Skilled Engineer

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Skilled Engineer

Department: Production

Hours: 37 per week

Job Brief:

As a member of a small production team, you will undertake a variety of production tasks using CNC lathes in the main producing good quality product to the correct specification and timescale.

Key Activities:

• Setting and operating a variety of CNC Machinery, including Citizen sliding head machines, fixed head twin turret lathes and CNC chucking lathes as well as some editing of programs

• Undertaking batch production operations to ensure volume, cost and quality standards are achieved, supporting the same endeavours as your colleagues

• First off, last off and ad-hoc inspection to ensure consistency

• General basic machine and equipment maintenance and housekeeping tasks

Responsibilities include:

• Ensuring all components are machined within prescribed tolerances and batch sizes

• Promote and practise a right first-time mentality

• Practise high standards of Quality and Health & Safety

• Pro-actively work with WDS 5s standards

• Be actively involved in production CI activities & Six Sigma Initiatives.

Skills Required:

• CNC Programming, setting and operating experience

• Ability to act decisively to solve technical and equipment-related problems

• Resilience to working under pressure and multi-tasking

• Numerate, logical and systematic working practices

• IT Literacy including Microsoft Office package and ERP

• Effective communication and interpersonal skills

• Flexible approach to ‘getting the job done’

Experience, Education & Qualifications:

Ideally apprentice trained in Mechanical Engineering and at least 1 years’ hands on setting and running CNC machines with full understanding of 5S methodology.

Possess a track record of delivering product on time in full to the warehouse.

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