Accountable to: Team Leader, Burnley
Base Location: Site based – Burnley
Salary: From £11.44 per hour rising to £11.90 after successful completion of 6 month probationary.
Main Responsibilities
Responsible for cutting and preparing aerospace industry kitted components from a wide range of textiles and materials in accordance with customer specifications.
Key Tasks
- Operate necessary equipment for the packaging of parts and kits.
- Handling and preparing a wide range of differing textiles and materials to produce kit components in accordance with Standard Operating Procedures
(SOP) and detailed work instructions. - Ensure parts and installation kits are properly identified and labelled.
- Ensure correct certification paperwork is maintained with parts throughout
kitting process. - Perform work in a neat and organised manner within estimated or budgeted
hours while maintaining high standards of quality. - Interpretation of detailed diagrams and drawings to prepare materials for
precision cutting and inclusion in finished kits. - Work with problem solving teams across own and other functions such as
Planning, Engineering and Quality Assurance assisting team leaders and
managers to identify areas requiring corrective action. - Complete all required paperwork for kitting and certification.
- Maintains continuity among work shifts by documenting and communicating
actions, irregularities, and continuing needs in job turnovers. - Update job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities (offsite / off-
shift training) and continuous self-improvement. - Accomplish organisation goals by accepting ownership for accomplishing new
and different requests (cross training), exploring opportunities to add value to
job accomplishments. - Maintains safe operations by adhering to safety procedures and regulations.
- Attendance at and contribution to team and departmental meetings and
company updates. - Perform all other reasonable duties assigned by Team Leader or Site Leader.
Key Skills and Requirements
- Experience in performing Kitting in a manufacturing type of environment preferred.
- Self-starter requiring minimum supervision and able to perform job assignments with a very high degree of accuracy.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and be able to interact with a wide variety or people.
- Must be able to work flexible shifts to include overtime and weekends (as needed) in order to meet customer schedules and needs of other departments.
- High level of manual dexterity and detail orientation.
- Proven experience of working in a busy and fast-moving manufacturing
operation including CNC machine operation preferred. - Aerospace sector cleanroom experience is desirable but not essential.
- Ability to work accurately in accordance with safety and quality standards and
production processes. - A keen eye for detail and a quality focussed approach to producing accurate
work are essential. - Experience of working to strict quality assurance standards and with lean and
continuous improvement working methods would be a distinct advantage - A full, clean current driving licence is desirable.
Benefits
- Company events
- Company pension
- Free parking
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
Working Hours
Monday – Thursday 7.30am – 4.00pm / Friday 7.30am – 1.00pm, Backshift also
available 2.00pm – 12.00am Mon – Thurs.
NB. This job description is intended for use as a guide only and is not an exhaustive list of responsibilities.
