Vacancies- Field Process Engineer
- Production Control Analyst
- Sales and Support Engineer
- Customer Support Engineer
- Sales Manager
- Sales Manager
- Senior Cryogenics Engineer - Magnets Group
- Trainee Manufacturing Technician
- Magnet Systems Engineering Leader
- Product Manager Customer Service
- Field Support Engineer XRF
- Group Legal Affairs Assistant (16-20 hours per week, Monday - Thursday)
- Marketing Communications Manager
- Procurement Specialist
- Graduate Process Engineer
- Customer Service Engineer
Production Control Analyst|
Job Title:
| Production Control Analyst | |
Business:
| X-Ray Technology - Scotts Valley | |
Closing Date:
| 30 July 2010 | |
Reference:
| XTec | |
Location:
| Scotts Valley, CA | |
Country:
| United States | |
Responsibilities:
| To maintain, develop and implement production control systems, particularly Bills of Materials and the flow of material through manufacturing. To assist accounting with month end reports, the cycle counting program and the implementation of Intuitive 8.5. Collect data from the ERP data base and format it into reports upon management’s request. | |
Technical Skills:
| BS Degree or equivalent, experience with iERP or similar ERP program, proficient with Microsoft Offcie products, strong database manipulatin experience. | |
Personal Skills:
| BS Degree or equivalent, experience with iERP or similar ERP program, proficient with Microsoft Offcie products, strong database manipulatin experience. | |
Contact:
| Kelly Johnson (Kelly.johnson@oxinst.com) | |
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Sales and Support Engineer|
Job Title:
| Sales and Support Engineer | |
Business:
| X-Ray Technology - Scotts Valley | |
Closing Date:
| 30 July 2010 | |
Reference:
| XTec | |
Location:
| Scotts Valley, CA | |
Country:
| United States | |
Responsibilities:
| The essential function of this position is to oversee, manage and grow distribution network with the goal of increasing sales revenue internationally for contact products, act as front line technical support for end users and provide input to the Sales and Operations Planning process. | |
Technical Skills:
| BA or BS degree (Business Management, Physical Science) or equivalent experience. Key account/OEM sales and technical support experience with scientific or medical equipment. Knowledge of Publisher, Adobe Acrobat, Word and Excel, HTML, FTP, web graphics, editing software. | |
Contact:
| Kelly Johnson (Kelly.Johnson@oxinst.com) | |
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Customer Support EngineerSales Manager|
Job Title:
| Sales Manager | |
Business:
| Plasma | |
Closing Date:
| 30 July 2010 | |
Reference:
| PT00001 | |
Location:
| Shanghai | |
Country:
| China | |
Responsibilities:
| To achieve sales value, product mix, and gross margin in East of China, basically for Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Hubei, Hunan etc. To develop relationships with significant current and potential clients in order to facilitate increased sales | |
Technical Skills:
| Degree level qualification in relevant scientific discipline, with sales/marketing specialisation. Excellent English, written and spoken. Experience of working in a high technology, rapidly changing business environment. Familiar with product and process applications. Knowledge in sales and account management. Understands high tech/capital equipment industry, preferably semiconductor related, but at least a broad understanding of the technologies associated with semiconductors. | |
Personal Skills:
| Customer focus – Has a sound appreciation of the current and future requirements of Asia customers and of the key issues facing them. Establishes and exploits good, mutually beneficial relationships with customers, key institutions and other relevant bodies. Places customer satisfaction as the highest priority, both personally and for the team. Possesses strong customer facing skills. Able and willing to travel internationally. Team player - who makes the best use of the contributions that can be made by others, and has the ability to work constructively with others. | |
Contact:
| Helen.kirkcaldy (Helen.kirkcaldy@oxinst.com) | |
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Sales Manager|
Job Title:
| Sales Manager | |
Business:
| Plasma | |
Closing Date:
| 31 August 2010 | |
Reference:
| PT01 | |
Location:
| Germany | |
Country:
| Germany | |
Responsibilities:
| An excellent opportunity to join our technical sales team to lead the customer support sales across Europe for our industry leading etch, deposition and growth systems and processes. This role would suit an individual with experience of customer support / sales of high technology equipment or a highly motivated Physics / Materials Science graduate. In this role you will have accountability for managing customer support sales initially with a view to taking on system sales. Responsibilities include: Quotation and sales of service visits, spares packages, upgrades and service contracts, and driving the business within the region to increase sales and profitability. Visit existing and potential customers, owning the resulting actions and reports. Work as part of the Customer Support Sales Team to identify and generate additional Services and Support revenue products. Develop knowledge of all systems produced by OIPT, and relevant process capabilities to support correct configuration of quotations. Create and submit up-to-date reports and sales forecasts on a weekly and monthly basis | |
Technical Skills:
| The successful candidate will have relevant technical knowledge with an ability to understand semiconductor processes quickly and ideally a degree in Physics or Materials Science. Experience of the semiconductor or electronics sector would be an advantage. | |
Personal Skills:
| Establishes and exploits good, mutually beneficial relationships with customers, key institutions and other relevant bodies. Places customer satisfaction as the highest priority, both personally and for the team. Possesses strong customer facing skills. Able and willing to travel internationally. Team player - who makes the best use of the contributions that can be made by others, and has the ability to work constructively with them. Fluent German and English. Self-motivated, with confidence, presence, a high level of personal integrity and the ability to quickly establish effective relationships internally and externally. | |
Contact:
| Helen Kirkcaldy (Helen.Kirkcaldy@oxinst.com) | |
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Senior Cryogenics Engineer - Magnets Group|
Job Title:
| Senior Cryogenics Engineer - Magnets Group | |
Business:
| NanoScience | |
Closing Date:
| 09 August 2010 | |
Reference:
| NS00004 | |
Location:
| Tubney Woods, Abingdon | |
Country:
| United Kingdom | |
Responsibilities:
| Your primary purpose will be to play a key role in Magnets Projects by completing Cryogenic and system level engineering in the design, manufacture and support of liquid helium - cooled and cryogen - free superconducting magnet systems and their sample environments, to meet customer requirements, and regulatory and company standards. Key responsibilities will include generating an understanding of the customers requirements as obtained directly or indirectly from the customer and pro actively probe for these requirements; Produce cryogenic concepts, specs and designs to meet those requirements and communicate these aspects to the Project Team; Generate costings and understand and communicate their implications within the Project Team; Identify and manage risk areas within these designs; Provide technical support to production areas and internal and external customers; Work to agreed schedules with minimal supervision; Be the technical authority for the group in your area of expertise. | |
Technical Skills:
| You will have a degree in a relevant engineering or science discipline; Detailed knowledge and experience in cryostat design, the use and principles of operation of cryocoolers, low temperature insert design (including 4He variable temperature inserts, 3He inserts and ideally 3He/4He dilution refrigerators), pressure vessel design and PED regulations and ideally ultra high vacuum design; Practical experience in modelling and analysing complex cryogenic system engineering (e.g mechanical and cryogenic modelling in ANSYS, VF, COMSOL or similar); Practical experience in building and testing cryogenic systems; The ability to produce clear and concise technical reports and proposals to a very high standard; Practical knowledge of system integration, design for manufacture procedures, test analysis and measurements and engineering materials technology. Experience of 2D and ideally 3D CAD design | |
Personal Skills:
| You will be able to work well as part of a team and a flat hierarchy and present and promote a positive attitude. You will have the ability to work across multiple projects, applying effective strategies to prioritise and manage your time and activities. You will be able to analyse projects and problems and make effective appropriate decisions accordingly; Be strong in external and internal communication respecting others' views and being technically challenging; Generate innovative ideas based on your solid base knowledge; Flexible, pro active and aware of your own personal impact; Committed to your own development and able to motivate and lead others in a positive manner | |
Contact:
| Kelly Howlett (Kelly.howlett@oxinst.com) | |
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Trainee Manufacturing TechnicianMagnet Systems Engineering Leader|
Job Title:
| Magnet Systems Engineering Leader | |
Business:
| NanoScience | |
Closing Date:
| 09 August 2010 | |
Reference:
| NS00006 | |
Location:
| Tubney Woods, Abingdon | |
Country:
| United Kingdom | |
Responsibilities:
| You will play a key role in the Magnets Business Group by taking the system level engineering lead in the design, manufacture & support of cryogen free & liquid helium cooled superconducting magnet systems & their sample environments, to meet customer, regulatory & company requirements. You will be a key driver for change through the development of the Engineering team & through continuous improvement & implementation of engineering processes. You will be required to develop the roles & skills within the team to realise & maximise each individuals potential; Own the engineering process & ensure that they are implemented & improved; Develop & maintain strong links between the Magnets business group & the New Product Development group ensuring that technologies & processes are aligned to enable the successful implementation of new product designs; Be a technical authority for the group, providing overall technical direction at a system level, considering all aspects of the various sub system design & build on the specific contributions of magnet & cryogenic engineers; Support commercial & operational decision making by the timely & accurate input of technical expertise. | |
Technical Skills:
| You will have a degree in a relevant engineering or science discipline; detailed knowledge and experience in at least two and preferably more of the following: superconducting magnet design; cryostat design; the use and principles of operation of cryocoolers; low temperature insert design; ultra high vacuum design. You will also have practical experience in building and testing cryogenic systems; The ability to produce clear and concise technical reports and proposals to a very high standard; Practical knowledge of system integration, design for manufacture procedures, test analysis and measurements and engineering materials technology. | |
Personal Skills:
| You will be able to provide outstanding, credible leadership to a team and present and promote a positive attitude; Be passionate about the growth of the business and your role in the development of technology and people to deliver it; Able to initiate, lead and deliver change both individually and through the team; Able to influence others adopting appropriate styles towards individuals and situations speaking with authority and able to engage positively at all levels; Able to challenge existing assumptions and generate innovative ideas based on your solid base knowledge; Able to analyse projects and problems and make effective appropriate decisions accordingly and drive your team similarly to make effective timely decisions; Able to work across multiple projects applying effective strategies to prioritise and manage your time and activities. | |
Contact:
| Kelly Howlett (Kelly.Howlett@oxinst.com) | |
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Product Manager Customer ServiceField Support Engineer XRFGroup Legal Affairs Assistant Marketing Communications Manager|
Job Title:
| Marketing Communications Manager | |
Business:
| NanoAnalysis | |
Closing Date:
| 20 August 2010 | |
Reference:
| NA00004 | |
Location:
| High Wycombe | |
Country:
| United Kingdom | |
Responsibilities:
| Develop and implement marketing communications messages, campaigns and operational activities. Evaluate the effectiveness of marketing activities and spend, adapting plans and tasks accordingly. Manage the concepts, content and distribution of marketing collateral, both physical and web-based. Manage press relations, delivering press releases, technical articles and other promotions, obtaining input from sales, technical & customer sources and working with media publishers/editors to obtain placement. Provide central support to exhibition, conferences and seminars to ensure that the brand identity and up to date product messaging is implemented. Provide full marking communications support to new product launches. | |
Technical Skills:
| Significant experience in marketing communications, including B2B, international and technology-product marketing experience. Graduate or equivalent. Recognised professional marketing training desirable. Science background and/or appreciation of microanalysis marketplace an advantage. | |
Personal Skills:
| Experienced user of MS Office, Acrobat Professional and content management systems. Knowledge of MS Sharepoint would be an advantage. Familiar with and abreast of web development issues and opportunities. In-depth understanding of the marketing communications process and how it adds value to the business. | |
Contact:
| Vicki Potter (vicki.potter@vpconsulting.co.uk) | |
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Procurement Specialist|
Job Title:
| Procurement Specialist | |
Business:
| Plasma Technology | |
Closing Date:
| 20 August 2010 | |
Reference:
| PT00002 | |
Location:
| Yatton, Bristol | |
Country:
| United Kingdom | |
Responsibilities:
| Responsible for implementing purchasing strategy and direction within the commodity group. Develop and implement a vendor base development strategy consistent with the overall strategy of the business. Create, implement and manage purchasing improvement initiatives that deliver measurable benefit to OIPT including: Material cost reduction via consolidation and negotiation; vendor development, measurement, selection, and reduction; inventory reduction, including external stock holdings; business simplification programmes; lead time reduction programme, including Kan Ban system for core product; vendor involvement in new product introduction. Responsible for the day-to-day management of allocated suppliers, ensuring the PT team is focused and delivers on existing objectives of improving material supply. | |
Technical Skills:
| Qualified in a technical/engineering discipline, preferably to degree level, but must have at least a strong engineering background and understanding. CIPS or equivalent essential. Significant experience estimating and buying in aerospace, machining or similar manufacturing companies. Current in purchasing “Best practice” processes and procedures. Experience in measuring and monitoring performance to drive improvement | |
Personal Skills:
| Team motivator and talent developer; Project management skills and strong negotiation and contracts management skills. | |
Contact:
| Vicky Potter (vicki.potter@vpconsulting.co.uk) | |
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Graduate Process EngineerCustomer Service Engineer
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