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Coventry
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EXPERIENCED ASSEMBLY OPERATIVE

Standard Assembly Operator (Segment 2; Aerospace)

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Assembly Operator

Permanent Role

Coventry, Ansty Park

06:00am-14:00pm, Mon-Fri

Starting Salary: £38,209.33

About us:

This Business is an international leader in the aerospace, defence and energy markets, employing more than 60,000 people at over 40 manufacturing facilities, and regional offices worldwide.

Working closely with their customers, this business delivers technologically differentiated systems and products for the most demanding environments, with high certification requirements for applications across its core end markets. Through focusing on engineering and operational excellence, this business builds broad installed bases of equipment and provides services and support across a fleet of approximately 73,000 aircraft.

Business Core values:

Winning culture, valued customers, passionate people, and engaged leadership are what have allowed them to become the company they are today.

The Role:

Being a part of the Thermal Management team, this role will focus on the thermal heat exchange for their impressive client engine project. This role be a part of the assembly and fitting for mechanical, hydraulic & pneumatic components for the thermal heat exchanger. You will look after this project from end to end.

Responsibilities of the role:

Deliver the assembly and fitting for mechanical, hydraulic, and pneumatic components that make up the thermal heat exchanger for the engine project
Perform testing roles duties in hydraulic and pneumatic tests, alongside the mechanical assembly of parts to the engine component
Identify issues during testing and assembly, performing troubleshooting and ensuring systems meet required standards.Skills required:

Previous experience in a Mechanical assembler/fitter position or equivalent
Must have an engineering background and an understanding of a manufacturing environment
Thermal heat exchanger experience and/or hydraulic & pneumatic experience is a strong plus but not essential and can be trainedBenefits:

Free car parking, Competitive pay package, Career progression opportunities, Pension up to 10% company contribution, Holiday 25 plus stats, Subsidised canteen with Starbucks, Life Assurance, ACIP, (Annual Cash Incentive) Employee Assistance Program for Health & Wellbeing, Employee Perks - offering our employees discounts on a huge variety of goods and services, Income Protection, Business Resource Groups, and Volunteering day off

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