Manual Machinist

New permanent vacancy: Manual Machinist

We’re looking to pay £14.30 per hour and we’re happy to consider your requirements depending on your experience
4 day working week - Working 37 hours, Monday to Thursday (4 day working week - no Fridays)
6:30am - 3:45pm or 7:00am - 4:15pm
Overtime and Benefits (including 4% pension, 2 x salary life insurance, 25 days holiday plus bank hols, generous overtime)
Location: Cheltenham
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 well equipped workshop with friendly colleagues and a management team who are always happy to help
Using your general machine shop skills to produce high quality parts for long term loyal customers 
The Company
A specialist engineering company are looking for an experienced Manual Machinist / Conventional Machinist to work in a machine shop type role, in their well equipped workshop. The company produces highly specialist components which go on to be used in a wide range of applications 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 Cheltenham. 
 
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 processes, overcoming manufacturing challenges in order to ensure only highest quality products are made
Working with machine shop and technical departments to identify and solve sometimes difficult machining requirements
Requirements - Manual Machinist

Experienced Manual Miller, Turner, Setter, Operator
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:

Permanent job from day one
Real job security working for a company which has a wide range of long term contracts, working in partnership with a mix of some of the largest companies in Gloucestershire, through to some smaller, more specialist clients
We're looking to pay £14.30 per hour, 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 4%
25 days holiday plus all bank holidays
Life insurance of 2 x your salary
All the tools and equipment you need available to do your best work 
Hours:

37 hours per week, 6:30am - 3:45pm or 7:00am - 4:15pm working Monday to Thursday
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.

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