JOB DESCRIPTION
JOB TITLE: MACHINIST/GRINDER
REPORTING TO: PRODUCTION MANAGER
PURPOSE
To work as a member of the Production Department in order to process customer components to the required specifications, and to help develop the machining function within the business. EPC is a growing business and the manufacturing department is a growing year on year.
This role will be worked on a day shift, afternoon shift and night shift
SCOPE
The position works within the Production Department as a separate workshop entity but will require a liaison with the engineering department to ensure responsibilities are carried out effectively.
MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES
Customer parts
1. To carry out finish grinding and manufacturing of small batch components to high precision often times to a 10Um limit.
2. To perform the inspection and measurement of finished components.
3. To perform CNC programming and milling on small batches of customer components.
Tooling
4. To assist in the design and manufacture of new tooling and fixtures.
5. To assist in the repair and modification of existing tooling and fixtures.
General Duties
6. To carry out daily checks and cleaning of machining equipment
7. To help sourcing and procure related machining consumables.
8. To provide mentoring support, costing advice and training to co-workers as required.
9. To be commercially responsible at all times, safeguarding proprietary information, minimising wastage, and not exposing the company to unnecessary risk.
10. To maintain a clean & safe environment, working within the Company’s quality, health, safety and environmental management systems at all times.
11. To undertake any other related duties as requested by your manager.
PERSONAL COMPETENCIES
Required
- Having used either a surface or cylindrical grinders with experience of precision grinding & polishing (internal, external & surface). Hard materials grinding is most common in our workshop.
- Capable of reading and understanding technical drawings and evaluating best manufacturing methods.
- Should be able to use general workshop machines such as manual lathes, milling machines and pedestal drills to be able to make milled and turned parts direct from drawings.
Optional and Highly useful
- Experience of CNC machinery Fanuc (G code) & Heidelheim including setting & programming.
- Familiar with CMM & full range of traditional inspection & measuring equipment.
- A time served apprenticeship in toolmaking or can demonstrate equivalent training and experience.
General
- Able to work with own initiative.
- Eye for detail & quality conscious
- Experience working in high precision, low volume production
- Cylindrical grinding.
- Operating a variety of workshop machines and tools
- Grinding parts and making tooling from drawings
- Creating Tools from scratch
- Machine maintenance assistance where required
- Upkeep and housekeeping of the workshop
- Attending College and obtaining pass marks as per the college requirements
Attitudinal traits
- Being approachable, amenable and professional
- Not afraid to Communicate
- Working with teams
- Organisationally well kept
- Thought for future career
- Stress management and patience
Physical Traits
- Manual dexterity
- Willingness to get stuck in/get hands dirty
Technical Traits
- Technically minded
- Resolving issues in the best way possible
- Wanting to learn and understand technical engineering data and concepts
- Being practical and decisive
- Being computer literate
Pay: £30,000.00-£40,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Bereavement leave
- Company pension
- Free parking
- On-site parking
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Cardiff CF3 2EW: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Experience:
- Machinist: 5 years (required)
Work Location: In person
