Wirer

We are currently recruiting a Wirer to join our team to build and wire both prototype and production electronic equipment working from drawings, circuit diagrams, and engineer’s sketches. Ensuring work gets completed to the deadlines set by the production team. Ensuring wiring best practices, quality standards and procedures are adhered to.

Key Responsibilities

• Manufacturing wiring looms and assembling connectors. Routing and fitting complex wiring to enclosures and other mechanical structures. Soldering terminations.
• Accurate assembly of equipment to Engineering drawings.
• Responsibility for inspecting own work, checking for electrical errors and ensuring equipment is wired according to drawings, best practices and applicable standards/procedures before passing equipment to the next stage of the manufacturing process.
• Ensure changes/modifications/improvements during the build process are documented and communicated to the Engineering team via the change request or P1 wiring process.
• Ensure that all procedures are followed as specified in the Quality Manual.
• Ensure work can be completed by communicating material shortages with production control and purchasing.
• Maintain workplace cleanliness and organisation to agreed standards.
• Assist with relevant tool calibration when required.
• Occasional travel to customer premises may be required.
  
  

Essential

Skills & Experience

• Relevant experience in an electrical wiring field.
• Able to work under own initiative.
  
  

Desirable

Personal Attributes

• Computer literate with experience with the Microsoft Office suite of applications.
• Basic mechanical assembly skills desirable.
• Experience in a start up or pilot production environment desirable.
• Familiar with wiring standards required on military equipment desirable.
• Experience of terminating and splicing fibre optic assemblies a benefit.
• Highly focused with excellent attention to detail.
• Work independently of other staff when required.
• Flexible, conscientious and diligent attitude.
• Positive, enthusiastic and hard-working.
• Good communication skills, liaising with design engineers to improve and correct designs.
• Resilient and adaptable
• A team-orientated approach with the ability to build effective working relationships.
• Demonstrates our company values of Teamwork, Integrity, Excellence and Courage
• Highly organised and methodical approach, with an eye for detail
• The ability to work independently when required
• A flexible, conscientious, and diligent attitude
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and written skills
• A resilient and adaptable approach always
  
  

Work Life Balance

• 37.5 hour working week
• Lunchtime finishes on a Friday
• Hybrid / flexible working arrangements
• 28 days annual leave
• Christmas closure
• Holiday purchasing scheme
  
  

Benefits

• Group pension plan – matched contributions up to 5%
• Income protection scheme and Employee Assistance Programme
• Employee Assistance Programme gives you and your family access to 4 key services including remote GP service, second opinion, mental health pathway service and physiotherapy consultations
• Life assurance policy, including bereavement counselling and probate helpline
• Company shares incentive plan and save as you earn scheme
• Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme
• Wellbeing initiatives, including access to wellbeing app and the addition of mental health support for all employees. Plus, regular activities across our sites to support and promote wellbeing
• Regular sports and social activities
• Gym membership discounts
• Reward platform (high street discounts, employee benefits, health, and wellbeing offerings).
• Recruitment referral bonus scheme
• Excellent learning & development opportunities
• Great working environment with free, onsite car parking across all our locations
  
  

Security Clearance Requirements

Due to the nature of our business, our staff need to be able to obtain UK Security Clearance as a mandated requirement. Therefore, if successful, you will need to provide proof of identity, employment history and right to work in the UK, along with proof of UK residency for at least five years.