Manual Machinist
TA-182
Posted: 19/06/2025
- £36000 to £40000 Per: hour
- Hereford, West Midlands,
- Permanent
New permanent vacancy: Manual Machinist
The Company
A specialist engineering company are looking for an experienced Manual Machinist / Conventional Machinist to work in a toolroom/machine shop type role, in a smart, clean and well organised testing department. The company produces highly specialist materials which go on to be used in some of the most challenging environments in the world from aerospace to nuclear and many high tech industries in between.
A company with a great reputation who care about their employees. The small things, often make a big difference!
The Role - Manual Machinist
The company are looking for an experienced Manual Machinist to work with a range of machine shop / toolroom equipment to include manual Bridgeport type mills and manual lathes (Colchester and Harrison/Hardinge/Monarch/Kingston type), plus a range of machine shop equipment, to join their team in Hereford.
Duties - Manual Machinist
Requirements - Manual Machinist
Pay and Benefits:
Hours:
To apply for this Manual Machinist position
To apply for this Manual Machinist job or if you'd just like more information to see if it might be a job you'd be interested in, either click on the 'apply now' button on this advert and follow the instructions to upload your CV or contact me, Tom Andrews, at Meridian on 01242.246.020 or tandrews@meridianbs.co.uk tandrews(at)meridianbs(dot)co(dot)uk
We’ll start with an informal chat over the phone, where you can ask me any questions you like, to see if this job might be what you’re looking for. If you’re still keen, we’ll arrange an appointment for you to meet with the Manager which will include a tour of the building so you can see what the job’s really like, what the machines are like, take a look at the components and the facilities too (I think you’ll be impressed!).
No CV?
If you feel that this might be the job for you, but you don’t have a CV, please don’t worry – get in touch and I’ll see how I can help.
A note about confidentiality
I work in complete confidence. You can be assured that any contact you make will be completely confidential.
Key words for search purposes: Manual machinist conventional machinist miller turner mill lathe press pillar drill
Meridian Business Support is a recruitment specialist acting on behalf of our client as an Employment Agency for this vacancy.
- We’re looking to pay between £16.00 - £18.00 per hour plus shift allowance and we’re happy to consider your requirements depending on your experience
- Overtime and Benefits (including pension matched up to 10%)
- Location: Hereford
- Not large batch production
- This is a position for an experienced manual machinist with an eye for detail, happy to use a wide range of machine shop tools and equipment
- Working in a recently refurbished, smart and clean laboratory and testing environment with all the equipment you need to do your best work
- Using your general machine shop skills to identify and help to resolve manufacturing challenges
The Company
A specialist engineering company are looking for an experienced Manual Machinist / Conventional Machinist to work in a toolroom/machine shop type role, in a smart, clean and well organised testing department. The company produces highly specialist materials which go on to be used in some of the most challenging environments in the world from aerospace to nuclear and many high tech industries in between.
A company with a great reputation who care about their employees. The small things, often make a big difference!
The Role - Manual Machinist
The company are looking for an experienced Manual Machinist to work with a range of machine shop / toolroom equipment to include manual Bridgeport type mills and manual lathes (Colchester and Harrison/Hardinge/Monarch/Kingston type), plus a range of machine shop equipment, to join their team in Hereford.
Duties - Manual Machinist
- Set up and operate a range of machine shop equipment
- Manual mill
- Manual lathe
- Pillar drill
- Hand tools
- Vernier, micrometer and gauges
- Carrying out a variety of tests to identify manufacturing issues in order to ensure only highest quality products are made
- Working with machine shop and technical departments to identify and resolve manufacturing issues
Requirements - Manual Machinist
- Experienced Miller, Turner, Setter, Operator
- Manual/conventional milling and lathe experience
- Capable of using a range of machine shop tools and equipment
- Able to read engineering drawings and to use measuring equipment such as vernier, micrometer and gauges
- Good teamwork skills
- Good problem solving skills
Pay and Benefits:
- Looking to pay £16.00 - £18.00 per hour plus shift allowance, and we’re happy to consider your requirements so please do get in touch for an informal chat
- Overtime at time and a half
- Company pension contributions of up to 10%
- 25 days holiday plus all bank holidays
- Life insurance of 4 x your salary
- Free PPE
- Free uniform
- Lots of free parking always available
- Prescription safety glasses paid for
- All the tools and equipment you need available to do your best work
Hours:
- 37.5 hours per week, on a three shift rotation pattern 6am - 2pm; 2pm - 10pm; 10pm - 6am
- Overtime available at time and a half
To apply for this Manual Machinist position
To apply for this Manual Machinist job or if you'd just like more information to see if it might be a job you'd be interested in, either click on the 'apply now' button on this advert and follow the instructions to upload your CV or contact me, Tom Andrews, at Meridian on 01242.246.020 or tandrews@meridianbs.co.uk tandrews(at)meridianbs(dot)co(dot)uk
We’ll start with an informal chat over the phone, where you can ask me any questions you like, to see if this job might be what you’re looking for. If you’re still keen, we’ll arrange an appointment for you to meet with the Manager which will include a tour of the building so you can see what the job’s really like, what the machines are like, take a look at the components and the facilities too (I think you’ll be impressed!).
No CV?
If you feel that this might be the job for you, but you don’t have a CV, please don’t worry – get in touch and I’ll see how I can help.
A note about confidentiality
I work in complete confidence. You can be assured that any contact you make will be completely confidential.
Key words for search purposes: Manual machinist conventional machinist miller turner mill lathe press pillar drill
Meridian Business Support is a recruitment specialist acting on behalf of our client as an Employment Agency for this vacancy.
