Earlies
Starting Salary: £29,758.43
Uplifted Salary (once AO stamp obtained): £30,640.63
Hours: 06:00-14:15 (Mon-Thu) / 06:00-12:00 (Fri)
Role Summary
You will manufacture components in a variety of materials following detailed drawing specifications to produce high quality parts for a variety of aircraft. Working to high tolerances, the role will set and operate CNC machining centres to produce complaint aircraft components to the required quality, within budget and timescales. The operator will need to have a good understanding of customer drawing requirements and specifications.
Role Specific
- Set and operate machining centres producing compliant Aircraft components
- Loading raw billets into machine and checking the quality of components produced
- Working to schedule lists and work instructions with minimal supervision
- TPM on the machine and maintaining the high standard of cleanliness around the machine area
- The applicant must be a good team player flexible and be able to work to tight schedules.
- Attending and contributing to daily shop floor production meeting
- Alternative shift such as nightshift may also be required
Essential Responsibilities
- EHS - Promote a safe workplace environment without risk to health and minimising the impact to the environment. Ensure that all Environmental, Health and Safety policies, procedures, rules and regulations are adhered to and that all accidents and incidents are reported
- Clocking and Booking - Ensure that all required clockings (time and attendance) and bookings (job costings) are made in an accurate and timely manner
- Housekeeping - Ensure that workstations are kept clean and maintained, with all tools and equipment stored correctly. Uphold a clear desk policy
- Quality - Ensure that all Quality standards, processes and procedures are complied with. All work is completed with care and attention minimising wastage
- Cost Management - Support cost reduction and management initiatives through reducing unnecessary expenditure
- Knowledge & Skills - Keep knowledge and training up to date for necessary operations to the best of your knowledge and belief to achieve specification and acceptable standards for your role. For example, Approved Operator (AO) stamp(s) to be kept up to date
- Team Working - Must actively participate in team meetings and be prepared to share knowledge, coach and mentor trainees when required, be willing to be trained in other areas
- Any other reasonable duties that fall in line with the level of the role
Essential Qualifications / Experience:
- NVQ Level 3 (or equivalent) or served a recognised apprenticeship in machining or associated trades
- Strong experience in operating machining centres
- Experience with Fanuc and / or Heidenhain controls (Training will be given to suitable applicants with experience in other controls)
- Must be fully conversant in setting and operating 3,4 and 5 axis machining centres
- Must be able to read and interpret engineering drawings and work instructions
- Self-inspection requirement and therefore desired to be conversant with statistical in process verification systems
- Must be prepared to work various shift patterns and overtime as required
- Need to be able to communicate effectively with other departments as the need arises
- Must be a team player, with a can-do attitude
- Working understanding of the 5 S and lean principles
- Full understanding of engineering drawings.
- Must be able check their own work using standard dimensional checking equipment working towards being an approved operator quality stamp holder.
- Proven ability to actively participate in a team culture.
- To be able to work with minimal supervision
- Shift working required
Desirable Qualifications / Experience:
- Proven experience of setting and operating multi axis CNC machines; however, training will be provided specific to the machining of composites and the control systems used on the machines.
- A good knowledge of tool setting.
- Ideally experienced in using tapping heads, hand tapping to gauge limits and floating tool holders would be desirable.
Key Competencies:
- Drives for results
- Good attention to detail
- Makes good and timely decisions