Calibration Technician
Shorterm Group
Posted 4 hours ago, valid for 21 days
Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire ST41AA, England

£25,000 - £30,000 per annum
Full Time
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Calibration Technician
As the demand for rail transport continues to grow, it plays a crucial role in reducing road congestion and lowering the UK's carbon footprint. To support this progress, we are committed to maintaining our Rolling Stock to the highest standards-ensuring safety, efficiency, and reliability.
To achieve this, we are expanding our technical team and seeking to engage with a confident team player within our daily operations in Stoke.
About the Role
Working in a Safety Critical Environment demands certain standards in ensuring our Rolling Stock are maintained to the highest calibre. To ensure that this takes place our tools and equipment is likewise expected to be of the highest quality and to this end we are looking to engage a new member of staff to provide services in maintaining our tools and calibration records across the business.
The role requires a self-starter who is well organised and experienced in maintaining tools and equipment plus document savvy to ensure that accurate records are kept and made available to senior management within the business. Areas of activity/responsibility could include:
* Maintain an up-to-date Calibration database including calibration certificates and historic records for tooling and equipment.
* Perform calibration of DBC tooling and equipment to required industry standards.
* Liaise with 3rd party suppliers for any calibration activities not covered in house to ensure certification of all equipment is maintained.
* Source new or replacement tooling and equipment for any failures or new business requirements.
* Liaise with various maintenance departments to ensure items due are sent to Stoke in a timely manner to ensure tooling cannot drop out of calibration.
* Monitor costs relating to replacement or repairs to tooling to ensure areas or customers are cross charged.
* Monitoring our DCS system for documents currently issued across DBCM locations and communicate any new or updated requirements to local managers.
* Monitor Paper documents issued at Stoke Depot and remove or update with changed issued in DCS.
* Locate and issue any Documents requested by Stoke Production Management.
We are looking for a mechanically biased fitter/technician with an overbearing of enthusiasm and a desire to work within the Rail Industry. Delivering compliance for their tooling and equipment, ensuring calibration and testing is up to date with all records maintained.
The successful applicant will have had previous experience in managing calibration and testing, plus maintaining all physical and online records relating to testing and maintenance
Salary: Basic earnings of 30,352.00 per annum, plus overtime and an excellent benefits package.
Environment
A busy, heavy industrial, manufacturing environment. Emphasis on Health & Safety and delivery of a quality product.
Excellent working environment
All tooling and PPE provided
Plenty of parking on site
Take the Next Step in Your Career
This is an excellent opportunity to transition into the thriving rail industry. To express your interest, please contact Mark Smith at (phone number removed) or send your CV to (url removed).
Join us and be part of an industry that is shaping the future of sustainable transport in the UK.
Offers made will be based on a Temp2Perm opportunity, this means that at the end of a 13-week period of probation if you have met the grade then a permanent offer of employment will be made to you. All offers made will be on the proviso that you can pass a NWR related Medical and Drug & Alcohol Test