machinist Whitstable, England
Job description
Amphenol LTD is a manufacturing site within the family of companies that forms the Amphenol Corporation, a global interconnect specialist generating in excess of $13 billion yearly revenue with over 90,000 employees.
Employing around 300 people at the site in Whitstable, Kent, Amphenol LTD offers a full design and manufacturing service for a large range of connectors and interconnect solutions, including cable assembly, over-moulding and electronic packaging. In the age of globalisation, Amphenol LTD is proud to have retained full end-to-end manufacturing capability for its products in the UK, whilst having opened access to low cost manufacturing sites around the world to complement its offering to customers globally.
Purpose of the job role (Trainee CNC Setter/Operator)
Setting and operating CNC multi-tasking lathes to manufacture components from raw material (bar stock) for our internal assembly flow lines to the highest quality and on time.
Duties and responsibilities:
- Setting and operating CNC lathes to produce small to medium size batches of work in a timely manner.
- Inspecting work to Engineering drawings using various measuring equipment and reporting any quality defects to the machine shop supervisor.
- Daily, weekly and monthly maintenance checks on machines, including maintaining good housekeeping standards and reporting any issues promptly to supervision.
- Optimising efficiencies through reduced set-up and cycle times, plus tool life monitoring
- Deburring, cleaning, final inspection, and completion of all traceability documentation
- Adhering to Health and Safety procedures
- Carry out such other duties that may be reasonably requested.
Working hours:
37.5 hours per week on a rotating shift pattern (1 week of early’s followed by 1 week of lates)
Early: Mon-Fri: 6pm to 2pm. Late: Mon-Thurs: 2pm to 10pm and Fri: 2pm to 7.30pm.
Following the Apprenticeship they aim for apprentices to become permanent CNC Machine Operatives within their business.
This role is supported by the Level 3 Engineering Technical Support Technician Qualification delivered by LAT Apprenticeships. During is typically 42 - 48 months. This will consist of 20% offsite learning, which will take place during term time at The Leigh UTC, Dartford one day a week (Wednesday 8.30am - 5pm). Travel costs to The Leigh UTC will be covered by Amphenol.
If you are looking for a career within engineering - apply now!
Job Types: Full-time, Apprenticeship
Salary: £14,000.00 per year
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
Application question(s):
- What grades have you achieved in English and Maths?
- What interests you in this vacancy?
Work Location: In person
