Assembly Administrator

Marshall of Cambridge Aerospace Ltd; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

27 days holiday

Pension contributions matched up to 9%

Flexible benefits package

Job summary

Marshall of Cambridge Aerospace Ltd seeks an adaptable Operations Support role within the AMS Operations team to help assemble sub-assemblies and manage tooling, calibration, and consumables. You will support stores and production engineering while promoting safety, compliance, and efficient operations across the shop floor.

This role emphasizes continuous improvement, adherence to health and safety procedures, and administrative support, with a competitive salary and a benefits package

Qualifications

• GCSE grade C or above in Mathematics and English or an equivalent qualification desirable.
• Experience in an assembly environment where quality and schedule compliance were key.
• Experience with continuous improvement practices and health & safety procedures.

Responsibilities

• Support the stores and production engineering teams with tooling, calibration and asset reporting to ensure regulatory and quality compliance.
• Maintain Health and Safety procedures and Safe Systems of Work, including 8D, Root Cause Analysis, COSHH, risk assessments and safety monitoring.
• Enable assembly lines by ensuring availability of lineside consumables and tools.
• Contribute to Continuous Improvement activities and efficiencies across the operation.
• Assist with general administration and documentation for production/assembly activities.
• Support production software applications such as Traka and related systems.

Skills

High energy

Prioritisation

Interpersonal skills

Communication

Education

GCSE Mathematics and English

Tools

traka

IFS

Windchill

Q-Pulse

Job description

Why join Marshall in this role?

Why join Marshall in this role? This is an exciting opportunity to join Marshall in a role that plays a key part in supporting our AMS Operations team and the wider business. You’ll provide essential operational and enabling support across a range of activities, helping to ensure our teams can operate effectively and efficiently. Working collaboratively across the business, you’ll have the opportunity to make a real impact by identifying opportunities for improvement and helping to turn them into meaningful results. A key part of the role will be to actively support, promote and contribute to a culture of continuous improvement, helping Marshall achieve sustainable gains in efficiency and performance.

Accountability

Accountability: Accountable for providing support to enable the assembly of small and large complex sub-assemblies.

Responsibilities

• Support the stores and production engineering teams in managing tooling, calibration and critical asset reporting to ensure compliance with regulatory and quality systems
• Management and maintenance of Health and Safety procedures and Safe Systems of Work, including (but not limited to) 8D, Root Cause Analysis, COSHH, Risk Assessments, confined space permits and safety monitoring
• Enablement of the assembly team through ensuring availability of lineside consumables
• Positive input into Continuous Improvement activities
• Supporting general administration (e.g. supporting documentation for production/assembly activities)

Tasks

• Support calibration including sending and receiving tooling, updating and managing calibration specifications, checking certification and labelling
• Support management of tooling usage and calibration failure reports to ensure tooling gets quarantined or scrapped as appropriate
• Complete Health and Safety Risk Assessments, Safe Systems of Work and COSHH Assessments
• Manage production support software applications e.g. traka
• Manage consumables and tool ordering
• Administrative support

Capability

Capability: Behavioural Competencies: High energy, able to manage and balance conflicting priorities and demands Good interpersonal and communication skills Takes responsibility for own actions Confident with the ability to speak to all levels of management and staff Technical Competencies: Basic knowledge of Microsoft (i.e. Word, Excel) Ability to learn software applications (i.e. IFS, Windchill, Q-Pulse etc.) The ability to accurately follow detailed work instructions and specifications Able to assess data and develop compliance documents e.g. risk assessments

Education

Education: Skills necessary to support clear and concise verbal and written communication GCSE grade C or above in Mathematics and English or an equivalent qualification desirable

Experience

Experience: Previous experience in an assembly environment where quality and schedule compliance were key Preferably worked within an organisation that practiced continuous improvement

Competitive salary and remuneration package

Competitive salary and remuneration package including, 27 days holiday, pension contributions matched up to 9% Flexible benefits package

Eligibility

Are you eligible for a guaranteed interview? If you identify as disabled under the Disability Confident Scheme, a care leaver, have experience in care, or are a member/veteran of the armed forces, you may qualify.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Marshall Group is an equal opportunity employer and values a diverse and inclusive workplace.

All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, colour, religion, genetic information, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Respect at Work

We are striving to create an inclusive workplace culture built on trust, accountability, collaboration, and improvement—an environment where everyone feels valued, respected, and able to thrive, free from bullying, harassment, and discrimination. Fostering a positive culture is key to our individual and shared success.

About Marshall

Marshall is an independent, family-owned UK company with a diverse portfolio of businesses and a shared commitment to keeping our customers moving forward. Whether that’s supporting global armed forces to deliver mission‑critical activities, keeping the UK distribution industry on the road, creating new, sustainable communities where people can live and thrive, or developing the next generations of industry talent – we are incredibly proud to have been building extraordinary futures since 1909. Headquartered in Cambridge, we currently employ around 2,000 people across locations in the UK, Northern Europe, North America and the UAE.