), drives, human machine interfaces (HMI’s) and temperature & process controls. Experience in the servo and/or robotics industry would be a plus.

Responsibilities include test functionality of each unit repaired, ordering parts for each unit processed and updating tracking notes in a customer retention management (CRM) system reflecting the steps take to repair each unit. Technicians are required to perform repairs of units down to component level, using good soldering and troubleshooting skills. Use of test equipment (oscilloscope, multi-meter, function generator) and test fixtures is necessary to ensure the complete and proper repair of each unit.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Soldering to a high level

Troubleshooting down to component level

Using a range of test equipment

90% bench level electronic and electro-mechanical / 10% documentation of actions taken on each item and team communication

Ordering parts to assist with repairs

Clean, check, service and test repaired items to ensure it is fit for purpose.

Communicating with and reporting to a Repair Supervisor

Required Skills

QUALIFICATIONS:

Must understand the repair of Industrial Controls cycle; ability to understand the Radwell International repair of Industrial Controls cycle

Strong technical skills;

Required to bring your own tools as specified by the hiring manager

KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS REQUIRED

Ability to troubleshoot and solder components is required

Have a logical approach to fault finding

The ability to understand wiring schematics and fault find electrical circuits

Use of a CRM system in past roles

Ability to work at fast pace

Attention to detail

Use of hand and power tools.

Must be incentive driven.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

GCSE minimum grade C’s in a science subject, Mathematics and English

A recognised Electrical / Electronic Engineering Qualification is required

Experience in the Industry or a similar repair environment a distinct advantage