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Vocational Teacher – Engineering

Andy File Associates Limited is working as a Recruitment Agency on behalf of our client with regards this permanent position.

Our Client is a proud Yorkshire company with a mission to educate the world one person at a time, and they are looking for a dedicated and passionate engineering teacher to join their team. Our client not only takes pride in the exceptional development and support their learners receive, but they also equally support their colleagues.

The successful candidate will have a strong background in mechanical or electrical engineering and a passion for educating the next generation of engineers through work-based learning. As a new member of the team, you will be supported every step of the way. You will plan your own diary to ensure you visit all your apprentices in their workplace every month and that learning is taking place and apprentices are progressing.  A full driving license and use of your own car is essential.  You will, of course, be reimbursed for your expenses.

Your responsibilities will include:

  • Teaching engineering subjects to a caseload of apprentices by travelling to their workplace or using Teams
  • Teaching Maths and English functional skills to apprentices
  • Ensuring that apprentices progress in their training programmes and complete their training within the specified timeframe
  • Assessing work against apprenticeship standard or qualification requirements
  • Completing all administration to ensure compliance with organisational and government requirements
  • Taking part in company meetings and training sessions
  • Ensuring your own continuous professional development by undertaking training as required

Applications for this role are not limited to qualified trainers or assessors. As part of your continuous professional development, they can train you to become a qualified assessor and adult teacher.

Essential Skills needed  :

  • A full driving license and use of your own car is essential
  • A can do attitude
  • A trade or academic qualification in mechanical or electrical engineering
  • A minimum of 5 years of experience in your trade
  • Minimum GCSE or equivilant of a C or above grade in Maths and English required

Benefits:

  • A competitive starting salary of up to £30,000, with an increase after six months
  • 20 days annual leave
  • A day off on your birthday
  • Company laptop and phone
  • Mileage allowance
  • Continuous professional development through training

As a company and as individual teachers they are growing and going from strength-to-strength so there will be opportunities for progression.

This role can be based out of the offices at Morley or Hull

Normal hours are 08:30 – 16:30 (Mon- Fri) but  flexibility required at certian times

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Senior Field Service Engineer

Andy File Associates Limited are working as a Recruitment Agency on behalf of our client with regards this permanent position.

Our client is looking for an experienced Field Service Engineer to join their existing team of engineers in order to service their growing network. Reporting directly to the Head of Commissioning, this challenging role will require a well-rounded engineer with experience and a good understanding of mechanical equipment, electrical installations and control systems in industrial applications.

You will be responsible for the safe execution of preventive maintenance tasks as well as providing a rapid response to any system malfunctions in order to minimise station down time. The ideal candidate will have experience of using technical documentation such P&IDs, electrical diagrams, control logic flow diagrams, equipment datasheets, etc. to support fault diagnosis.  You will be comfortable travelling to client sites.

You will have experience in the operation and servicing of industrial equipment for the process industries. Familiarity with the operation of PLC control systems is also highly desirable.

The ideal candidate will be expected to demonstrate a very good understanding of safe working practices whilst working at industrial sites. The job holder will be required to obtain a safety passport as part of the extensive training provided by our client.

Essential Experience and Qualifications:

• Experience as a field services engineer or similar role
• Mechanical / Electrical HNC/HND /higher qualification or time served engineer in both disciplines
• 16th/17th /18th edition or similar electrical training
• Experience of performing preventive maintenance and equipment diagnosis and repairs in the process industries
• Experience of sensor inspection and calibration
• Health and Safety conscious
• Full, UK driving license

Desirable experience and qualifications:

• Experience working with PLC control systems, hydraulic, pneumatic, and high pressure gas systems
• Experience and qualifications related to the maintenance and repair of ATEX equipment

Benefits include:

Competitive salary + Day Rate when working away, this equates to approximately 20% on top of basic salary (approx. £6,500-7000).
Pension payable of 5% contributory after 3 months.
25 days holiday plus stats.

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Field Engineer

Andy File Associates Limited are working as a Recruitment Agency on behalf of our client with regards this permanent position

 

Duties

  • Provide maintenance support for operation, maintenance, installation, calibration and modification of Automated Test Equipment.
  • Analyse electronic equipment failures to determine the cause and then take the required corrective action.
  • Maintain bespoke and varied systems.
  • Provide guidance and training to the customer’s personnel on operational procedures and techniques.
  • Implement preventive maintenance programs and keep performance and maintenance records on equipment availability.
  • Interface with customer representatives and maintain customer satisfaction with equipment and systems.
  • Participate in planning and preparation of technical and progress reports on assigned projects including: Completing the “maintenance of logbooks” for each system, to include all scheduled/unscheduled maintenance and failure data, as well as, system hardware and software configuration changes made to the system. Provision of weekly status reports for each site.

 

Essential Criteria

  • An Avionics or Automated Test Engineer able to work independently with good communication skills.
  • Experience with ATE operation and maintenance.
  • Proficient in electrical/electronic theory and troubleshooting techniques.
  • Experience of LabVIEW and Test Stand software tools.
  • Fault finding.
  • Diagnostic skills.
  • Instrument replacement.
  • Local repair and wiring replacement.
  • Understanding of Test Requirements.

 

Desirable Criteria

  • Proficient computer skills, particularly with troubleshooting computer hardware and software rebuild procedures.
  • Good oral/written communication skills.
  • Flexible, team-player with ability to manage high volume and multi-task activities within assigned time constraints.
  • Comfortable with change and willing to adapt.
  • Able to travel, often at short notice.
  • Willingness to learn new techniques and software programs.
  • Must be highly motivated, self-reliant and well organized with excellent time management and customer service skills.
  • Must be able to work without supervision and be capable of making informed decisions, sometimes with limited information available.
  • Appreciation of the aviation industry.
  • Familiarity with test instrumentation i.e oscilloscope, signal wave generators, RF etc.

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Test House Technician

Andy File Associates Limited are working as a Recruitment Agency on behalf of our client with regards this permanent position

Our client is looking for an experienced permanent Test House Technician to join their team based in Sheffield. They are looking for someone who is dynamic and proactive and who can hit the ground running in this busy team.

Role Objective

Preferred Qualifications/ Skills:

Educated to A level standard of similar in science based subject or suitably experienced in laboratory environment
Good IT skills
Ability to work in a team

Desirable:
Supervisory experience

Summary of Main Duties and Responsibilities:

• Interpret requirements from work route cards, implement actions and completing test piece manufacture and testing in both metallography and mechanical testing ensuring that all work is done in line with Health and safety and quality standards.
• Maintain turnaround times in line with KPI targets
• Assist with the training of operatives in the use of equipment where capable
• Complete daily calibration checks take place.
• Assist internal auditing team with audits
• Sign off certificates when required and within defined responsibilities
• Deputise for other team members when required.
• Complete reports and other information as required for data interpretation
• Deputise for Test House Technical Manager as required.

Any other duties as may reasonably be required:

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Testing Officer

Andy File Associates Limited are working on behalf of their client as a Recruitment Agency with regards this permanent vacancy.

Our client is going through a phrase of growth and is looking for a Testing Officer to join their already successful team.

You will be responsible for the reviewing document packs to allow for the accurate creation of testing documents. With your experience and/or education in materials, metallurgy and material specifications you will review the technical and material specifications that are required with regard to mechanical testing. You will draft the test order templates and will assist with drafting mechanical test orders to the approved test houses and collate the results with the correct order on a timely basis.

In order to be successful in this role, it is essential that you have an understanding of quality systems, ideally with experience working to aerospace and nuclear standards and a wide range of Material Specifications, and you should also have an ability to decipher test house certificates. You will need an excellent attention to detail, outstanding organisational skills and a competent working knowledge of Excel, Word and other windows based data systems.

Working across the business and with external suppliers and customers, you should have excellent communication and liaison skills coupled with a flexible and proactive approach

Hours: 8.15am and 4.30pm, Monday to Thursday, 4.00pm finish on Friday. Each day includes a 45 minute unpaid meal break.

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CAD Design Engineer

Andy File Associates Limited are working as a Recruitment Agency on behalf of our client with regards this permanent position.

Our client is looking for an experienced CAD Engineer to join their team based in Sheffield.

The ideal candidate:

• Must have considerable experience using SolidWorks
• Must be able to produce manufacturing and assembly drawings
• Will have strong knowledge of engineering
• Will have experience of designing pipe work systems
• Must be educated to degree level or equivalent and our client has a strong preference for a Mechanical engineering degree

Highly advantageous
• To have a working knowledge of pressure equipment, pressure vessels and the relevant PED directive
• To have a working knowledge of product design and compliance with the machinery directive
• To have familiarity with ATEX directive and hazardous area classifications
• To have familiarity with a manufacturing environment including BOM’s, MRP

It would also be beneficial if you have knowledge/experience of Swagelok

Competitive salary
Pension payable of 5% contributory after 3 months.
25 days holiday plus stats. and many other benefits

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Product Design Manager

Andy File Associates Limited are working as a Recruitment Agency on behalf of our client with regards this permanent position.

Our client is looking for an experienced Product Design Manager to join their team based in Sheffield.

Overview:

• This role is to assist with supervision of the product design department at our client.
• Responsible for reviewing and approving the design specifications, calculations, drawings, etc. for all our products and sites.
• Responsible for meeting the technical performance, safety and budget requirements on all projects.
• Line management of all the design engineers; process, mechanic and controls engineers.

Experience:

• Experienced engineering manager
• Ideally a Chartered engineer with experience managing a team of engineers and having overall technical responsibility for product design.
• An engineering manager from an EPC would be a very good match for this role.

 

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Technical Service / Product Manager

Andy File Associates Limited are working on behalf of their client as a Recruitment Agency with regards this permanent vacancy

The company develops and manufactures oil condition monitoring products and systems which are used by leading engine and gearbox and equipment manufactures across the globe to reduce their operating costs.

The Role -:
As Technical Service / Product Manager you will be located at Sheffield reporting directly to the Managing Director.
You will be responsible for ensuring products are developed and manufactured to the highest standards along with liaising with and supporting customer to deploy and use products across a wide range of equipment.
This will involve managing both internal and external project with a high focus on customer service.

Your sole objective will be to ensure that customers are able to maximise their benefit from the product range.
This will entail working with them to ensure that the equipment is correctly installed and the resulting data is captured, correctly and interpreted and managed.

This will involve remotely assisting customers with creating viable systems that enable products to be installed on a wide variety of large and complex equipment and the ensuring that the data delivers the expected benefits.

Candidates ideally should have the following -:

Man management experience.
An electronic engineering background with a minimum of a degree in an electronic engineering discipline.
Highly proactive, energetic attitude with a disciplined and structured work style.
A good understanding of project life cycles and project management.
An innate desire to deliver the highest level of customer support and service.
An understanding of mechanical engineering would be desirable but not essential.

 

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