Contract Test Technician

4 days ago

ShorehambySea, West Sussex, United Kingdom Ricardo Full time


Overview

Role: Test Technician - Contract

Location: Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex

Role ID:

Our vision is to create a safe and sustainable world.

Ricardo, member of WSP, is a global strategic, environmental, and engineering consulting company. With over 100 years of engineering excellence and employing close to 3,000 employees in more than 20 countries, we provide exceptional levels of expertise in delivering leading-edge and innovative cross-sector sustainable products and solutions. Every day, we enable our customers to solve the most complex and dynamic challenges to help achieve a safe and sustainable world.

The Role

We are looking for a confident and competent person with a strong background in test, mechanical fitting and vehicle systems. Working closely with the other members of the team, your role will be to plan, install, commission and deliver test and development programs within the STC Test and Facility Operations.

Key Responsibilities

  • Fit transmissions, adaptors and driveline components to test rigs or engines on dyno test cells
  • Liaise with technicians, engineers and managers working on test programs
  • Conduct engine testing on engine dyno and or chassis dyno
  • Basic engine test data analysis and fault diagnostics

Key Competencies and Experience

  • Strong mechanical fitting skills with hands-on experience in rotating machinery such as test rigs, transmissions, axles, and engines.

  • Proven ability to build, strip, and assemble transmissions, engines, or other complex mechanical systems.

  • Basic understanding of test data, with the ability to interpret results and communicate findings effectively to engineers.

  • Competent in using workshop equipment (e.g. lathe, milling machine, pillar drill, welder) with sound metalworking skills.

  • Flexible and proactive approach, able to undertake unfamiliar tasks with minimal supervision.

  • Thorough understanding of and adherence to strict health and safety standards.

  • Experience in engine testing on dynamometers and familiarity with engine test equipment and software (e.g. STARS, MEXA, Indi, INCA).

  • Knowledge of engine development, validation, and test (DVT) procedures.

  • Strong team player with the ability to integrate and collaborate effectively within small technical teams.

  • Willingness to work off-site for short periods, including at other Ricardo or customer locations in the UK and overseas.

Desirable Competencies and Experience

  • Experience of instrumentation and logging systems.
  • Experience of test rig controls systems – N.I./DSG/STARS.
  • Experience of test bed calibration processes.

Working here

You will be warmly welcomed into our workplace where every voice matters. We are diverse thinkers and doers, coming together to create a culture of inclusion. We will support you to find your place.

We will encourage you to use your passion and expertise to make a positive impact through the projects you work on.  Your knowledge and desire to bring about change will be invaluable in helping deliver innovative solutions that support communities across the globe in becoming safer and more sustainable.

Work life balance 

We offer flexible approaches to work, whether that is working from home, being in the office, or as a hybrid worker. We're happy to discuss flexible working arrangements. Wellbeing is at the core to our culture, allowing employees to flourish and to achieve their full potential.

Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion statement

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person's potential, and we'll help you reach yours. We have an ambitious diversity, equality, and inclusion approach as explained here. We value diversity; recognising that a more diverse workforce creates a richer and more varied working environment. Diversity also drives innovation, by allowing us to offer our clients the best consultancy service that we can. As part of our commitment to engage positively and pro-actively with all our employees and to ensure an inclusive culture, we are a recognised as a 'disability confident' employer.

Next steps

Once you have submitted your application a member of our Recruitment Team will be in touch. Please be aware that the timing can vary dependent on the volume of applications that we receive for each role and in some cases, we may start to review applications prior to the closing date.

Ricardo is a Disability confident employer please advise the recruitment team via  if you require any adjustments to support you throughout the recruitment process.

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