Machinist/fitter

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a self-motivated individual who would like to join a progressing company. This role is based within an established Production department; therefore, a strong team player attitude is essential.

**Qualifications, Experience & Skills**
- Maths and English GCSE grade 4/5 (equivalent grade C equivalent) is preferable but not essential

**Key Competencies**
- Verbal and written communication skills
- Professional personal presentation
- Willingness to be flexible
- Initiative
- Reliability
- Attention to detail
- Leadership skills

**Summary of Job**:

- To undertake machining duties, as required, in accordance with the company quality standards and best engineering working practices
- To undertake activities in a timely and efficient manner in order to maintain company contractual delivery requirements
- To assist, where required, in peripheral activities, e.g., assembly, packing, etc.

**Staff relationship**:

- Directly responsible to the Works Manager/Production Planning Manager
- Liaises with all internal departments, as appropriate
- Has proactive involvement with internal and external quality audits

**Duties and responsibilities**:

- Shall be fully committed to the achievement of the company policies and objectives with attention to quality and safety
- Responsible for carrying out duties in a safe, timely, economic, and effective manner
- To ensure that the workshop is adequately equipped, and machinery and tools are well maintained through a planned maintenance schedule/safe to use
- To ensure, where appropriate, that personnel are adequately trained and fully competent to be able to carry out work delegated to them, in line with required quality and safety standards
- Responsible for the maintenance and good housekeeping of the working area
- To make recommendations, where appropriate, for improvements to existing working practices
- To make recommendations for renewal/replacement of plant and equipment
- Ensure production consumables are maintained at an adequate level
- Authority to commit expenditure must be obtained from senior management
- Ensure safe working practices are adhered to at all times; this applies to internal and visiting personnel
- Demonstrate a flexible and positive approach to duties, which may be required from time to time
- Undertake reasonable instructions and tasks from senior personnel, commensurate with the nature of the job and in the best interests of the company

**Benefits**
- Company bonus
- Company pension scheme
- Life insurance (death in service)
- 23 days holiday (19 floating days, 4 fixed towards Christmas shutdown) +extra service days +Bank Holidays +Birthday Leave (after 2 full calendar years’ service)
- Training opportunities
- Free eye tests and contribution towards lenses/spectacles, if eligible

**Hours of work**

Works hours enable flexi-time working, covering a 40-hour week. Flexible start and finish times are available with core hours which must be covered each day. Monday to Thursday covers an 8.5-hour shift with half an hour lunch break and Friday covers a 6-hour shift with no lunch break. You are also entitled to a paid break per day, further details will be given at interview stage.

**Company Profile**

Today we are a competitive Designer, Manufacturer and Supplier of Strainers, Filters, Separators, Coalescers & Flame Arresters, predominantly for the Oil & Gas Industry. We are experts in project design and project management, focused to achieve on-time delivery of strainer and filtration equipment to meet complex project specifications for materials, manufacture, NDE, documentation and Quality Control.

We have in house experts and software for 3D Modelling, Finite Element Analysis (FEA) and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and can design and certify to ASME VIII Div 1/PD 5500 pressure vessel codes with both fabricated and highly competitive cast designs.

We have a custom-built manufacturing plant in Worcestershire (UK) including a pipework/vessel fabrication division, as well as a competitive manufacturing facility in Goa, India. This provides fully machined and tested cast products sourced from high quality ISO approved foundries. Barton Firtop India is well established, having supplied world-wide projects via the UK head office over the last 20 years.

**Salary**: £12.00-£13.50 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Life insurance
- On-site parking

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

- Performance bonus

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: JS/33