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
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:
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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.
MPS Planner
Role
Create and maintain MPS in Efacs developing a smooth production profile and manufacturing strategy against resource capacity; supporting sales requirements and internal targets.
Responsible for scheduling production launch and purchasing demand signals.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities:
Maintain MPS and MRP in Efacs ensuring demand signals are updated and aligned with customer requirements. Respond to schedule movement and manage exceptions with sales co-ordinators and buyer. Responsible for WIP levels and finished goods inventory levels effectively communicating production launch strategies.
Creating MPS and MRP works orders for release to shop floor. Responsible for maintaining MRP and schedule parameters. Completing weekly MRP and schedule routines supporting purchasing and production planning functions.
Maintain and conduct thorough analysis of weekly load and capacity ensuring assumptions are updated for review. Highlighting and proposing solutions for underutilised or over loaded resources. Create quarterly load plans to target production standard recovery ensuring requirements are communicated and fully understood by all parties.
Analyse and prepare S&OP details for senior reviews.
Ownership of on time launch and completion metrics.
Skills, Experience & Qualification:
- Experience in master scheduling, demand planning or a supply planning role.
- Demonstrate excellent MRP/ERP/CRP knowledge.
- Experience creating production forecasts preferably in a precision engineering company.
- Demonstrate excellent numeracy and excel skills.
- Demonstrate the ability to follow detailed instructions.
- Demonstrate a good understanding of load and capacity tools.
Essential Requirements:
- Thorough and detailed approach to tasks.
- Able to communicate at all levels within the business.
- Able to drive and motivate others to target.
- Ability to work independently.
- Assertive, dynamic and positive attitude.
CNC Miller - Temporary Position (3 months)
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 such as 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 used 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 5’s
CNC Miller - Permanent Position
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 such as 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 used 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 5’s
Business Unit Leader
Role
This post holder plays a very important role in the overall leadership of the company, being responsible for a number of other company member's behaviours and performance. It is essential that the company Vision and Values are reinforced through actions and interactions with your teams.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities:
You will hold direct responsibility for the Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost and People performance of your allocated Business Unit. It is essential that you are able to be effective across each of these elements to be successful in this post. You must also be able to help the company develop and improve the processes and practices employed to manage these elements too.
Working alongside the Operations and Planning team, you will be responsible for the execution of the manufacturing plan for your Business Unit, ensuring deviations are recognised and recovery plans are developed where required.
Ensuring that regulatory and quality standards are achieved without exception, you and your team will challenge for any opportunity to improve across each of the S, Q, D, C, P elements, fundamentally you are driving the company's competitiveness in the market place.
Skills, Experience & Qualification:
- Extensive experience in an engineering / manufacturing environment.
- IOSH managing safety qualification or equivalent.
- A knowledge and application of lean manufacturing principles.
- Demonstrate a good level of numeracy / literacy.
- Demonstrate the ability to lead and manage people.
- Experience managing a complex order book.
Essential Requirements:
- Able to demonstrate previous involvement within continuous improvement activities.
- Computer literacy with experience of MS Office (Excel, PowerPoint and Word.
- Able to communicate at all levels within the business.
- Understanding of OEE and production process flows.
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.
