Mechanical Assembly Technicians

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Role Overview:

Marshall Land Systems are hiring within their production teams and have opportunities for skilled Mechanical Assembly Technicians to join their site in Cambridge (postcode is CB5 8RX) the role plays a pivotal part in high-profile military projects, dealing with the production of both vehicles and containers, and your ideas and contribution will be valued in a business where people really matter

Rate(s): UMBRELLA: standard hours pays £26.30 per hour, Overtime (anything over 37 hours & Saturday) £39.45 per hour & Sundays £52.60 per hour

PAYE: Standard hours pay £19.12 (carries £2.89’s worth of holiday pay on top of every hour worked so total hourly pay is £22.01 per hour) Overtime (anything over 37 hours & Saturday) £28.68 per hour & Sunday's £38.24 per hour

Core Hours: Monday – Thursday (7.15am-3.45pm) half day finish on Friday’s (7.15am-12.15pm)

Duties include:

• To manufacture, assemble and build specialist projects using engineering drawings and associated design data to meet the business and customer expectations
• Installing rivets with pneumatic rivet guns
• Use of silicone and sealants with different preparation methods
• Using battery and electric powered drill guns
• Wearing correct PPE for the right job and maintaining safety at all times
• Working from engineering drawings, written Instructions and 3D modelling
• Assembling and joint different panels and parts to together
• Torquing, torque marking and recording, completing a job travellers
• Following and abiding to health and safety and company procedures and practices
• Maintaining a clean safe working environment
• Working in pairs and lone to archive daily targets
• Fettling using approved and calibrated settings tools
• Recording progress of work and signing in on job using computers
• Inspecting and recording before passing on to the next stage
• Treating aluminium or steel panels and components with various chemicals such as sicoseal
• Drilling, reaming, counter sinking aluminium, steel, wood and PVC plastic assemblies and components
• To support the Production Managers and Team Leaders, ensuring that all Marshall Land Systems projects are delivered on time, within budget and to the highest quality standard
• Ensure all tasks are carried out within the allocated time
• To understand and work to configuration control processes
• To ensure production processes and procedures are maintained
• To follow and work in line with Health and Safety management systems
• Take an active role in continuous improvements, to include lean and 5s procedures
• Ensure a clean compliant work area is maintained at all times
• Ensure equipment and tooling required is identified to the line manager
• Attend and support production meetings if required
• Completion of daily timesheets

Qualifications

Essential:

• Mechanical assembly or Mechanical fitting experience ESSENTIAL
• Previous experience within automotive or heavy industry highly desirable
• Any prior experience in Vehicle Body Building, Mechanical Fitting or equivalent trade highly beneficial
• Understanding and experience in Assembly processes and techniques
• Competent skills gained through training and experience and ability to communicate within team
• Familiar with a workshop environment
• Understanding of Production methods and processes
• Competent understanding and ability to read engineering drawings and associated design data
• Understand planning methods and skills
• Good written and verbal communication skills

Desirable:

• Ideally completed a City and Guilds Apprenticeship or equivalent in Vehicle Body Building, Mechanical Fitting, Manufacturing and Assembly Qualification or comprehensive on the job experience
• Understanding of Appraisals/PDR’s
• Semi-Skilled candidates with manufacturing/production experience will be considered

About Marshall’s:

Based in the UK, with operations in Canada, Marshall Land Systems specialises in the design and production of deployable operational infrastructure and mission support for humanitarian, defence and security operations across the globe. Other core services include the integration of complex systems into a range of vehicles for use by the military and security services including explosive ordnance disposal and battlefield ambulances all underpinned by a full in-life managed service provision to ensure customers‘ equipment is available where and when they need it