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Bretton, County of Flintshire
4 weeks ago
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Join Guidant as we collaborate with the world's largest aircraft manufacturer, Airbus. We are in the search for Toolmakers to join Airbus' dynamic team, based at the prestigious Broughton site where you will be situated within the Wing Build Production section.

If you have experience in a similar role, you are invited to join us at Airbus and embark on essential and challenging work, as aircraft wings are among the most technically intricate components of an aircraft.

About the role

· Reactively maintain tooling to keep production enabled

· Proactively maintain critical path tooling and specific features of the jigs to enable production to deliver the build cycle using predefined schedules

· Work with the Metrology team utilsing Laser Trackers and CMM instruments to check and certify varying types of tooling across the Broughton Plant.

· Support measurements for AC concession data and acceptance check.

Flexible shift options

Double Days: Week 1 - 06:00 to 13:10 pm, Week 2 - 13:30 pm to 20:40 pm (Mon to Fri)
Nights: 20:45 pm to 06:00 am (Mon to Thurs)

Who are we looking for?

We are looking for individuals who have completed a full Apprenticeship in Toolmaking along with an NVQ Level 3 (or equivalent).

About Airbus

At Broughton, the site designs, tests, and manufactures the wings for all Airbus' commercial aircraft, except for the A220, directly sustaining about 9,000 UK jobs. Its home to a workforce of 6,000 Airbus highly skilled personnel, boasting a proud tradition of aerospace manufacturing dating back 80 years, having produced such aviation classics as the Wellington and Lancaster, and De Havilland's Mosquito and Comet.

Broughton is conveniently located in close proximity to major road networks, specifically the A55 and M53. The distances to the surrounding cities are as follows:

Chester: 7 miles, Wrexham: 10 miles, Liverpool: 18 miles, Warrington: 22 miles

Become a part of Airbus' continued legacy and apply today

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