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Repair centre Lead Technician

Owen Daniels
Posted 13 hours ago, valid for 22 days
Location

Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire GL20 8QW

Contract type

Full Time

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  • The Repair Centre Lead Technician position in Tewkesbury offers a salary of £38,000.
  • The role requires a strong electronic background and hands-on repair experience, ideally with previous supervisory experience.
  • Key responsibilities include maintaining repair logs, documenting processes, training technicians, and conducting fault diagnostics.
  • Candidates should possess problem-solving skills, be IPC-A-610 certified, and have experience with diagnostic equipment and soldering fine-pitch components.
  • Strong communication skills and the ability to work with urgency while paying attention to detail are essential for this role.
Job Title:  Repair centre Lead TechnicianLocation: TewkesburySalary: £38,000Job SummaryOur client in Tewkesbury is a leading technology organisation seeking a talented individual to support with repairs and maintenance of the product range. Ideally you will have a strong electronic background and hands on repair experience as well as excellent communication skills to liaise with customers in a technical manner.Specific Job Responsibilities
  • Effective maintenance of the global internal repair logs whilst recognising the value of thorough data capture for continuous improvement
  • Standardise and document the repair process including creating videos & tutorials to reduce the time to repair
  • Train and educate remote repair technicians
  • Proactive communication with customers repairs facilities to improve the quality of incoming fault reports and reduce the number of unnecessary returns
  • Thorough fault finding and diagnostics of product failures to component level
  • Administration of repairs in terms of goods receipt, sales orders & customer acknowledgment
  • Timely completion of high-quality product repairs & documentation
  • Always maintaining safe working practices e.g. soldering
  • Highlight repeat failure modes to engineering and management for continuous improvement
  • Monthly information sharing meeting with engineering
  • Support the incoming inspection of product from our sub-contractors
  • Timely creation of inspection reports & feedback to sub-contractors
  • Recognise direct link between incoming quality, field failures & repairs
  • Create & maintain a PAT testing schedule
  • Support continuous improvement through 5S
  • Undertake other tasks that maybe reasonably required by the business
Travel Requirements
  • Visits to our sub-contractors & Global repair facilities may be required.
Required Qualifications & Experience
  • Natural flair for problem solving & diagnostics of electronic circuits to component level
  • HNC or equivalent in electronics engineering would be desirable
  • IPC-A-610 certified & experience of electronics component handling
  • Experience of diagnostic equipment e.g. multi-meters & oscilloscopes etc
  • Experienced in the soldering of fine-pitch electronic components
  • Previous supervisory experience is preferred.
  • MS Office tools experience
  • Competencies
  • Technically competent with a strong hands-on approach.
  • Strong verbal communication and active listening skills
  • Patience, time management & leadership skills and the ability to prioritise tasks
  • Ability to always work with a sense of urgency and with attention to detail
For more information please contact Grady Izatt on or email

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