Production Technician 6month FTC
Holt Engineering
Location: Southampton, UK
Salary: £33,000 – £36,000
We are looking for a hands-on Production Technician to join a manufacturing team in a medium-volume, low-mix environment. This role involves the assembly, testing, troubleshooting, and repair of electromechanical assemblies, working closely with production engineering to support continuous improvement and efficiency.
This is a practical, quality-focused role suited to someone with experience in electronic assembly and troubleshooting, who enjoys working with bench equipment, circuit boards, and hand soldering.
Key Responsibilities
- Assemble, disassemble, test, troubleshoot, and repair electromechanical assemblies.
- Carry out troubleshooting of electronic assemblies using bench equipment such as multimeters and oscilloscopes.
- Perform hand soldering of discrete surface mount components.
- Work from blueprints, schematics, sketches, manuals, samples, and general instructions.
- Manufacture products to customer expectations while minimising waste and scrap.
- Identify faults in electronic and control equipment and support corrective actions.
- Remove and replace defective or failed parts.
- Maintain safe and clean working practices.
- Support junior technicians where required and check quality of work.
- Experience in manufacturing, ideally in a medium-volume, low-mix environment.
- Strong knowledge of electronic assembly, redesign, and troubleshooting.
- Able to read blueprints, schematics, and specifications.
- Comfortable using circuit boards and test equipment.
- Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
- Good verbal and written communication skills.
- Able to work independently and as part of a team.
- Legally authorised to work in the UK.
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