Calibration Engineer
Posted 1 day ago by Gold Group Ltd
£50 Per hour
Outside
Onsite
Huddersfield, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The Calibration Engineer role based in Huddersfield involves leading calibration activities within an engineering consultancy. The position requires managing calibration processes, ensuring compliance with ISO 9001:2015 standards, and liaising with third-party laboratories. Candidates must possess relevant experience in calibration and quality control, along with necessary certifications and skills in mechanical engineering. UK citizenship and SC clearance are mandatory for this contract position.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide daily leadership of all Calibration related activities.
- Support maintenance and governance of ISO 9001:2015 Management systems.
- Monitor quality policies and practices for compliance with legislation and customer requirements.
- Manage calibration department processes and procedures.
- Calibrate measuring equipment in a controlled environment.
- Liaise with third-party calibration laboratories and OEMs.
- Research and procure suitable measuring equipment.
Key Skills:
- Experience in ISO9001:2015 or equivalent Management systems.
- Apprenticeship in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent.
- Experience in Calibration, Quality, or Quality Control.
- Strong dimensional and analytical skills.
- Ability to read and understand mechanical drawings and GD&T.
- Experience with high tolerances and both metric and imperial measurement systems.
- Computer literate with Microsoft Office proficiency.
- Good written and verbal communication skills.
Salary (Rate): £50.00/hr
City: Huddersfield
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: on-site
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: Mid-Level
Industry: Engineering
Job Title: Calibration Engineer
Location: Huddersfield – On-site
Role Type: Contract
Duration : 12 months
Rate: £40.00 - £50.00 per hour – Outside IR35
Our client, an established engineering services consultancy, require an experienced Calibration Engineer to join their multi-disciplined team working on-site in Huddersfield. UK citizenship is mandatory to be able to clear the background checks and obtain SC clearance. Current valid SC clearance would be an advantage.
What the role of the Calibration Engineer entails:
- Provide daily leadership of all Calibration related activities in the business.
- Support maintenance and governance of the ISO 9001:2015 Management systems alongside customer and legislative requirements, ensuring its continuing effectiveness by formal systematic auditing in the function.
- Support the monitoring of the organisations Quality, policies and practices being implemented consistently across the function and verifying compliance to applicable legislation, regulations, standards, and customer requirements is maintained, including providing a service to the relevant value stream in relation to quality aspects of order enquiries and contracts.
- Management of the calibration department, processes, and procedures.
- Calibration of measuring equipment using known master gauges in a temperature controlled clean environment: Gauges, Air Gauges, Gear and spline gauges, screw gauges, general inspection equipment (Micrometer, Dial test indicator, torque wrenches, verniers, height gauges, stick micrometers), Metrology Equipment.
- Management and liaison with 3rd party accredited calibration laboratories and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to calibrate measuring equipment onsite and offsite such as: CMMs, Gear testers, Laser trackers, Laser scanners, surface roughness testers, electronic equipment, flow meters, instrumentation (Noise, vibration, temperature, flow, pressure), torque wrenches, load cells large manual measuring equipment, master gauges, fixed gauges, NDT equipment.
- Working with departments leaders to research, assess and procure the most suitable type and brands of measuring equipment accounting for accuracy, ease of use and cost effectiveness.
What experience you need to be the successful Calibration Engineer:
- Experience in ISO9001:2015 or equivalent Management systems.
- Apprenticeship in related field of study (Mechanical Engineering or equivalent), experience in a discipline of all or some of the following – Calibration, Quality, Quality Control.
- Experience of working in an Engineering environment.
- Auditor certified to ISO9001:2015 or equivalent.
- Experience in a quality control role with strong dimensional and analytical skills.
- Experience of reading and understanding detailed mechanical drawings, and Geometric Dimension and Tolerancing (GD&T) is essential.
- Experience of high tolerances, complex components, and both metric and imperial measurement systems.
- Experience in manufacturing inspection, final inspection, goods inwards inspection, or similar experience.
- Knowledge or experience of calibrating measuring equipment.
- Experience in industry standard measurement systems and measurement methodologies in mechanical engineering or manufacturing related industries.
- Computer literate with use of Microsoft Office.
- Good written and verbal communication skills.
This really is a fantastic opportunity for a Calibration Engineer to progress their career. If you are interested please apply as soon as possible as this position will be filled quickly so don't miss out!