Additive Manufacturing Engineer

Job responsibilities

On completion of training, Duties and Responsibilities

1. General

1.1 Work as part of multidisciplinary teams to support and develop the clinical radiotherapy service.

1.2 Provide technical advice to clinical and other staff groups as required.

1.3 The Engineer will be required to work within the framework of the ISO 9001(2015) Radiotherapy Quality System.

1.4 Involved in commenting on interdepartmental procedures and work instructions for the physics group and may also propose changes to current procedures.

1.5 To participate in the physics quality control of the radiotherapy / diagnostic equipment.

1.6 Will be expected to work at any of the Christie sites at short notice.

1.7 Will be based at any of the Christie sites and will be part of a rota on all Christie sites.

2. Technical Support for Clinical Radiotherapy Treatment

2.1 The running up and preparation of radiotherapy equipment for clinical use and the closing down of equipment on completion of use.

2.2 To carry out and record approved modifications to medical devices.

2.3 To maintain proper records of all work carried out on the medical devices.

2.4 Performs regular high precision machine quality control checks, measurements and associated adjustments to fractional mm accuracy.

2.5 To ensure that all additive manufacturing equipment works to manufacturers specification.

2.6 To maintain specialist equipment and medical device records and reports for the organization.

2.7 Provides expert technical and technological support in the delivery of critical care.

3. Clinical Networking

3.1 To assist in the technical support of clinical IT networks supporting medical devices and additive manufacturing assets

4. Health and Safety

4.1 Will work daily in potentially hazardous situations with ionizing radiation, including high voltage electricity, heavy equipment and industrial gases with responsibility for safety of self and others.

5. Organizational

5.1 Prioritize and organize allocated work in accordance with section policies and competing service demands. Proposes changes to own working practices and procedures. This will involve daily interruptions to own work and others in group.

6. Teaching, training and research

6.1 Participate in professional development and training of own staff group and others.

6.2 Participate in the research and development work carried out by the radiation physics group.

6.3 Will be expected to follow project management arrangements to report on status of projects e.g. gantt charts etc.

6.4 Training of other professionals

6.5 Will be expected to keep abreast of technical developments. Enroll in Continuing Professional Development Programs. Attend suitable seminars and courses as part of personal development and to further the work of the department.

7 Additive Manufacturing

7.1 Assist lead engineer for Additive Manufacturing

7.2 To maintain specialist equipment technical records including additive manufactured medical devices

7.3 Assist in the research and development including the design and manufacture of innovative additive manufacturing medical devices

7.4 Assist in planned and corrective maintenance of all additive manufacturing equipment including hardware, software and peripheral items

7.5 Assist in training colleagues in all aspects of additive manufacturing

7.6 Assist in risk assessing all aspects of additive manufacturing process

7.7 Participate in the development and continuous improvement of quality management systems associated with additive manufacturing and in- house medical device production

7.8 Liaise with clinical and scientific staff to design, develop and manufacture in-house medical devices using additive manufacturing

7.9 Collaborate with other Trusts, academia and industry to implement improvements within our Additive Manufacturing service

7.10 The maintenance of all test, measurement and service instruments and equipment associated with additive manufacturing service

7.11 To participate in the development and construction of instrumentation and equipment to support the additive manufacturing service.

Qualifications

Essential

• Degree level qualification in electronic engineering.
• Equivalent experience

Desirable

• Membership of professional institute (e.g. IET, IPEM, IMechE, etc)
• Professional Engineering qualifications with Engineering council
• Formal CAD training (e.g. Fusion360, SolidWorks, AutoCAD, etc)

Experience

Essential

• Experience in Additive Manufacturing

Desirable

• Experience in medical electronics.
• electronics/electrical system troubleshooting
• mechanical system repair
• control systems with various controllers

Skills

Essential

• CAD (e.g. Fusion360, SolidWorks, AutoCAD, etc)
• Fault diagnosis and rectification skills.
• Complex data analysis skills
• Microsoft tools e.g. Access etc.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.

Knowledge

Essential

• In depth knowledge of Additive Manufacturing processes including CAD
• Health and safety knowledge and understanding.

Desirable

• Formal health and safety training
• ISO9001 QMS
• ISO13485 QMS
• ISO14971
• Medical Devices Regulations

Values

Essential

• Ability to demonstrate the organisational values and behaviours
• Adaptable
• Flexible
• Self motivated
• Diligent

Other

Essential

• Team player with a strong customer/patient focus
• Able to work unsocial hours.
• Able to attend training courses away from home.
• Work autonomously and to take initiatives
• Able to work in the Christie network (satellite Centre's)
• Able to work in areas with difficult access. Requirement for daily heavy lifting.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).