Manual Machinist

New permanent vacancy: Manual Machinist

We’re looking to pay between £16.00 - £18.00 per hour plus shift allowance and we’re happy to consider your requirements depending on your experience
Overtime and Benefits (including pension matched up to 10%)
Location: Hereford
Not large batch production
This is a position for an experienced manual machinist with an eye for detail, happy to use a wide range of machine shop tools and equipment
Working in a recently refurbished, smart and clean laboratory and testing environment with all the equipment you need to do your best work
Using your general machine shop skills to identify and help to resolve manufacturing challenges 
The Company
A specialist engineering company are looking for an experienced Manual Machinist / Conventional Machinist to work in a toolroom/machine shop type role, in a smart, clean and well organised testing department. The company produces highly specialist materials which go on to be used in some of the most challenging environments in the world from aerospace to nuclear and many high tech industries in between. 
A company with a great reputation who care about their employees. The small things, often make a big difference!
 
The Role - Manual Machinist
The company are looking for an experienced Manual Machinist to work with a range of machine shop / toolroom equipment to include manual Bridgeport type mills and manual lathes (Colchester and Harrison/Hardinge/Monarch/Kingston type), plus a range of machine shop equipment, to join their team in Hereford. 
 
Duties - Manual Machinist

Set up and operate a range of machine shop equipment
Manual mill
Manual lathe
Pillar drill
Hand tools
Vernier, micrometer and gauges
Carrying out a variety of tests to identify manufacturing issues in order to ensure only highest quality products are made
Working with machine shop and technical departments to identify and resolve manufacturing issues
Requirements - Manual Machinist

Experienced Miller, Turner, Setter, Operator
Manual/conventional milling and lathe experience
Capable of using a range of machine shop tools and equipment
Able to read engineering drawings and to use measuring equipment such as vernier, micrometer and gauges
Good teamwork skills
Good problem solving skills 
Pay and Benefits:

Looking to pay £16.00 - £18.00 per hour plus shift allowance, and we’re happy to consider your requirements so please do get in touch for an informal chat
Overtime at time and a half
Company pension contributions of up to 10%
25 days holiday plus all bank holidays
Life insurance of 4 x your salary
Free PPE
Free uniform
Lots of free parking always available
Prescription safety glasses paid for
All the tools and equipment you need available to do your best work 
Hours:

37.5 hours per week, on a three shift rotation pattern 6am - 2pm; 2pm - 10pm; 10pm - 6am
Overtime available at time and a half 
 
To apply for this Manual Machinist position
To apply for this Manual Machinist job or if you'd just like more information to see if it might be a job you'd be interested in, either click on the 'apply now' button on this advert and follow the instructions to upload your CV or contact me, Tom Andrews, at Meridian on (phone number removed) or (url removed) tandrews(at)meridianbs(dot)co(dot)uk

We’ll start with an informal chat over the phone, where you can ask me any questions you like, to see if this job might be what you’re looking for. If you’re still keen, we’ll arrange an appointment for you to meet with the Manager which will include a tour of the building so you can see what the job’s really like, what the machines are like, take a look at the components and the facilities too (I think you’ll be impressed!).

No CV?
If you feel that this might be the job for you, but you don’t have a CV, please don’t worry – get in touch and I’ll see how I can help.

A note about confidentiality
I work in complete confidence. You can be assured that any contact you make will be completely confidential.

Key words for search purposes: Manual machinist conventional machinist miller turner mill lathe press pillar drill

Meridian Business Support is a recruitment specialist acting on behalf of our client as an Employment Agency for this vacancy