Materials Analysis is an Oxford Instruments Business Unit that manages our Electron Microscopy and Mechanical Microscopy products, Atomic Force Microscopes, Raman Microscopes and Benchtop NMR Products. We are part of the wider Oxford Instruments Group that also includes Andor Technology, NanoScience, Plasma Technology and X-Ray Technology. With a sixty-year history, and fourteen Queen’s Awards for Enterprise, our world-class products and technologies are helping our customers to address the greatest challenges of the 21st century.

ALONG WITH LEARNING AND COMPLETING RELEVANT COURSEWORK, YOUR ROLE HERE AT OXFORD INSTRUMENTS, MATERIALS ANALYSIS WILL INVOLVE GAINING PRACTICAL SKILLS ON OUR PRODUCTION FLOOR, RESPONSBILITIES INCLUDE:

• Attend off the job academic training at a college of further education selected by the company.
• Complete all coursework, logbooks and on the job hours required for the NVQ and BTEC qualifications in a timely manner.
• Problem and fault finding – you will be able to diagnose basic assembly and test problems and propose effective solutions.
• Operate only within the Quality policy and adherence to SOP procedures.
• Recognise customers, both internal and external and strive to fully satisfy their needs.
• Undertake additional tasks requested by the Team Leader.
• Health and Safety – you will learn the importance of health and safety in our environment, become familiar with all of the policies and regulations and adhere to our health and safety requirements at all times.
• MRP (Manufacturing Resource Planning) – you will undertake the common foundation training and have the ability to use MRP tools as part of cell work.