Machinist – £16.50 Per Hour – Based in Eye, Suffolk – Monday to Friday – 8.00am till 4.30pm – Permanent

Hales Group are working with our client to find a machinist to work for their site in Eye. This is an opportunity to work with a company who have recently has an extension built and a hi-volume order book. We are looking for an experienced / skilled person to carry out milling & turning work to a high standard, unsupervised. A person skilled in either discipline would be considered.

The machines you will be working on are; Haas machines, ST35Y Turning centre with live tools & bar feeder, VM3 Mill with 30 + 1 tool magazine.

Other machines are:

• A Colchester long bed lathe with indexing tool head.
• A small manual lathe with digital read out.
• A Tryax cnc vertical mill (Manual tool change).
• A XYZ Vertical mill with Prototrak control.

Hours

Monday to Friday

8.30am – 4.30pm

Salary

£16.50 per hour

Duties Include:

• You will need to be able to do own programming & setting up.
• Be able to machine parts for our own workshop mostly in stainless steel, carbon steel, aluminium & plastics.
• Able to complete simple to more complex projects.
• The ability to program offline would be a benefit as would carrying out some estimating duties, this could also possibly lead to a supervisory / management role in the future.
• A willingness to do fitting work at times would also be helpful, along with carrying out general machine checks & maintenance.
• The ability to program offline would be a benefit as would carrying out some estimating duties.
• You may also be asked to carry out other duties which are deemed reasonable & within your capabilities to suit the needs of the business.
• Be able to work away from main factory on occasions.

Key Attributes:

• Experience in turning and milling.
• Be able to confidently program machines.
• Be proactive and methodical.
• Willingness to learn for opportunity to progress.
• Full clean driving license.

Company benefits:

• Workwear & protective equipment will be provided, it is your responsibility to look after & maintain this.
• Holiday five weeks annually, of which 1 week to be taken over the Christmas period as dictated by the company.
• Standard government specified pension.
• Sick pay as government provided or as at company discretion.
• Overtime is paid @ 1.5 x standard rate after 8hrs per day or 40 hours per week.

If you would like to know more or apply for this role, please call Kira Blogg on 01379 642276 or email your CV