Aerospace Fitter
Job Type : Permanent, Full Time
Salary : £15.21/hour
At Work Lyf Group, we are recruiting Aerospace Fitters for our client in Congleton. Based in a brand new warehouse!
KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
* Ensure that the correct personal protective equipment (PPE) is used for the operations being performed and ensure that PPE is appropriately stored or replaced as necessary.
* Use only the production machinery and tools that you have been trained and authorised to operate
* Ensure all materials and products are lifted and handled safely and in accordance with manual handling training provided.
* Ensure that the required standards of behaviour and discipline are adhered to.
* Ensure that all materials and work in progress are protected from deterioration and damage, using the correct storage boxes or stillage’s provided. Ensure that positive identification and batch traceability are suitably maintained.
* Maintain production machinery and tooling in accordance with any required operator preventive maintenance instructions or schedules, recording as required the maintenance activities undertaken
* Utilise tools and machinery in safe manner and in accordance with all safety instructions and previous training provided. Ensure that any required guarding is suitably in place and positioned. Immediately suspend use of, and report, any defective or unsafe tools, machinery, guarding or stopping devices to the Team Leader and HSE Officer.
* Read, interpret and understand engineering drawings and associated shop packet paperwork (ie Job Card, Kitting Lists and Work Instructions) in order to determine how products are to be correctly manufactured.
* Ensure that any measuring or production equipment used (and requiring calibration) is within its re-calibration date prior to use, reporting any expired items to the Team Leader
* Select tools, check condition and set up in accordance with job card and/or work instructions, reporting any defective, broken or excessively worn tooling to the Team Leader. Ensure that all tooling is correctly and safely stored and located after use.
* Accurately record the time expended on production work to the correct works order number on the EFACS recording system. Record components lost to the correct scrap code on the EFACS recording system.
* Ensure that all production related work activities and records comply with relevant quality standards and NADCAP requirements.
* Demonstrate a commitment to quality and continuous improvement.
* Use hand tools, production machinery and tooling to cut, machine, form, shape and size components to their required dimensions specified on engineering drawings.
* Use production machinery and tooling to resistance weld and join materials and components together in accordance with instructions and engineering drawing requirements.
* NB. In order to fulfil lines 14-15 you may be required to manufacture / test products within the following disciplines:
· Guillotine
· Laser
· Tube Bending
· Tube Cutting
· Milling
· Drilling
· Bellows Rolling
· Elastomer Forming
· Spring Rate Testing
· Sizing / Setting / Gapping
· Press Forming
· Expanding
· Swage Pressing
· Pressing
· Polishing
· Trimming
· Rolling
· Linishing
· Spot / Seam Welding
· Wire Brushing
· Band Saw Cutting
· Pipe Sleeve Cutting
· Manual Machining
· CNC Machining
· CNC Drilling
· Vac Testing
· Pressure Testing
· AUW Testing
· Macro Testing
· Bench Fitting
· Assembly
· Insulation
· Hot Forming / Hot Expanding
· Vapour Blasting
· Robot
· Acid Pickle
· Water Wash
· Ultrasonic Cleaning
* Visually check the part prior to starting work to ensure it meets the standards required.
* During each Job Card operation, check the quality of your work and confirm that it conforms to the requirements by recording & stamping the operation complete with any required measurements. Verify that the product is free from foreign objects prior to passing to the next stage of processing.
* Attend training or participate in improvement events as required. Support the Team Leader in the training of new or temporary personnel.
* 20. Partake in cross-functional training to maintain a minimum of 4 in one coverage across all processes within the business.
* Provide support and have the flexibility to move to another Production Team, should operational demands require it.
Working Hours
Monday – Thurs 6.30am – 4p.m. Day shift
Overtime – Time and a half
Benefits
* On site parking
* Company parties and events
* Birthday vouchers
* 5 weeks annual leave
* 8 bank holidays
More Information
- Address Congleton, Cheshire East
