Fitter and Turner (Engineering Workshop)

Bearings, gearboxes, pumps and lathes: this cement plant in Rosslyn needs your hands on them. It's a practical job: you'll see what you got done before you go home.

This post is Rosslyn-based, with most of your time spent at a cement plant. Start is planned for the beginning of next month.

• Inspect and adjust conveyors, chains and sprockets
• Replace bearings, seals and couplings on pumps, gearboxes and motors
• Maintain hydraulic and pneumatic systems on production lines
• Follow the lockout procedure before any work on machinery
• Program and run CNC machines from engineering drawings
• Record work and spares used on the job card or CMMS
• Machine shafts, bushes and keyways on a lathe and milling machine

• Own basic hand tools, or willing to build up a set
• Willing to work shifts, standby and weekend shutdowns
• At least 2 years as a qualified artisan in a factory or workshop
• Trade test as Fitter and Turner, Fitter, Millwright or Toolmaker
• Basic understanding of the General Machinery Regulations
• N2 or N3 engineering subjects

• Forklift licence for moving heavy parts
• Millwright trade test, since it covers both mechanical and electrical

• Paid overtime on shutdowns
• Shift and standby allowances
• Tool allowance

• If you can machine parts as well as fit them, say so clearly. Many factories want both skills in one person.
• Write your trade and trade test year first, then the machines you know, like "Filling lines, pumps, gearboxes".