J P Forrest & Son are sub contract engineers specialising in medium-heavy fabricated and machined components up to 20 tonnes, manufactured to customer-specific requirements in small batches or one-offs, such as gearbox housings, main frames and sub-assemblies for industries including Rail, Oil and Gas, Steel making, Renewable Energy, Mining and Quarrying.
You will be required to program, set and operate our CNC lathe, turning a variety of components up to 560 diameter and up to 1350 long, such as shafts, sleeves, housings, cover plates and couplings to very close tolerances, usually one-offs or small batch quantities.
This is a highly skilled position therefore significant recent experience of this type of work is essential, and you will also need to have experience of programming and operating Fanuc controls.
You will be expected to work under your own initiative formulating the best method to produce any given job correctly and within budget.
We also have manual centre lathes, which you may be required to operate from time to time if you have the necessary skills and experience.
Normal working hours are as follows:
39 hours per week, Monday to Friday.
7.30am – 4.30pm: Monday to Thursday
7.30am – 12.30pm: Friday
However, we operate a flexible working system.
Attractive overtime rates
Schedule:
* Day shift
* Monday to Friday
* Overtime
* Weekend availability
Ability to commute/relocate:
* Worksop, S81 7DJ: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Experience:
* relevant: 5+ years (required)
Language:
* English to a high standard (required)
Work authorisation:
* United Kingdom (required)