Transmission Operator

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Job Description:

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Job Title: Transmission Operator

Salary: £15.07 ph

Location: Shrewsbury

Job Opportunity:

As a Transmission Operator you may be working on both new and remanufactured products for both British and international customers. You will be learning to strip or build a transmission as the business needs.  Taking a dirty used unit and dismantling it or building new from bare castings and individual components into a finished product. You will have the opportunity to expand your experience and knowledge of the Transmission product line up with both in-house and formal training.

Job Responsibilities and Duties:

• Strip and vett of transmissions

• The inspection and vet of castings and components.

• The use of gauges and measuring equipment.

• The safe use of heat and freezing techniques during product assembly.

• Prepare sub-assemblies for main build.

• Perform transmission main build once training has been completed.

• Use a laptop to set up various sensors within a transmission.

• Perform IPV and quality gates within the transmission build process.

• Diagnose problems and apply corrective actions.

• When required support hot test to rectify issues within the test cell.

Skills and Experience:

Candidates will have gained the following skills and experience through previous roles:

• Experience of assembly or mechanical work following a complex written instruction to high quality standards.

• Experience of using hand tools and measuring equipment such as DTIs, Micrometres and Thread Gauges.

• Ability to work well within a team.

• Self discipline to follow simple instructions in Health & Safety and Quality

• Knowledge of auto transmissions with clutch packs (Desirable)

Candidates may have gained the following skills and experience through previous roles:

• A knowledge of Caterpillar Production Systems.

• Basic use of Microsoft applications.

NB. The panel cannot make assumptions when shortlisting therefore please demonstrate your qualifications and experience on your CV relevant to the criteria outlined.

Pending the number of applications, the criteria for the position may be enhanced to facilitate shortlisting.

This job is subject to U.S. and U.K. rules concerning the export and protection of controlled or protected technologies or information, including, but not limited to, U.S. State Department regulations at International Traffic in Arms (ITAR), 22 C.F.R. 120 et. seq.; the Export Administration Regulation, 15 C.F.R. 730-774; and the Foreign Assets Control Regulations, 31 C.F.R. 500-598, and the United Kingdom Official Secrets Act 1989 (collectively, “Export Control and Protection of Information Laws”), and you may be subjected to additional security screening / checking.

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