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At the heart of everything we do are our people. Together we create our joint futures and strive to meet our customer’s every need.
From our background as a family run company we strongly believe that our people matter, and we pride ourselves on the wide ranging benefits, policies and initiatives which are offered to all of our employees. From apprenticeship schemes, to graduate schemes or just self-improvement, we are here to help you progress.
We are always looking for people to help us improve, and so if you are self-motivated, driven, honest, innovative and have a good moral compass, come and talk to us.
If you aren’t sure your background fits the engineering mould, but you believe you have these qualities- we want to hear from you! While we may not have a job description available right now, we would like to keep your details on file should an opening appear which we think may fit.
We work in progressive and exciting industries and engineer products for the nuclear, space and aerospace industries.
Destroying the ‘traditional engineering image’, come and talk to us about how we can grow together.
Look below for the start of your exciting career path with us
CNC Turner
Role
You will be responsible for machining sensitive aerospace components in line with the Master Production Schedule. The candidate must have experience in aerospace machining and be able to work alone or as part of a team.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities:
- Work to close tolerance, small batch work, predominantly fixture based in a wide range of aerospace materials such as Jethete, Titanium and Nickel based alloys.
- Ability to learn multiple machines within the business.
- Ability to operate multiple machines where applicable.
- Understanding and ability to interpret engineering drawings.
- Understanding of various controls.
- Use overhead crane for fixture transportation.
- Understand and be able to follow Batch Card and Standard Working Instructions.
- Have a good level of Computer Literacy.
- Cover holidays and capacity issue with overtime when required
Experiance Required:
- Experience in machining sensitive or critical aerospace components
- Experience in operating and setting CNC Turning machines- Doosan in particular.
- Experience in self inspection and recording results of produced components.
- Demonstrate a good level of numeracy / literacy.
- Demonstrate the ability to use multiple control systems.
Essential Requirements:
- Excellent understanding of tooling and hand measurement using micrometers, Vernier's etc.
- Ability to work as part of a team or individually.
- Effective communication skills.
- Understanding of how to follow SWI & procedures.
- Have a questioning attitude to improvements and 5’s
- You should relish a challenge and have a can-do-attitude.
- A strong work ethic.
Salary rate: £14.05/ hour
Jig and Tool Maker
Role
The holder of the position will be part of the Tool Room team in this aerospace manufacturing company. This team provides vital support to the manufacturing facility by producing, repairing and maintaining jigs, fixtures and form tools for new and existing product. These jigs and fixtures range from small pin fitting tools to fixtures of over 1 metre diameter.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities:
- Work as part of a team and be responsible for producing new jigs, fixtures and form tools to the engineering drawings provided by the tooling design team.
- Be responsible for maintaining, repairing and improving existing jigs, fixtures and form tools.
- Work with manufacturing engineers and tooling design engineers to provide the most effective and cost efficiant tooling solutions.
- Provide tool room support to the maintenance department.
- Provide input into the quotation process.
Skills, Experience & Qualification:
- Be fully competent using manual lathes for the turning details up to 1 metre diameter also milling machines, radial arm drills, surface and cylindrical grinders.
- Have all the required hand skills for jig and tool manufacturing and maintenance.
- Some CNC milling experience would be an advantage.
- Be fully competent in interpreting and understanding engineering drawings.
- Be fully competent in manufacturing jigs and fixtures from the details given on engineering drawings.
- Experience and ability to produce parts to tight tolerances.
- Experience of producing and maintaining press tools.
- Be able to work as part of a team in a fast moving, dynamic department.
- Demonstrate a good level of numeracy/ literacy.
- Demonstrate the ability to work alone or as part of a team.
Essential Requirements:
- Have a proven tool making background.
- Have a good understanding of technical drawings and geometric tolerances.
- Be able to produce the required items to agreed tome scales in a dynamic fluid environment.
Salary rate: £14.05/ hour
CNC Miller
Role
We are looking for a skilled and experienced CNC miller to join CW Fletcher. You will be responsible for machining sensitive aerospace components in line with the Master Production Schedule. The candidate must have experience in aerospace machining and be able to work alone or as part of a team.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities:
- Work to close tolerance, small batch work, predominantly fixture based in a wide range of aerospace materials such as Jethete, Titanium and Nickel based alloys.
- Ability to learn multiple machines within the business.
- Ability to operate multiple machines where applicable.
- Understanding and ability to interpret engineering drawings.
- Understanding of various controls such as Fanuc & Heidenhein.
- Use overhead crane for fixture transportation.
- Understand and be able to follow Batch Card and Standard Working Instructions.
- Have a good level of Computer Literacy.
- Cover holidays and capacity issue with overtime when required.
Skills, Experience & Qualification:
- Experience in machining sensitive or critical aerospace components
- Experience in operating and setting CNC Milling machines. DMG & Mazak preferred.
- Experience in self inspection and recording results of produced components.
- Demonstrate a good level of numeracy / literacy.
- Demonstrate the ability to use multiple control systems.
Essential Requirements:
- Excellent understanding of tooling.
- Ability to work part of a team or individually.
- Effective communication skills.
- Understanding of how to follow SWI & procedures.
- Have a questioning attitude to improvements and 5s
Salary rate: £14.05/ hour
Our core company values
Our core values underpin what is expected from each and every member of the CW Fletcher team, and support our vision to become ‘Obviously, the safest partner for any customer in whatever market we choose to serve’. We strive to achieve these values every day.
Communication
Respect
Environment
Action
Teamwork
Empowerment
We would love to hear from you
Please get in touch if you would like to apply for a vacancy advertised above and make sure to refer to the job you are interested in, by completing the contact form. Alternatively if you would like to find anything out about our recruitment process, or would like any additional information please complete the contact form and we will get back to you shortly.
If we do not currently have any job vacancies advertised above, keep checking our Careers page or LinkedIn for any updates.
