Hydraulic / Pneumatic Test Technician
Ontic, a leading licensor and manufacturer of complex engineering parts for the global aerospace and defence industries, are now recruiting for a Hydraulic / Pneumatic Test Technician to join our Operations team, where you’ll play a key role in the build, test and validation of complex assemblies to the highest aviation standards. This role will be based at our Staverton site in Gloucestershire.
Ontic is more than just a business, we’re a community of innovators who pride ourselves on fostering a culture where talent thrives, ideas flourish, and careers are built. We’re committed to excellence, driving us to continuously improve and adapt, ensuring that we remain at the forefront of our industry.
The Role:
As a Hydraulic / Pneumatic Test Technician, you’ll take ownership of testing and fault diagnosis across a range of hydraulic, pneumatic and mechanical components, ensuring all work meets strict regulatory and customer requirements. Working from engineering drawings, specifications and detailed work instructions, you’ll carry out complex testing activities, interpret results and ensure full traceability throughout.
You’ll be relied upon as a technical expert within the team, supporting fault finding, strip-down and repair activities, as well as contributing to Engineering and Quality investigations. You’ll play an important role in resolving technical issues, improving processes and ensuring high standards of workmanship across the function.
Alongside hands-on testing, you’ll help maintain best practice within the team, supporting continuous improvement initiatives and ensuring compliance with all procedures, quality standards and safety requirements.
At Ontic, our culture is integral to making sure we enjoy our work and deliver for our customers. While we look for the right skillset, we’re also looking for someone who will thrive within our recognition and empowerment culture.
To succeed in this role, you’ll bring strong experience working with hydraulic and/or pneumatic systems within a regulated manufacturing or aerospace environment. You’ll be confident interpreting complex engineering drawings and specifications, with the ability to work independently and make sound technical decisions.
You’ll have proven experience in testing, fault diagnosis and working to tight tolerances, with a strong focus on quality, accuracy and traceability. Your attention to detail will be second nature, and you’ll be comfortable working in a fast-paced environment where priorities can shift.
You’ll also be someone who can contribute beyond your own work, supporting others, sharing knowledge and working collaboratively with Engineering, Quality and Operations teams. Experience with hydraulic testing environments is highly desirable, and any electrical knowledge would be an advantage.
Benefits
At Ontic we care about your financial, physical, and mental wellness so we offer a range of benefits to support this. We care about what matters to you and have a valued culture of recognition and empowerment, accompanied by benefits that support work/life balance.
Our benefits package highlights include:
- Up to 29 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays
- 10 hours paid volunteering time
- Annual goal share bonus scheme for all employees
- 24/7 Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Discounts and offers from a range of retailers
Best place to work
We are more than the sum of our parts. And we’ve been recognised internally and externally for being so:
- We were ranked #9 in Best Companies’ Q3 leaderboard for Best Manufacturing Company based on our employee feedback
- 72.5% of employees who took part in our 2023 employee satisfaction survey said they are proud to work at Ontic
No day is the same at Ontic; we have doubled in size over the last couple of years and are still in rapid growth. We attribute our success to empowering colleagues to create the opportunity, fostering an environment of autonomy where we ask for forgiveness, not permission.
Our values
Our values are intrinsic to everything we do:
- We share a common sense - we’re a global family of specialists with a shared passion for precision
- We have the freedom to choose - we’re challengers and innovators with the freedom to think differently and challenge the status quo
- We create the opportunity - we’re change-makers with a clear direction and can-do spirit
We are a fast-paced business with ambitious growth plans; so if you are dedicated, enthusiastic and always seeking ways to improve, you'll enjoy a career with us!
