Position Overview
We are recruiting for a Technical Administrator on contract for a leading Defence organisation based in their Bolton offices.
The main focus of the role will be to manage all parts used in the calibration & maintenance of bespoke test systems on site. This will need to be managed in the SAP system.
Working as part of a small Control Team within the wider Calibration & Maintenance department, you will produce and review technical reports for the management of spares and look at introducing better working practices on how we control them within SAP.
Key Responsibilities
- Managing spares.
- From COTS (commercial off the shelf) down to components such as ICs, connector savers & service kits.
- Creation of calibration and service kits and redeployment back into our stock holding.
- Creation of material masters within our SAP management system.
- Working with engineers to ascertain minimum/maximum quantity levels.
- Organisation of current stock and regular stock taking.
- Ordering of new stock.
- Using Jira to notify people of where items are up to.
- Assisting the Control Team Lead in the management of critical spares.
- Liaising with relevant Engineering functions to determine their requirements.
- Deploying critical spares packages and managing calibration requirements to minimise downtime to production.
- Providing SAP training and producing documentation for calibration and maintenance specific activities for the control team.
- Dealing with external contractors – risk assessments, booking with security and reception etc.
Qualifications
- Experience and knowledge of managing spares.
- Working knowledge of the SAP (Systems Applications and Products in data processing) enterprise resource planning system.
- Good analytical and problem‑solving skills.
- Experience in creating and managing material masters and minimum/maximum levels.
- Good understanding of calibration principles and processes would be beneficial.
- SAP experience would be beneficial but not essential – happy to train applicants on this providing they have a decent level of IT experience.
