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 or aerospace industries.
Destroying the ‘traditional engineering image’, come and talk to us about how we can grow together.
Our core company values are
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
Look below for the start of your exciting career path with us
CNC Turner (Temporary)
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.
Skills, Experience & Qualification:
- 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
Quality Inspector
Role
To ensure that all products manufactured meet the expected standards of all Customers
To be an enthusiastic, self-motivated individual who can work as an integral part of our multi-skilled workforce.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities:
- Inspection of Machined and Fabricated Aerospace and Nuclear parts and assemblies.
Skills, Experience & Qualification:
Which would include but not be limited to the following:
- A basic knowledge of 5s, MSA, PFMEA, SPC, etc. would be advantageous, but not essential.
- The successful applicant will be ideally conversant with both traditional and advanced Inspection/ Quality techniques and tools.
- Experience in Manual and CMM Techniques.
- Experience of CMM Operation/ Inspection Methodology.
- Visual Inspection experience.
- Good inwards Inspection- dimensional and processes.
- Review of material certificate of conformity.
- Support of the Non-Conformance process linked to suppliers.
- Goods inwards inspection experience.
- Good communication skills and the ability to liaise with suppliers and customers.
Shift working may be required.
Production Planning Assistant
Role
This position will support the production planner in all daily processes, plans and targets. Monitoring and progressing works orders in all areas of the facility to meet daily resource requirements.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities:
Expedite all areas to achieve resource plans ensuring work orders have progressed. Working alongside the production planner to ensure production work flow and sales co-ordinators to ensure critical customer requirements are prioritised. Progress chase critical parts from launch to completion through all areas; reporting deviations to the planning team. Targetting minimum delay on all works orders.
Actively support the data integrity of work in progress and QCNs relative to Efacs standard processes. Updating scrap, daily bookings and operation completions; as required.
Skills, Experience & Qualification:
- Experience in a production environment.
- Computer literate- Excel and Microsoft Office.
- Demonstrate a good level of numeracy and literacy.
- Demonstrate the ability to follow detailed instructions.
Essential Requirements:
- Understanding of manufacturing processes.
- Assertive, dynamic and positive attitude.
- Enthusiastic and motivated approach to tasks.
NPI Champion and Project Co-ordinator
Role
The holder of the position will be part of the busy engineering department. Working with various departments and customers they will be responsible for producing and maintaining all New Product Introduction Plans. They will also be responsible for organising and scheduling the workload of the engineering department and maintaining department load and capacity plans. The main purpose of the role is to coordinate activities to ensure projects and activities progress to agreed time scales.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities:
- Working with appropriate managers, other employees and customers, create and maintain project plans for the introduction of new products into the company.
- Work with the engineering team to plan and manage department capacity and schedule workload.
- Hold regular meetings with multi-functional teams to review project progress, set priorities, agree actions and review risks.
- Maintain records on project budgets and cost reduction activities.
- Liaise with customers with regard to New Product Introduction.
- Produce good quality reports for the engineering manager and the rest of the business and maintain a number of KPI's.
- Provide general assistance as required within the engineering department.
Skills, Experience & Qualification:
- Attitude, motivation, an organised approach and a willingness to learn will be very important attributes of the successful candidate and may be viewed as more important than some of the following requirements.
- Be self-motivated and have good project management skills.
- Experience of coordinating multi-functional teams.
- Experience of organising and running team meetings.
- Have good organisational and planning skills.
- Have an analytical, data driven approach to problem solving and improvement activities.
- Be comfortable liaising with customers and suppliers.
- Demonstrate a good level of numeracy/literacy.
- Demonstrate the ability to work alone or as part of a team.
- A knowledge of basic machining, forming and fabrication processes would be an advantage but is not essential.
Essential Requirements:
- Computer literacy with experience of MS Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word and MS Project.)
- Be a team player with good communication skills.
- Be organised and efficient and be willing to take an active role in day to day activities of a busy department.
- Be able to communicate at all levels within the business and with customers and suppliers.
- Have a proven history of successful teamwork and project management.
Temporary Sales Co-ordinator
Role
Update and load sales orders maintaining delivery schedules. Respond to all customer delivery status requests ensuring information is supported from all areas of the business. Progress and track customer parts from pre-production to completion ensuring targets are achieved.
Co-ordinate recoveries by progress chasing all areas of the business.
Prepare WIP trackers/status updates and attend weekly customer link calls ensuring commitments are accurate and agreed.
Skills, Experience & Qualification:
- Relevant experience in a sales planning role.
- Excellent numeracy, literacy and communication skills.
Essential Requirements:
- Able to communicate at all levels within the business.
- Demonstrate the ability to present a professional and informed impression.
- An assertive, dynamic and positive attitude.
We would love to hear from you
Please get in touch if you would like to apply for a vacancy highlighted above and make sure to refer to the job you are interested in. We also want to hear from you if you think you would be a good fit for the CW Fletcher team, but there is not necessarily a job vacancy which currently fits.
We welcome job applications from apprentices, graduates and experienced hires. If you have had a long period of absence from work, for whatever reason, and are eager to return, we want to hear from you! Please fill out our contact form below if you would like to find anything out about our recruitment process, or would like any further information about any of our open vacancies.
