Wiring Harness Technician Apprentice

The trainee wiring harness technician role will be expected to build wiring harnesses on a day-to-day basis. Most of your apprenticeship is spent working, learning on the job by getting hands-on experience.

Requirements

• GCSE in English (grade 4/C or above)
• GCSE in Maths (grade 4/C or above)
• Communication skills
• Attention to detail
• Organisation skills
• Customer care skills
• Problem solving skills
• Team working
• Initiative

Responsibilities

• Build, from a detailed drawing, sealed system wiring harnesses in a production environment to a high quality and in a timely manner
• Prototype on car and build first harness with minimal information to specify components for volume production builds
• Make recommendations during builds to ensure best practice and HCI Codes of Practice are always followed
• Full training will be provided
• Follow health and safety regulations, standards, and guidance
• Follow procedures in line with environmental and sustainability regulations, standards, and guidance
• Comply with engineering standards and regulations (e.g. BS, ISO, EN)
• Analyse engineering and manufacturing data and information to support technical outputs (e.g. read and interpret text, data, engineering drawings, work instructions, method statements, operation manuals)
• Apply scientific, technical or engineering principles
• Apply problem solving techniques to solutions for identified technical problems
• Organise, plan and prioritise workflow and scheduling of work with stakeholders
• Identify, organise and use resources to complete tasks, considering cost, quality, safety, security and environmental impact
• Produce job specific technical outputs (e.g. engineering drawings, quality control management, computer control programming, business improvement, adverse incident reports, technical investigations, equipment appraisals and specifications)
• Provide support and guidance for handover of work to stakeholders (e.g. checklists, product or process status, access to supporting documents)
• Record information - paper based or electronic (e.g. energy usage, equipment service records, test results, handover documents, checklists)
• Follow standard operating procedures
• Follow manufacturer's instructions (e.g. safe instructions for use of products, processes and machinery)
• Apply quality assurance and control principles and practices (e.g. conduct physical checks, take samples, inspections or tests)
• Apply continuous improvement techniques
• Apply team working principles
• Communicate in writing with others (e.g. stakeholders, colleagues, and managers)
• Communicate with others verbally (e.g. colleagues and stakeholders)
• Use information and digital technology
• Comply with GDPR and cyber security regulations and policies
• Carry out and record learning and development activities
• Apply equity, diversity and inclusion procedures