Sheet Metal Worker

Hyde Group; Greater Manchester; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 33,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Compressed hours (36 hours over 4 days

Generous annual leave (33 days)

Discounts from leading retailers

Free parking

Career development opportunities

Cycle to work scheme

Job summary

Hyde Group is recruiting a Sheet Metal Worker for our Dukinfield facility in Greater Manchester. You will join a team producing sheet metal components for aerospace and defence clients, reading engineering drawings and following SOPs to ensure quality.

We value safety, precision, and career development, with a 33‑day leave entitlement and a robust benefits package. A strong background in aerospace or high‑quality manufacturing is preferred.

Qualifications

• Must be committed to working safely and comply with 5S standards.
• Previous aerospace or high-quality manufacturing environment experience preferred.
• Ability to read and understand engineering drawings and specifications.
• Attention to detail; producing high quality, close tolerance components.
• Experience of key processes: rubber press, hand form, profiling parts after form, countersinking, wheeling, rolling.

Responsibilities

• Manufactures products for a variety of aerospace and defence clients, performing a full range of sheet metal operations in line with SOPs.
• Read and interpret engineering drawings, following in-house routing and ensuring calibrated equipment is used.

Skills

Reading engineering drawings

Attention to detail

Safe working practices

Aerospace manufacturing experience

Quality standards

Job description

Are you looking for a new and exciting challenge, with a forward‑thinking organisation within the high‑tech engineering sector? The Hyde Group are established industry experts and have vacancies for a Sheet Metal Worker, working in our busy manufacturing facility in Dukinfield.

About us

We are one of the UK's largest and most trusted engineering companies, providing products and services to Aerospace, Nuclear, Energy and Scientific sectors. We have successfully supplied to the Aerospace industry for over 50 years. We are currently on track to achieve our strong growth plans and we pride ourselves on delivering right first‑time solutions and going the extra mile to delight our customers.

About the opportunity

This is a great opportunity to join a reputable business with a strong set of core values in a friendly supportive environment. We have a strong focus on developing our people with the potential to further your career. Our salaries are competitive and we also offer a generous holiday entitlement of 33 days inclusive of bank holidays along with a fantastic benefits package.

As a Sheet Metal Worker, you will be part of the team that manufactures products for a variety of aerospace and defence clients performing a full range of sheet metal operations in line with our Standard Operating Procedures, whilst working to the approved quality standards. You will be able to read and interpret engineering drawings, follow in house routing/processes ensuring that the correct calibrated equipment is used.

Essential Requirements

• Must be committed to working safely and comply with the 5S standards in place.
• Previous experience in aerospace, or another high‑quality manufacturing environment preferred.
• Ability to read and understand engineering drawings and specifications.
• Attention to detail; producing high quality, close tolerance components.
• Experience of key processes: rubber press, hand form, profiling parts after form, countersinking, wheeling, rolling.

What we offer

• Competitive salary, optional compressed hours (36 hours over 4 days).
• Generous annual leave entitlement.
• Exciting benefits package with access to discounts from leading retailers.
• Purpose built sites with free parking.
• Excellent career development opportunities available.
• Cycle to work scheme.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Hyde Group are committed to creating an inclusive environment where our employees can reach their full potential. We welcome applications from candidates from a diverse range of backgrounds in particular groups who are currently underrepresented in our sector. All our roles require the need to obtain pre‑employment security screening checks including referencing.

If this sounds like the ideal opportunity for you, then we’d love to hear from you.