Category: Job Opportunity

Retronix have an exciting, opportunity for an experienced Engineering Manager to come and join our growing team in our Head Office in Coatbridge, Glasgow.  This is a dual role encompassing hands on Engineering requirements, skills, and knowledge as well as proven R&D capability of delivering new process ideas and concepts to the market. It would suit a driven individual who is looking to join a forward thinking fast- paced company on a permanent basis. 

Retronix offers a unique set of technology solutions aimed at reducing manufacturing costs and solving technical issues faced by High Reliability, Military, Avionics and Commercial Electronics sectors.  We work in partnership with our customers, who operate throughout the electronics component supply chain, to provide technical expertise in tackling industry challenges such as component shortage, obsolescence, tin whiskers, and PCB requiring specialist rework.

Originating in the UK and USA we are a global service provider with a world class reputation as a solutions provider and technical process innovator.

Our quality and innovation are the two main reasons that our company has been – and continues to be – successful.

Some of our main customers include Thales, Leonardo, BAE, Martin Baker. 

Within this position, you will be responsible but not limited to the below tasks:

Main Duties & Responsibilities:

• Managing a team of 3 engineers.
• Responsible for the efficient operation of all facility equipment, machinery, and processes.
• Manage engineering team to support factory equipment, facilities, and infrastructure including all maintenance, calibration and engineering activities required to support our AS9100D.
• Research and recommend new technologies/equipment to improve efficiency and provide new options to our existing and potential customers.
• Work with Internal personnel on R&D/Innovation Projects as main design contributor.
• Organise and manage trials to support innovative ideas & concepts.
• Plan all engineering projects using planning tools and software, produce regular reports and updates on progress to management team.
• Produce accurate professional engineering reports to customers and internal personnel.
• Work with external suppliers to deliver all necessary equipment, expertise and service to organisation.
• Work with Operations Management to ensure Engineering team is organised, meeting project deadlines, and meeting business engineering requirements.
• Managing team to interface with production manager & production supervisors to implement improvements.
• Develop and recommend solutions to improve output rate per hour or materials yield in conjunction with the Process & Quality Engineering.
• Design, develop and validate processes from concept through to successful commercialisation.
• Develop process improvements for high efficiency and support equipment utilisation targets 

Knowledge and Skills: 

• 7+ years Engineering Management Experience with a proven track record of managing resources to successfully complete projects and meet company engineering requirements.
• PCBA or high-volume electronics products manufacturing experience an advantage.
• Degree Qualified.
• Knowledge of solder and Chemical composition desirable.
• Knowledge is of electronic assembly environments is desirable.
• Experience of AS9100 Quality Standard or similar desirable.
• Proven ability to deliver results from R&D concepts through to process implementation.
• Demonstratable problem solving skills.
• Able to apply hands on engineering skill but also manage other projects from design of experiments, trials, validation and commissioning
• Must show ability to be an innovative thinker who is willing to apply knowledge and skill into developing a concept.
• Proficiency in MS Office, Word, PowerPoint and Excel and Project Planning Software.
• Competent is using databases, systems.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to multi-task.

Salary- Negotiable depending on experience

Monday- Friday working hours

Immediate start

How do I apply and what is the interview process?

We would love to hear from you! To apply for this opportunity please email a copy of your CV to hrsupport@retronix.com and include your contact phone number and email address. If you are successful and proceed to the interview stage of the process, we will contact you to arrange an onsite interview with you, during which time you will have the opportunity. 

Retronix is looking for a Planning System Development Intern. 

• Location: Coatbridge, Glasgow
• Commences: Mid-July 2021
• Contract Type: Temporary
• Contract Hours: Full Time
• Remuneration/ Pay rate: £8.80-£9.50 per hour
• Internship Objective: To develop a Production Planning tool for a Complex Multi-Variable Operation.

An exciting opportunity for a student or recent graduate to join our Retronix team. As a student intern, you would join us for 2 months of full-time work followed by the possibility of flexible part-time working arrangement once the term restarts.  If you are seeking work experience following the completion of your studies we would love to hear from you too as we are able to offer this opportunity as a 3-4 month full-time role for the right candidate. There is potential for continued employment following this period for a candidate who is successful in their role. 

What does Retronix do?

Retronix offers a unique set of technology solutions aimed at making high reliability electronics more reliable and reducing manufacturing costs by PCB/IC Repair and recycling. Retronix HQ is in Coatbridge, Scotland which is where the internship will be based.

What does the internship opportunity mean for you? 

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to head a very exciting project with support and guidance from other members of the team. The project objective is to develop a production planning tool for a complex multi-variable operation to accommodate our growing production operation. This challenging but exciting project would be best suited to candidates studying supply chain, mathematics, statistics or computer and information science. A high degree of numeracy and computing skills is desired as this will form the foundation of the project, as it is expected to be excel based. Knowledge of functions such as “solver” would benefit candidates. 

What skills can you expect to develop?

• You will have the opportunity to develop your leadership skills as you take lead on the project.
• As one of the main contributors to this project, you can expect to gain valuable logical thinking and problem-solving skills as you sort and sequence variables with the ultimate goal of achieving a sophisticated yet easy-to-use tool that will manage the planning of customer orders.
• You will gain an interesting insight into our company and production processes while developing your organisational skills as you work with many data elements such as customer orders, quantities, delivery due dates, component types, routings, capacities, manning, work hours, and machine rates during the creation of the production planning tool.
• In addition to this, you can expect to gain/develop valuable team-working and communication skills as you spend time in our factory, speaking with experienced operators, supervisors, technicians and engineers while gathering the information required to complete the project.
• You can also expect to develop time management skills as this will be key to ensure that the project goals are met within the allocated time period. 

Want to know more about the project? 

• The project is expected to be excel based.
• The end goal for the production planning tool is that it will have the ability to take all available data each day and adjust current work in progress, add new orders received and new prioritisations to create a production plan that is optimised for best customer delivery and factory utilisation.
• While using your skills to develop the tool, logical thinking will be at the forefront as there can be several hundred orders and each order can have multiple order lines at any one time, with several hundreds of component types that would be processed thru varying production stages and yet meet on-time delivery goals.
• The tool should ultimately provide easy-to-read management reports and highlight exceptions such as any orders delayed at a production stage beyond expected processing times thus providing the operation with alerts for action to solve and retain the committed customer delivery dates.
• The tool would import and export data with other factory systems and would be extended to our newly opened US operation after first released in our UK headquarter operation.
• While this is a challenging project, you are sure to be using and developing desirable employment skills at all times. While you will be required to work independently on many elements of the tool, you will receive support and guidance from team members throughout the process. 
• We are confident that the opportunity to experience many different elements of our production process will provide an interesting opportunity for the successful candidate.

What are the working hours and pay?

We anticipate that this role would be for a minimum of 2 months on full time hours followed by a flexible working arrangement when the term restarts for those returning to University. For a graduate we would be able to offer this as a full time role for 3 – 4 months. Working hours total 38hrs per week. Anticipated working days/hours as follows: 8am – 4:30pm (Monday-Thursday) and 8am – 2pm (Friday). Remuneration/Pay rate: £8.80-£9.50 per hour.

How do I apply and what is the interview process?

We would love to hear from you! To apply for this internship please email a copy of your CV to Laura.Perkins@retronix.com and include your contact phone number and email address. If you are successful and proceed to the interview stage of the process, we will contact you to arrange an onsite interview with you, during which time you will have the opportunity to learn more about the project and ask any questions which you may have. Application closing date is the 16th of July but you may be asked to attend an interview prior to the closing date.