We are AMS. We are a global total workforce solutions firm; we enable organisations to thrive in an age of constant change by building, re-shaping, and optimising workforces. Our Contingent Workforce Solution (CWS) is one of our service offerings; we act as an extension of Rolls-Royces’ recruitment team and provide professional interim and temporary resources.
We are looking for a number of Laboratory Technicians for a 12-month contract based in Bristol on behalf of Rolls-Royce who develop cutting-edge technologies that deliver clean, safe and competitive solutions to meet the planet’s vital power needs.

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE:

You will support the manufacturing process applicable to manufacture across a wide range of products, processes and suppliers. You will instruct, develop and scrutinise manufacturing ‘special processes’ such as metallurgical joining processes (EBW & TIG), diffusion bonding, chemical processes (cleaning, etching), and non-destructive testing (FPI, X-ray).

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

• Support coating and machining processes (e.g. aluminising, Pt plating, LVPS and APS plasma spray and PVD coatings, EDM/LASER, heat treatment, brazing, grinding and TIG welding
• Attend project and technical meetings. Take actions and work with the wider RR and supplier team to progress these to a close.
• Support quality issue investigations and process improvements within RR and external supply chain using appropriate non-conformance investigation tools.
• Support RR internal specification update by liaising with internal teams and external suppliers.
• Review and assess data cards for acceptability against the external and internal specifications.
• Review method change request documentation. Provide technical risk assessment of the change and propose validation actions to mitigate risks.
• Critically review and assess submitted data against the specification documents. Summarise this in technical report format to present conclusions and recommendations back to the submitter.
• Occasional supplier visits will be required.
• Lead the minimum standards assessment for special processes within the Bristol Turbines Laboratory.
• Support heat treatment Lab special process owner tasks.
• Support metallurgical assessments through the Bristol Turbines Laboratory.
• Support NADCAP/Internal Audits and drive completion of non-conformance reports.