Job Title: Exhaust Assembly Operative
Sector: Aerospace Manufacturing & Engineering
Salary: £33,471 Including Shift Premium Location: Sheffield, South Yorkshire, UK
Contract: Full Time, Permanent
Shifts: Mornings & Afternoons
Are you an experienced Precision Assembly operator looking to make a significant impact within an industry-leading aerospace company?
We are delighted to bring you a fantastic opportunity that demands precision, teamwork, and a commitment to quality.
Our client is an established leader in the industry, adhering to the highest standards such as NADCAP and AS9100, while continuously pushing the envelope in operational efficiency. This is not just another assembly job; this is a career move that offers more than just routine tasks, giving you the chance to excel in a quality-focused, collaborative environment.
We're searching for an individual skilled in assembling parts and materials, either manually or using tools, in strict adherence to safety and quality guidelines, as well as work instructions. Additionally, you'll be responsible for carrying out routine maintenance checks on machinery and equipment to ensure a safe and efficient workspace.
What you will be doing:
- Carry out hand riveting and planishing as part of assembly tasks.
- Conduct Gemcor/riveting processes using automated systems.
- Execute drilling functions.
- Complete final finishing and abrading of assemblies.
- Utilise both hand-operated and pneumatic tools.
- Ensure all products conform to specific tolerances, customer expectations, and internal benchmarks, including NADCAP and AS9100 standards.
- Decipher engineering drawings.
- Adhere rigorously to given work instructions and procedures.
- Maintain equipment functionality through self-directed maintenance activities.
- Offer insights into production challenges as they surface.
- Perform any additional tasks as directed or required.
About You:
- Previous Assembly operative experience is essential.
- Basic understanding of lean principles (5S).
- Able to work to production targets and deadlines.
- Ability to understand and interpret drawings.
- A keen eye for detail.
- Excellent teamwork ethic.
- High level of accuracy.
- Flexible.
- Excellent time management and organisational skills.
- Self-motivated individual.
What's in it for you?
- Competitive starting salary £33,471 (Including shift premium)
- Working mornings & afternoon shifts with an earlier finish on a Friday (37-hour week).
- Free Parking.
- 185 hours holiday allowance plus bank holidays.
- Opportunity to buy an additional 37 hours or sell 37 hours of holiday every year.
- Christmas closedown where no holiday leave needs to be used.
- Access to a 5% Pension-matched employer/employee scheme.
- YuLife© app to earn coins for every step/cycling/meditation minute you complete in a day which turns into vouchers for Amazon/all major supermarkets / Halfords / Argos / ASOS / IKEA / B&Q at the touch of a button.
- Access to a GP 24/7 through our YuLife© app.
- Bravo benefit discounts on gym memberships/shopping.
- Westfield Health Scheme.
- Salary Sacrifice scheme for Electric/Hybrid Cars/Critical Illness Cover.
- Annual bonus based on site/company performance.
- Free Vend Friday – on hot drinks in the canteen paid for by the company.
- Working for a fantastic forward-thinking engineering business who are fast-paced and forward-thinking with innovation at the forefront of everything they do.
For more information, please contact our Sheffield Team on
- **Verus Recruitment Partners are acting as a Recruitment Agency in relation to this vacancy and is an Equal Opportunities Employer***
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