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Press Brake Operative
Hours of Work:Rotating Days/Afternoons
Days - Monday to Friday 6am to 2pm
Afternoons - Monday -Thurs 2pm-12am
Salary: £14.37-£15.09 per hour
Benefits:
- Company pension
- £750 Signing bonus
- Free flu jabs
- Free parking
- Gym membership
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Private medical insurance
About our client:
Founded in 1989, they are one of the largest subcontract engineering companies in the North of England, with a highly skilled and experienced workforce utilising the very latest technology, supplying product to a host of major sectors including Road Transport, Coach & Bus, Waste Solutions, Aerial Platforms, Security, Construction Equipment and Rail.
Whilst retaining the benefits and independence of a family company, a strong management team, committed workforce, and ever-expanding range of facilities gives them the capability to provide a total high-quality service.
About the role:
We are currently looking for a Press Brake Operative who is responsible for the daily setup and operation of computer-controlled press brakes to perform one or more machine functions on steel products, having the ability to:
- Produce components requiring interpretation of engineering drawings, aided by jigs and templates.
- Programme a component accurately to any engineering drawing.
- Operating to a high standard and fully understands comprehensive bend symbols and technical data on engineering drawings.
Principal Duties and Responsibilities:
- Capable of problem solving and mentoring press labourer/operator where required.
- Capable of producing parts without the need for supervision and dimensionally check to drawing and make adjustments to programmes.
- Capable of understanding more advanced drawing symbols.
- Capable of working to drawing tolerances and possessing the knowledge and skills to maintain them to an acceptable standard.
- Capable of producing components and dimensionally checking and verifying to drawing
- Can work from flat profile drawings and understand development lengths.
- Proficient in all the onsite press brake machinery.
- Capable of working to deadlines and see tasks through to completion in a timely manner.
- Understands safe working practices material and tooling limits.
- Keep the department clean and tidy.
- Follow company procedures as laid down in the staff handbook.
- Work to the company 6s system.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
- Apprentice trained or time served experience in the press brake industry.
- Safety, Quality, Accuracy, Timeliness, Reliability and Thoroughness of work performed.
- Understands health and safety on the shop floor.
- Develops good working relationships with the Team Leader, Supervisor, co-workers, and other employees.
- Ability to operate precision measuring devices such as callipers, square, micrometres, protractors, and tape measures
- Signing bonus
