Test Facility Assistant

Number of employees

250

Kemble, Canada

Posted on: 2022-12-15

Category: transportation

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Employment type:

Full time

Experience required:

Intermediate

Salary

Salary not provided

About the company:

Revolutionising urban air mobility and electrifying air travel

Why work with us? 

We at Vertical Aerospace are pushing the boundaries of what is possible, creating technology to achieve sustainable air travel like never before. Vertical comprises a world-class team of leaders, experts, engineers who're all striving towards the same goal, to make air travel personal, on-demand, and carbon free. This is your chance to be a part of this extraordinary team.

Vertical is one the world’s leading eVTOL businesses, and a pioneer of this ground-breaking new segment, which marks the beginning of sustainable aviation. 

Founded in 2016, Vertical uniquely combines the best of the aerospace, Formula 1 and automotive industries and has become one of only seven companies globally to have successfully flown multiple full-scale eVTOL prototypes.  The VX4, is a world-leading fully composite tilt-rotor winged eVTOL that will carry one pilot and four passengers or cargo.  VX4 is in plan to be certified in late 2025, placing the business in the top two companies globally with a commercially viable aircraft capable of spanning intra and intercity passenger and cargo eVTOL markets. 

The Role:

This role will support the operation of our Ground Test Facility at the Cotswold Business Park, Kemble.

You will report to the Test Infrastructure Manger and work with the Test Team technicians to coordinate the effective day-to-day running of our Kemble site. You will work closely with the wider Test and Development team and the other engineering functions using the Kemble site. You will liaise with our Facilities, I.T. and Quality-Heath-Safety-and-Environment departments on day-to-day site matters.

Your responsibilities will include:

  • Procurement (including, consumables, tools, equipment) – ordering, receiving, receipting and storage
  • Liaising with various contractors for minor site works
  • Logistics co-ordination for large deliveries/collections
  • Managing test team assets lists - lifting equipment, tools, test equipment, aircraft parts
  • Arranging tool and equipment calibration
  • Organisation of regular and deep cleaning
  • Supporting routine HSE inspections and management of PPE stocks.
  • Follow up/escalation of H&S issues
  • Managing catering stocks for the site canteen
  • Waste management – arranging collections of scrap parts, scheduling waste tank empties
  • Maintain the site attendance register including monitoring of key roles - key holder, first aid, fire marshal

Experience & Qualifications:

  • The ability to solve new problems in a fast-paced start-up environment
  • Pro-active nature in finding issues and ensuring their resolution, with an eye for continual improvement
  • Competent with Microsoft Applications. Ability to learn new software skills quickly.
  • A background in manufacturing/facilities/workshop environment would be beneficial
  • Be fluent in spoken and written English language 
  • Strong organisational skills.
  • A team player with a can-do attitude who works well in a range of teams.

 

Do you like the look of this opportunity but not sure if you meet all of the criteria we’ve outlined in the advert?

Here at Vertical, we are working to create an environment of growth, diversity and opportunities for people to take on challenges and push the status quo. 

If you are excited about this role or joining us but your experience or qualifications are not completely aligned with the criteria, we would still love to hear from you, this may be the role for you! 

 

This is an on-going advert and interviews will be held on an ad-hoc basis until sufficient applications have been received.

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