Job Title Assembly Operator
Job Location Brighton
Job ID 22840
About this opportunity and L3Harris UK
From 11 UK sites our team of over 1000 people deliver unique capabilities across air land sea space and cyber for military security and commercial customers worldwide.
L3Harris in Brighton are part of Release Systems and the Mission Avionics sector operating in the Aerospace domain. We specialise in high performance electromechanical systems and pneumatic technology for airborne weapon carriage release.
A few of our employee benefits are:
- Half day finish on a Friday
- 25 days holiday per year (plus bank holidays) increasing with long service and with the opportunity to buy/sell up to 5 days
- Private medical insurance with optional family cover
- Pension scheme of up to 7 employer contribution
- Life Assurance 4x salary (flexible up to 10x)
- Group income protection
- Flexible optin extras such as a health care cash plan dental insurance gym membership critical illness cover and cycle to work scheme
- Employee assistance program providing mental health and wellbeing support
What the role will involve
The responsibilities of your role will include the following:
- Build and test precision electro/mechanical motors andvarious other precision components used on aircraftsto drawing and relevant quality requirements.
- Assemblies include solder wires tags components to boards or terminals bearing fitting measurement of shaft radial and end play.
- Carry out electrical test and inspection to drawings and specification using appropriate equipment such as oscilloscopes multimetres vibration rigs and environmental ovens.
- Asses returns for repair/refurbishment and determine repair requirements DIRs (Defect Investigation Report). Strip clean test and rebuild to specification.
- Complete test documentation and all relevant paperwork and maintain traceability of individual parts.
- Assist in training other members of staff when required.
- To personnel manage within authorised limits when supervisor is absent
- To support design department in trials and preproduction units.
- To liaise and support MED (Manufacturing Engineering Dpt) in the writing of the manufacturing process (route card narrative and plannings). offer process improvement and ensure a smooth transition of first batches of production units from design.
What youll bring
The role of Assembly Operator requires the following experience and skills:
- Experience working in electro/mechanical field with proven fitting skills
- Experience in using precision measuring equipment and electronic test equipment such as: DMM Meggers oscilloscope power suppliers etc.
Important to know
Due to the nature of our work many our roles require a UK nationality and the ability to obtain a security clearance. Applicants who accept a conditional offer of employment must meet the requirement of right to work in the UK and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information and will be subject to government security checks.