Workshop Engineer
Posted 12 days 22 hours ago by First Military Recruitment
£30,000 - £35,000 Annual
Permanent
Not Specified
Other
Hampshire, Liphook, United Kingdom, GU307
Job Description
JA1344 - Workshop Engineer Location: LiphookSalary: £30,000 - £35,000Overview:First Military Recruitment are currently seeking a Workshop Engineer on behalf of one of our clients, a long-established supplier of engineering machine tools to the UK hobby and light industrial markets.Our client encourages applications from ex-military personnel however all candidates will be given due consideration.Duties and Responsibilities:
- Seeking an experienced engineer with both mechanical and electrical backgrounds and skills to work on a range of lathes, mills, and drills.
- Manual (non-CNC) turning, milling and light fabrication skills will be necessary, and the position will be predominately workshop based with some occasional customer site visits from time to time.
- Use your metalworking background to solve workshop issues, find and rectify faults.
- Carry out testing and commissioning of new machines.
- Check machines against specification and quality criteria.
- Fabrication of parts and undertake general metalworking tasks.
- Carry out refurbishment of used machinery.
- You will be able to undertake metalworking tasks including drilling, tapping and fitting accessories onto machines.
- Occasional client site visits for repairs, specialist installs and collections will be required.
- Provide technical support to the sales team and direct with customer.
- Provide holiday, sickness, and general cover during busy periods in the warehouse as required.
Skills and Qualifications:
- You will have a mechanical engineering background.
- You will be proficient in electrical 240v and 440v and electrical controls.
- You will need to be able to wire up machinery, conforming to current electrical safety standards.
- Experience with quality assurance systems and procedures would be advantageous.
- Good communication and interpersonal skills.
- Practical experience in a comparable role.
- Good telephone manner and be comfortable dealing with customer technical queries.
- Be a flexible, adaptable, team worker and able to work safely and without supervision under you own initiative.
- Be committed to delivering a high level of customer service.
- Be computer literate.
- Possess a clean UK drivers' licence.
Location: LiphookSalary: £30,000 - £35,000