Aerospace Fitters

ADE Recruitment Limited; Burnley; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment firm is seeking Aerospace Fitters in Burnley. This role involves fitting, maintaining, and repairing aircraft engine components. Candidates should have excellent communication skills and experience with engineering drawings. The role offers a salary of £32,600 to £39,000 plus overtime and benefits including pension contribution and generous holidays.

Benefits

10% Employer Pension Contribution

27 days holiday (+ Bank Holidays)

Early finish Friday

Qualifications

• Ability to understand and interpret Engineering drawings.
• Experience working to tight tolerances.
• Proactive approach to business success.

Responsibilities

• Fit and maintain aircraft engine components.
• Inspect braze joints and verify conformity of components.
• Participate in Continuous Improvement initiatives.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Team player

Knowledge of high-temperature alloys

Job description

Aerospace Fitters

Salary: £32,600 - £39,000 plus overtime

Benefits:

• 10% Employer Pension Contribution
• 27 days holiday (+ Bank Holidays)
• Early finish Friday
• Lancashire location

THE COMPANY

My client specializes in the manufacturing of complex fabrication and precision machined components, including gas turbine engines. They serve customers around the world in commercial and military aviation, power generation, the marine industry, rotary wing, and unmanned aerial vehicles. Due to a significant increase in orders, they need to recruit several Aerospace Fitters.

THE JOB

The Aerospace Fitters will be responsible for fitting, maintaining, and repairing aircraft engine components. Working hands-on, efficiently and to high quality standards, you will be working alongside and supporting other key business areas across the site.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Participate in a positive and proactive EHS culture across the site.
• Manually fit parts to required customer standards and aircraft standards, including inspection of braze joints.
• Ability to understand, interpret and work to Engineering drawings and to work to tight tolerances.
• Checking of components to verify conformity, using tooling and other measuring devices.
• Ability to use measuring equipment and inspection fixtures to ensure component conformity to drawing requirements.
• General maintenance of machinery, jigs and fixtures is required to ensure a clean, safe and healthy working environment.
• Offer improvements to methods of inspection of product whilst developing best practice techniques.
• Check parts for accurate measurements and finish pieces where necessary.
• Sharing knowledge and experience and support coaching and mentoring to new employees and apprentices.
• Support and participate in Continuous Improvement initiatives across Shop Operations.
• To perform any other duties that may be necessary to meet departmental objectives.

ABOUT YOU

The Aerospace Fitters will have:

• Excellent communication skills
• Team Player with the ability to work alone and use own initiative with minimum supervision.
• Flexible approach to working various shift patterns
• Flexible approach to working across multiple departments
• Willingness to be trained across departments, supporting flexible working requirements
• Pro-active approach to the future success of the business
• Knowledge and experience on high temperature alloys is a distinct advantage

THE OFFER

The client offers the Aerospace Fitters a generous base salary of £32,600 plus shift allowance (£39,000), company pension, benefits, and overtime