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 areas of responsibility are as follows:

• Managing Spares.
• From COTS (commercial off the shelf) down to components eg IC's, connector savers & service kits.
• Creation of calibration and service kits and there redeployment back in to our stock holding.
• Creation of material masters with our SAP management system.
• Working with engineers to ascertain min/max 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 function 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.

What we are looking for:

• 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 min/max levels.
• Whilst not essential, a good understanding of calibration principles and processes would be beneficial.

Dealing with external contractors - Risk assessments, booking with security and reception etc.

SAP Experience would be beneficial but not essential - happy to train applicants on this providing they have a decent level of IT experience.

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