Seattech Workshop Technician

Enable Ireland provides services to over 13,000 children and adults with disabilities and their families from 43 locations in 14 counties.
Covering childhood to adulthood, our expert teams work with the individual and their family on a plan for each life stage.
Our services for children and their families cover all aspects of a child's physical, educational, and social development from early infancy through adolescence.
For adults, we offer a range of services covering personal development, independence, and more.
Skills and attributes
Manufacturing
Production Planning
Description
Would you like to work for a great employer?
Enable Ireland is an organisation that makes a real difference to the lives of children and adults with disabilities in Ireland, and is named as one of Ireland's Irish Independent 150
Best Employers 2024
.
Enable Ireland, as an equal opportunities employer, proudly maintains a Silver Award in Diversity from the Irish Centre for Diversity.
We advocate for fairness, respect, equality, diversity, inclusion, and engagement, and are dedicated to ongoing enhancement in these areas.
We are currently seeking a highly motivated
Technician
to join our team in
Sandymount
.
Contract Type:
Permanent full-time.
Salary Scale:
€43,146 to €48,717 pro-rata per annum.
This pay scale is subject to increases in 2025 in accordance with the recent WRC agreement towards enhanced pay adjustments in Section 39 organisations.
Annual Leave Entitlement:
30 days.
Overall Purpose of the Post:
Our mission at SeatTech is to work with people to provide them with the most appropriate seating, wheelchairs, and positioning equipment to meet their individual needs.
We aim to achieve this by working together as a specialist team of caring individuals, who understand that our success is always determined by the quality of the service we provide to each person.
The purpose of the post is to provide technical expertise, founded on sound engineering principles, to contribute to the delivery of suitable wheelchair seating solutions to people with complex needs.
A specific focus of this role is to help expedite the introduction of digital technologies into the manufacturing processes within SeatTech.
The SeatTech Technician works in partnership with clinical & technical staff in the assessment, fitting, and handover of seating equipment.
The clinician ensures clinical suitability, while the technician ensures manufacturing and technical integrity.
The technician operates efficiently to meet deadlines and ensure high-quality products are delivered timely.
Duties include:
Quality management
Use of 3D scanning & CAD software
Exploration of alternative manufacturing techniques
See full Job Description for more details.
The successful candidate will have:
NFQ Level 7 qualification in engineering or related field, or Level 6 with significant experience (must provide written evidence)
Workshop & machine tools training, minimum 5 years' experience with machine tools and power tools
Technical competence (practical assessment required)
Experience from design to completion of manual technical work
Flexibility and efficiency, ability to work independently and in a team
Full Class B driving license
Eligibility for registration as 'Engineering Technician' with Engineers Ireland
Training/experience in clinical/biomedical applications
Experience with planned preventative maintenance
Commitment to ongoing professional development
Experience with CAD/CAM, specifically CNC milling
If you believe you are suitable, please submit your application today.
As a staff member, you will have access to benefits including:
Training opportunities
Generous annual leave
Long service rewards
Enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoptive leave pay
For full details, please download the Job Description and Person Specification, and complete the online application form.
CVs are not accepted.
Note:
A panel may be formed for similar vacancies during the next 12 months.
The post is subject to reference checks and Garda vetting.
Due to high volume, individual feedback cannot be provided.
Applications are welcomed from all community sections.
Enable Ireland reserves the right to amend this information.
Personal data will be processed in accordance with our privacy policy, and shared with interview providers and panels.
Enable Ireland is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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