Junior Sheet Metal worker

Airport Placements; Bishop's Stortford; Remote; GBP 16,000 - 23,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

4-day week with Fridays off

Permanent contract

Job summary

HR GO Group is recruiting a Junior Sheet Metal Worker for a permanent role in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire. The position operates a 4-day week (Mon-Wed + Thu shifts, Fri off) with a starting rate of £14.50 per hour.

You will produce high-precision sheet metal components from drawings and support continuous improvement in a busy production team. The role focuses on setting up and operating guillotines, bandsaws and presses, assembling parts, and ensuring quality.

Qualifications

• Experience in sheet metal fabrication and operating workshop machinery.
• Strong attention to detail and reliability.
• Ability to meet deadlines as part of a team.
• Interest in progressing into press machine operation.

Responsibilities

• Set up and operate fabrication machinery (guillotine, bandsaw and presses).
• Produce and assemble parts and welded assemblies from drawings.
• Mark out materials from drawings and templates using hand tools.
• Check tolerances using measuring equipment to meet drawings.
• Follow engineering drawings, procedures and work instructions.
• Participate in daily stand-ups and support continuous improvement.
• Maintain a clean, safe work area compliant with health and safety standards.

Skills

Sheet metal fabrication

Workshop machinery operation

Reading engineering drawings

Quality focus

Tools

Guillotine

Bandsaw

Press

Job description

Junior Sheet Metal worker

Job Reference: FJ-vnvmj

Manufacturing and Production Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire £14.5 per hour Permanent

Junior Sheet Metal Fabricator (Permanent) - 4-day week, Fridays off

We're recruiting reliable, motivated Junior Sheet Metal Fabricators to join a large, experienced production team on a permanent basis. This role is ideal for someone who already has a solid grounding in sheet metal fabrication and now wants to build on their skills-especially progressing further into press machine set-up and operation.

Hours: Mon-Wed 07:00-17:30 & Thurs 07:00-16:30 (full-time hours over 4 days) - every Friday off

The role

You’ll produce high-precision sheet metal components and sub-assemblies, working from engineering drawings and to a defined schedule.

What you’ll be doing:

• Set up and operate fabrication machinery (guillotines, bandsaws and presses)
• Produce and assemble detailed parts for assemblies and welded assemblies
• Mark out and prepare materials from drawings/templates using hand tools and basic calculations
• Check work using measuring equipment to ensure it meets drawing requirements
• Follow engineering drawings/lofts, procedures and work instructions
• Take part in daily stand-up meetings and support continuous improvement
• Work to health & safety, quality and regulatory standards, keeping your area clean and safe

What we’re looking for:

Essential:

• Previous sheet metal fabrication experience and confidence using workshop machinery (e.g. guillotine/bandsaw/press)
• Strong attention to detail, reliability and a quality-focused approach
• Team player who can work to deadlines
• Keen to develop further into press machine operation

Desirable:

• Aerospace or automotive manufacturing knowledge
• Strong drawing/specification reading skills
• Practical problem-solving and decision-making

Other information:

These are permanent roles. You must have the right to work in the UK to be considered.