Job Description Summary

GE - Renewable Energy would like to recruit a Manufacturing Team Member to work at our facility in Stafford. Stafford SMS Production department are looking for a skilled person with experience in the manufacture and repair of Electronic Protection and Control devices. Therefore meeting our customers exacting lead times and standards. The successful candidate will contribute to the execution of production assembly, inspection and test whilst adhering to lean methodologies.

They will have experience working with test specifications and work instructions. Be able to interpret circuit diagrams and wiring schedules.
Applicants must have experience, knowledge, and skills in electronics.

This role could also suit a person with, for example, a relevant City & Guilds / Diploma qualification or higher.

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities:

To contribute to the Manufacture, Test and inspection of Electronic Protection and Control devices.
To diagnose device failures down to component level and aid with the route cause analysis and rectification.
Follow safety standards. Identify near misses and unsafe conditions, and act and report to immediate mentor, team leader or supervisor.
Follow working instructions for specific operations in order to ensure production according to quality standards. Flag process problems to the team leader, and take ownership of quality performance without reliance of the firewall.
Organise work to achieve individual objectives while demonstrating commitment to meet team objectives.
Demonstrate the importance of meeting costs, time and quality requirements of the job by always striving to achieve them.
Identify any potential job delays that will cause deviation to the standard process, and act and report to immediate mentor, team leader or supervisor.
Maintain a tidy area, put tools in their proper place, keep working areas free from hazards.
Seek to understand received job information and make improvements. Help to meeting requirements of standard cycle time and man hours.
Conduct daily 5S inspections as required. Support Kaizen workshops and continuous improvement activities as required. Provide feedback to team leader or supervisor on information on lessons learnt, and provide, support implementation of improvement ideas in the allocated area of work.
Perform time registration accordingly to guidelines, clock on and off at correct times, and respect working hours. Communicate task completion according to guidelines.

Key Skills / Requirements:

Able to fault find electronic circuits down to component level.
The ability to understand wiring schematics and circuit diagrams.
The ability to use a wide variety of test equipment (oscilloscope, multi-meter, function generators etc)
Experience working within an electronic test/repair position.
Familiar with root cause analysis techniques.Experience working in a fast-paced automotive manufacturing environment is an advantage.
Knowledge of LEAN manufacturing.