
Manufacturing Technician - Weekend Shift - 12 month Fixed Term Contract
Department:Manufacturing
Type:ON-SITE
Region:Galway
Location:Tuam, County Galway, Ireland
Experience:Mid-Senior level
Estimated Salary:€35,000 - €45,000
Skills:
ELECTRONIC ENGINEERINGICT PLATFORMGPIBRS232PCIO INTERFACESC++WINDOWSUNIX PROGRAMMINGAUTOMOTIVE PROTOCOLSK-LINECANLINSMTDEPRAG AUTO SCREW-INSERTIONPNEUMATIC CONTROL SYSTEMSIN-CIRCUIT TESTFUNCTIONAL TESTPC BASED TESTING
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Job Description
Posted on: April 30, 2026
Mission
- Working as part of the production Team provide sufficient support to allow the consistent achievement of the OEE(overall equipment efficiency) and TLR(total line rejects) targets
- Preventative Maintenance tasks to be completed on schedule
Responsibilities
- Adhere to Valeo safe-working requirements: wearing of PPE, LOTO procedure, knowledge of and/or participation in emergency response teams, maintenance of machines in safe condition, maintenance of equipment safety features. Follow-up on safety-related tasks as assigned.
- Provide a level of support to Production so that the OEE and TLR targets are consistently achieved :
- Respond to unscheduled downtime/defective-product situations promptly :
- Be able to specify/document/communicate the problem clearly [5W2H]
- Be able to put an effective Containment in place : return the process to making good parts. Follow up with permanent corrective action as required.
- Adhere to Line QRQC(Quick response quality control) standard.
- Application of escalation procedure
- Establish the root cause. Application of logical thinking. Be able to use equipment schematics, manuals, etc in the course of establishing root cause. Adhere to troubleshooting standards.
- Correct the problem
- Log all equipment downtime and generate downtime reports each shift
- Support TPM (total productive maintenance) process
- Document and communicate all spare parts consumed. Highlight any spare parts related issues.
- Work with spare parts technician to optimise spare parts inventory, cost, supplier reduction, etc
- Ensure the relevant information is shared effectively across all shifts and among all required groups.
- Ensure an effective shift handover occurs at the start/end of each shift
- Complete preventative maintenance (PM) tasks to schedule. Update PM records. Ensure spares/consumables required for PM-activity are in stock.
- Adhere to 5S requirements in both production and technician work areas.
- Feedback to the relevant engineers issues concerning the performance of equipment.
- Support initiatives to improve process/equipment performance
- Support initiatives to reduce setup and changeover times
- Provide training to other technicians.
- The company has the right to request an employee to be flexible in his/her duties.
Education
- What education and education level are necessary for the position?
Education: Certificate/Diploma Electronic Engineering (or equivalent). Additional training will be provided on the jobTraining
- Agilent i5000 ICT platform
- GPIB, RS232 and PCIO interfaces
- C++, Windows, UNIX programming
- Knowledge of automotive protocols (K-Line, CAN and LIN)
- SMT
- Deprag auto screw-insertion
- Knowledge of pneumatic control systems
- Experience of automotive-electronics manufacturing standards
ProfessionalExperience
- How many years of professional experience in a specific professional area are required for the position?
- 2-3 Years working in a manufacturing environment. Preferably in Electronics Industry.
- Working knowledge of both in-circuit and functional test
- Strong background in PC based testing (Software, Hardware installation)
Originally posted on LinkedIn
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