At a Glance
- Tasks: Join the Calibration & Maintenance team to ensure measurement accuracy and equipment performance.
- Company: Leading Defence Manufacturing organisation with a focus on innovation.
- Benefits: Competitive hourly rate, hands-on experience, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: 12-month contract with potential for career advancement in a dynamic environment.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in defence manufacturing while developing your engineering skills.
- Qualifications: Level 4 qualification in Mechanical Engineering and experience in dimensional calibration.
The predicted salary is between 32 - 35 £ per hour.
MERITUS are recruiting for Mechanical Engineers to join a leading Defence Manufacturing organisation as a part of their Calibration & Maintenance team.
We are looking for Mechanical Engineers to join a Calibration & Maintenance function, supporting manufacturing activities across assembly, integration and testing. Working collaboratively with production, quality and engineering teams, you will play an important role in ensuring measurement accuracy and equipment performance throughout the build process.
Key Responsibilities- Provide hands-on mechanical and dimensional calibration support for Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) and bespoke test equipment.
- Support dimensional inspection activities, including updating and maintaining CMM measurement programmes.
- Deliver day-to-day dimensional calibration and inspection support for manufacturing teams, fixtures and tooling.
- Act as a trusted technical point of contact for dimensional calibration and inspection queries across manufacturing.
- Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives that enhance measurement methods, processes and repeatability.
- Support pressure calibration activities where required.
- Level 4 qualification in Mechanical Engineering or Manufacturing (such as HNC or Diploma).
- Demonstrable experience in dimensional calibration.
- Good understanding of measurement uncertainty.
- Strong working knowledge of Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T).
- Experience operating Coordinate Measuring Machines (CMMs), including basic programme creation or modification.
- Experience calibrating torque tools to ISO 6789-2:2017.
- Experience with pressure calibration.
Mechanical Engineer employer: Yolk Recruitment Limited
MERITUS is an exceptional employer, offering Mechanical Engineers the opportunity to work within a leading Defence Manufacturing organisation in Bolton. With a strong focus on employee development and a collaborative work culture, you will be part of a team that values innovation and continuous improvement, while enjoying competitive pay and the chance to contribute to critical projects in the defence sector.
