Machinist
Location : Wantage, Oxfordshire, England
Job Ref : LB213
Consultant : Lewis Bradley
Sector : Engineering, Manufacturing
Salary : £25k - 35k per year
Description
LB213 – Machinist
Location: Wantage
Salary: £25,000 – £35,000 DOE
Overview:
First Military Recruitment are currently seeking a Machinist on behalf of one of our clients.
Responsible for the machining and inspection of primarily one-off, fine tolerance engineering components to correct standards and specifications.
Our client encourages applications from ex-military personnel however all candidates will be given due consideration.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Receiving and interpreting engineering drawings and sketches to manufacture engineering components.
- Writing CNC machining programs on a wide range of equipment.
- Manufacture and inspection of high end, primarily one-off engineering components.
- Training and mentoring of apprentices and less skilled members of staff.
- Development of new machine tools and machining techniques this stems from large investment within the company and manufacturing facility.
- Maintain high area standards and seek to improve using knowledge of 5S, or similar strategies.
- Managing multiple project and support requests, often with competing demands and priorities from different teams.
- Multi-disciplined and able to work across various machine platforms and types of equipment- able to practice general good engineering aptitude.
- Managing own workloads and expectations, to a certain extent, in line with required timescales.
Skills and Qualifications:
- Mechanical Engineering Apprenticeship to City and Guilds or NVQ level 3.
- CNC programming experience, CNC milling/turning/grinding.
- Experience working within a manufacturing development environment.
- Use of computer (MS Word/Excel).
- Good verbal and written communication.
- Good problem-solving ability with real a ‘can do’ attitude.
Desirable:
- HNC or equivalent.
- EDM/ wire erosion experience.
- Experience within a prototype environment/low volume, high tolerance.