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Lead Sheet Metal Worker

Contract

Permanent

Location

Derby, Derby

Salary

£37,000

Lead Sheet Metal Worker 
Derby 
Circa £18 per hour
39-hour week - Days 
Permanent

EMBS Engineering is currently recruiting for a Senior Sheet Metal Worker to join a precision engineering company located in Derby, working on a permanent basis.

We are working with a reputable engineering company located in Derby, which is a globally recognised, market-leading precision engineering/manufacturing business that supports world-renowned industry leaders, predominantly within the Aerospace sector.

Key Benefits on offer:

  • Stability / Longevity: Permanent
  • Competitive salary: Circa £18.00 per hour 
  • Day shift - 39-hour week 
  • Overtime paying premium rates
  • Annual salary reviews 
  • Christmas shutdown 
  • 25 days holiday + stat
  • Contributory pension scheme - 5% employer / 3% employee
  • Sick Pay
  • Exceptional team culture 
  • …PLUS MORE!!


Your responsibilities include:

  • Collaborate with senior management to organise work allocation, ensure safety, maintain quality, control costs, and deliver area metrics while supporting a team of over 15 members
  • Working with predominantly aluminium and various grades of steel, performing various Sheet Metal / Fabrication duties
  • Carrying out techniques such as deburring, drilling, countersinking, and forming 
  • Reshape metal materials using hand tools and other equipment, including stretch forming, press brakes and bending machines.
  • Inspecting components to meet customer specifications using manual measuring equipment 
  • Working to tight tolerances using thin-gauge materials
  • Reading and working off complex engineering drawings 



Successful applicants MUST be able to demonstrate:

  • Proven experience managing / supervising / mentoring others, and working closely with management to uphold company standards
  • Strong Sheet Metal Working background
  • Previously worked in precision engineering industries, including aerospace, automotive, motorsport, rail, medical, FMCG, and general engineering 
  • Capable of working with thin gauge materials from 0.8 - 3mm
  • Ability to perform rolling, forming, bending, cutting, shaping, pressing
  • Use of press brakes, guillotines, and punch presses
  • Confident reading and interpreting engineering drawings


About us:

EMBS Engineering is a dedicated talent specialist that partners with some of the UK's most prestigious, advanced, precision engineering companies within the Aerospace, Automotive / Motorsport, Nuclear, Oil & Gas, Green, Environmental, and FMCG industries.
We’ll offer you expert support and advice throughout the process to ensure you select and secure a career-defining role

Please note, due to the nature of the markets our client supplies into, all candidates must be UK residents; we cannot offer visa sponsorship for overseas candidates.


 

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