Manual Turner

Westray Recruitment Group; Cramlington; On-site; GBP 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Westray Recruitment Group is seeking a Manual Turner for a global client in Cramlington. The role involves operating lathes and borers to manufacture precision parts, ensuring quality and adherence to technical drawings. The ideal candidate has engineering qualifications and extensive experience in a similar environment, with strong teamwork and communication skills.

Benefits

23 days holiday plus bank holidays

Company pension scheme

Long service awards

Monthly employee incentives

Free parking

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years post-experience in a similar environment.
• Manual Handling Training and overhead crane experience required.
• Good written and oral communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Operating conventional turning machine and borer to produce high precision parts.
• Assisting with final fitting and checking quality of components.
• Following company procedure and Health & Safety requirements.

Skills

Ability to read technical drawings

Team-working skills

Planning skills

Organisational skills

PC literacy

Education

Engineering Apprentice level or equivalent

Job description

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• £33.6k circa per annum – equates to £17.00 per hour
• Mon to Thu 7am-3:30pm and Fri 7am-1pm
• 23 days holiday plus bank holidays, increases up to 25 days after 2 years employment
• Death in service
• Company pension scheme
• Long service awards
• Monthly employee incentives
• Free parking

THE BUSINESS

Westray Recruitment Group are seeking a Manual Turner to join our client based in Cramlington. The right candidate will be joining a global company with a proud history. They have a well established reputation and experts in their industry. An opportunity has arisen for a Manual Turner to join their team.

THE ROLE

• Operating a conventional turning machine (lathe) and conventional borer (webster and bennet) to produce high precision parts to customer specifications
• Assisting with final fitting of the components
• Correctly positioning the component into the machine, with the assistance of lifting equipment if necessary
• Identifying the operations which will machine (cut) the component to the required size
• Carrying out the machining in accordance to the components route card and technical drawing
• To check your own quality as you work, measuring first-offs before proceeding with any additional machining with hand measuring equipment such as venires and micrometers
• Responsible for the housekeeping within your own work area
• To follow instructions as per company procedure, practises and policies
• To ensure all work/tasks/procedures/documentation meet the requirements of the company’s Quality Systems & procedures
• To ensure all work meets the requirements of Health & Safety systems & procedures

THE PERSON

• Educated to Engineering Apprentice level or equivalent
• Ideally with a minimum of 3 years post experience working in the same/similar environment
• An ability to read, interpret and communicate technical drawings
• Manual Handling Training and overhead crane experience
• Good written and oral skills
• Experienced within the metal cutting or manufacturing industry
• Must have proven team-working skills
• Planning and organisational skills are also required to ensure departmental and business objectives and deadlines are met whilst ensuring the integrity of the Company
• Excellent written and verbal skills are required to convey issues to your management and employees alike
• PC literate: Expert knowledge of spreadsheets and reporting computer systems is essential. All round appreciation and understanding of Information Technology including hardware, software and networking arrangements

TO APPLY

Please apply for this position and your CV will go direct to our Engineering Consultant Harry Mann who is leading the search. Alternatively, if you have any questions, please get in touch with Harry at Westray Recruitment Group.