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Mechanical Fitter

ProTech Recruitment Ltd
Posted a day ago, valid for 16 days
Location

Royston, Cambridgeshire SG8 6DF, England

Salary

£28,000 - £37.5 per week

Contract type

Full Time

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  • A company in Royston is seeking a Mechanical Fitter with a salary of approximately £28,000 per annum, plus overtime rates for hours exceeding 37.5 per week.
  • Candidates should have experience in pneumatic assembly, heavy machinery, and working from engineering drawings, ideally with an engineering apprenticeship or equivalent experience.
  • The role involves building, setting up, and testing special purpose machinery, as well as routine maintenance and service work.
  • Key skills include mechanical fitting, machine building, hydraulics, wiring systems, and the use of hand tools, with ownership of a tool kit being essential.
  • Benefits include overtime premiums, healthcare, enhanced pension, and holiday allowance.

Location: Royston

Salary: Circa £28,000 pa with overtime rates for +37.5 hours / week

Benefits: Overtime premiums (x1.5 / 2), Healthcare, enhanced pension and holiday allowance

Key skills required:

Mechanical, Fitting, Machine Building, Pneumatics, Hydraulics, Wiring systems, sub-assemblies

A business that supplies special purpose machinery worldwide is seeking a Mechanical Fitter to join their production team in Hertfordshire. The Company work with major company brands across the globe and are continuously developing their products to meet the market demand.

You will join the Machine Build Assembly Team; building, setting up and testing the completed systems. You will need to have experience of pneumatic assembly and pipework on heavy machinery, working from engineering drawings and carrying out maintenance and service work.

The skills required for this Mechanical Fitter role are those of an experienced and flexible Engineer who, under supervision, will be involved with the mechanical building of specialist systems.

Mechanical Fitter Essential Requirements:

  • An Engineering Apprenticeship within a manufacturing environment, or another relevant industry qualification (or extensive industry experience)
  • Special purpose machinery building experience
  • Experience of heavy machinery
  • Experience of working from Engineering drawings
  • Previous wiring & electrical knowledge is also a bonus
  • Knowledge of using hand tools and machinery - own tool kit is essential

Mechanical Fitter Beneficial Requirements:

  • General mechanical hand fitting skills - Fitting bearings, Alignment of shafts etc
  • Marking out, drilling and tapping
  • Experience of Pneumatic assembly and pipe work, working to pneumatic drawings
  • Familiarity with building of sub-assemblies and incorporating these into complete machines
  • Experience of ensuring assemblies are built to drawing and are aligned correctly
  • Experienced in the use of in-house ERP systems (ideally SAP) to track parts and build times accurately.

Mechanical Fitter Responsibilities:

  • To work as part of the Machine Build Main Assembly Team
  • To fit and assemble sub-assemblies and incorporate these into complete machines
  • To build pneumatic equipment used to control the machines transport systems
  • To ensure that all parts and assemblies are correctly fitted and assembled together in accordance with the agreed tolerances and procedures
  • To set up and test completed systems in readiness for final testing
  • Carry out routine maintenance and unplanned service work as and when required

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In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.