Precision Machinist: Manual Lathes & Rotating Equipment

RE Recruitment; Painswick; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

RE Recruitment is seeking an experienced Machinist to join a well-established engineering business in the United Kingdom. You will operate manual centre lathes and other workshop machinery to produce precision shafts, housings and impellers, following engineering drawings and tolerances.

Join a team that values skilled craftsmanship, attention to detail and safe, efficient production processes in a varied, technically challenging environment.

Qualifications

• Time-served craft apprenticeship or equivalent training.
• Strong experience using conventional lathes, drills and milling machines.
• Experience machining components accurately to engineering drawings.
• Confidence using a range of measuring equipment.

Responsibilities

• Machine new and used components to precise tolerances using manual centre lathes and other workshop equipment.
• Machining cast components such as impellers, pump parts and housings.
• Work with CNC lathes where required and perform general milling.
• Follow drawings and design tolerances with high attention to detail.
• Maintain housekeeping, safety standards and cooperate with the team.

Skills

Apprenticeship

Conventional machining

Measuring equipment

NVQ Level 3

Rotating equipment

Problem solving

Attention to detail

Teamwork

Independent working

Driving licence

Education

NVQ Level 3

Tools

Conventional lathes

Drills

Milling machines

Measuring equipment

Job description

RE Recruitment is seeking an experienced Machinist to join a well-established engineering business in the United Kingdom. You will operate manual centre lathes and other workshop machinery to produce precision shafts, housings and impellers, following engineering drawings and tolerances.

Join a team that values skilled craftsmanship, attention to detail and safe, efficient production processes in a varied, technically challenging environment.