Mechanical Fitter

Mechanical Fitter

A Mechanical Fitter is required to work for a large engineering company based in Preston on a 11 month contract. They are looking for someone to start on the 9th of February, and you will be working a mixture of early & late shifts on a 37 hour week. The pay rate for this role is £21.18per hour on shifts through a ltd or umbrella company
Please note to apply for these roles you must live within 20 miles of Preston

Reporting to the Production Cell Team Leader, you will be responsible for the repair & modification of customer equipment..

You will be required to:-

* Build railway equipment assemblies in line with drawing and process specification
* Operate as a member of a work team, as the role of that work team requires
* Participate in Company Initiatives, in particular to be engaged in Continuous Improvement (Kaizen) activity
* Submit problem sheets which detail solutions to problems / issues encountered on work being undertaken
* Provide on the job training to less experienced colleagues as requested
* Maintain good housekeeping within the working area

Key skills and requirements for the role include:-

* Time-served apprenticeship in a relevant mechanical engineering discipline or hold an NVQ Level 3 in Mechanical Engineering.
* Solid experience of Traction System products
* Experience of working on either rolling stock, aircraft, HGVs, ships, military vehicles, coaches or buses etc.
* Able to act as a member of a multi-disciplined team
* Developed analytical and problem solving skills
* Strong interpersonal skills
* Work on own initiative where required
* Good judgement and decision-making capability
Please note that my client operate a strict drugs & alcohol policy.