Sheet Metal Worker – Full Time – Guide Bridge

Catering; Audenshaw; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

4-day week option (36 hours)

Generous annual leave

Employee discounts

Free parking

Career development opportunities

Cycle to work scheme

Job summary

Hyde Group is seeking a Sheet Metal Worker for our Dukinfield facility. You will join a team manufacturing products for aerospace and defence clients, reading drawings and performing a full range of sheet metal operations.

You will read and interpret engineering drawings, follow in-house processes, and ensure calibrated equipment is used correctly. The role emphasizes safety, quality, and adherence to 5S standards in a busy production environment.

Qualifications

• Reading and understanding engineering drawings and specifications.
• Experience in aerospace or high-quality manufacturing environments is preferred.
• Attention to detail to produce high-quality, close-tolerance components.
• Commitment to safety and 5S standards in workflow.

Responsibilities

• Operate sheet metal processes to drawings and procedures.
• Read and interpret engineering drawings and follow routings.
• Ensure correct calibrated equipment is used and maintained.

Skills

Reading drawings

Aerospace exposure

Attention to detail

Safety compliance

5S standards

Job description

Are you looking for a new and exciting challenge, with a forward-thinking organisation within the high-tech engineering sector? 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. We offer competitive salary and annual leave, with an entitlement of 25 days holiday plus 8 statutory holidays. We also offer the option to compress hours to a 4 day working week, holidays for compressed hours will be pro-rata.

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

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.

Salary:

Job Type: Permanent

Location: SK16, Guide Bridge, Borough of Tameside