General Machinist - Manual in Aldershot

GENERAL MACHINIST Location: Aldershot, Hampshire (close to the A331 and M3) Contract: Permanent, full time Hours: Monday to Friday, 08.00 to 17.00 (40 hours per week, one hour lunch) Pay from: £13 per hour, dependent on experience Overtime: Available as required; [weekdays at time and a third, Saturdays at time and a half, Sundays at double time] Holiday: 20 days plus 8 bank holidays Pension: Workplace pension (The People's Pension) THE COMPANY A specialist UK manufacturer of high-performance anchor systems for the highways sector. The company designs and manufactures its own proprietary range of anchors and holding-down components for lighting columns, vehicle restraint systems and sign structures used on road and rail infrastructure. [It supplies a substantial share of the anchors used for UK highway lighting columns.] All products are manufactured in-house at Aldershot and distributed daily across the UK. THE WORKSHOP The workshop runs a wide range of heavy-duty manual machinery, including: * Centre lathes * Threading and tapping machines * Deep hole boring * Bending and grinding equipment The workshop also has a welding and fabrication section. The team is small and experienced, [currently nine engineers], each able to work across most of the machinery. The principal material is a high-strength stainless steel, [duplex grade], with roughly twice the strength of standard stainless grades. It demands careful setting, correct tooling and close attention to tolerances. THE ROLE The General Machinist will operate the machines across the shop to produce components to drawing, on time and right first time. The main duties are: * Setting up and operating lathes and other manual machines for production runs. * Moving between machines and processes as production requires. * Threading and tapping high-grade stainless and alloy steel components. * Working from engineering drawings and job cards, and checking work with micrometeors, verniers and thread gauges. * Maintaining plant, jigs, fixtures and tooling, and reporting faults promptly. * Contributing ideas that improve productivity and quality and reduce manufacturing cost. * Keeping the work area safe, clean and organised, and following health and safety procedures. * Assisting with stock taking and other workshop duties when required. ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS * Practical experience on a range of manual machines, particularly lathes. * A sound grounding in basic engineering, including threading and tapping. * The ability to read engineering drawings and use standard measuring instruments. * A careful, safe and reliable approach, with good attendance and timekeeping. * The willingness to learn across several machines and processes. DESIRABLE * Experience of threading, tapping or deep hole boring. * Experience machining stainless steel or other high-strength materials. * Awareness of ISO 9001 quality procedures. * First aid, health and safety or forklift training. TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT Full training is provided across the workshop machinery, both in-house and through external courses where appropriate, so that the successful candidate becomes competent on as many processes as possible. Applications from Service leavers and those with an engineering trade background from the Armed Forces are particularly welcome. If you feel you are suitable please apply now or contact Callum Withey at Shorterm group for more information