Assembly Operative Sheet Metal

Description:

A career in aerospace with a British engineering firm that is saving lives worldwide. When you work at Martin-Baker, you’re providing pilots with their last form of defence.
What you’ll be doing
Martin-Baker is the world’s leading manufacturer of ejection seats, helping to protect aircrew in the world’s most advanced military aircraft. Our mission is simple - to save aircrew lives.
Join us on this mission as an Assembly Operative in the Manufacturing department at the Denham site. The purpose of the role is to undertake a variety of processes including.
* Fabricating and assembling seat pan chassis and parachute container assemblies,
* Conducting bench fitting and build of detailed assemblies.
* Conduct heat treatment, (annealing and age hardening) of components to strictly defined specifications.
* Conduct Injection Moulding.
* Packing, bonding and room temperature vulcanising, sealing of box bridle line assemblies.
* Vertical Mill – Milling expanded foam inserts for heat pad assemblies.
* Producing seat backrest and sitting platform assemblies.
* Fitting hardware and furniture using a range of aerospace fasteners, adhesives and Velcro.
* Utilise Royalite plastic sheet and vacuum forming techniques to produce head pad assemblies.
* To undertake fine detailed, small scale gluing work to various plastic skins i.e. bond memory foam, carbon fibre wafers, webbing and various types of material.
We are developing and delivering a product that is the last line of defence for pilots. The engineering you’ll be delivering to customers is world leading, and it saves lives. We want to learn from you. You’ll help us listen to customers; you’ll help them understand how they can best deploy our product, and you’ll be an expert voice who represents our business.
We’re a company that saves lives. Join us.
Characteristics & Skills
* Experience in riveting techniques.
* Experience in the use of adhesives.
* Operating vertical milling machines
* Experience in using a variety of assembly/fitting tools and equipment.
* Knowledge of engineering drawings.
* Undertaking self-inspection and quality checks.
Person Specification:
* Attention to detail.
* Familiar with engineering hand tools.
* Manual Dexterity.
* High degree of concentration skills.
* Basic administration routines.
Your benefits in detail
* Highly competitive 9% non-contributory pension scheme (18+)
* 4x salary Life Assurance (18+)
* Personalised training and development plan
* Healthcare Cash Plan
* 25-days annual leave plus bank holidays
* Opportunity to purchase additional annual leave
* Cycle to work scheme
All published adverts will be aligned with the Company’s Diversity and Inclusion commitment. All candidates will be treated equally and fairly, regardless of their background, or any characteristic protected by law. Candidates will be selected entirely on their skills and competencies and in alignment with each role’s specifications and / or requirements.
For all successful candidates, Martin-Baker will undertake background security checks. As part of this, we will need to confirm your identity, employment history and address history to cover the past five years as well as your nationality, immigration status and criminal record. For positions that require Security Clearance, the successful candidate must hold or be willing to obtain security clearance up to the relevant level for the role