Mechanical Technician

Role Overview:

Marshall Land Systems are hiring within their production teams and they have opportunities for skilled Mechanical Assembly Technicians to join their site in Cambridge (postcode is CB5 8RX) the role plays a pivotal part in high-profile military projects, dealing with the production of both vehicles and containers, and your ideas and contribution will be valued in a business where people really matter

Duties include:

• To manufacture, assemble and build specialist projects using engineering drawings and associated design data to meet the business and customer expectations
• To support the Production Managers and Team Leaders, ensuring that all Marshall Land Systems projects are delivered on time, within budget and to the highest quality standard
• Candidates from the below backgrounds/disciplines would be suitable:
  • Coach builders
  • Kitchen fitters
  • Sheet metal workers / fabricators
  • Joiners
  • Shop fitters
  • Specialist vehicle builders who have worked on installations of commercial vehicle installations
  • Ensure all tasks are carried out within the allocated time
  • To understand and work to configuration control processes
  • To ensure production processes and procedures are maintained
  • To follow and work in line with Health and Safety management systems
  • Take an active role in continuous improvements, to include lean and 5s procedures
  • Ensure a clean compliant work area is maintained at all times
  • Ensure equipment and tooling required is identified to the line manager
  • Attend and support production meetings if required
  • Completion of daily timesheets

Qualifications

Essential:

• Mechanical, fitting or joining experience
• Previous experience within automotive or heavy industry highly desirable
• Any prior experience in Vehicle Body Building, Mechanical Fitting or equivalent trade highly beneficial
• Understanding and experience in Assembly processes and techniques
• Competent skills gained through training and experience and ability to communicate within team
• Familiar with a workshop environment
• Understanding of Production methods and processes
• Competent understanding and ability to read engineering drawings and associated design data
• Understand planning methods and skills
• Good written and verbal communication skills

Desirable:

• Ideally completed a City and Guilds Apprenticeship or equivalent in Vehicle Body Building, Mechanical Fitting, Manufacturing and Assembly Qualification or comprehensive on the job experience
• Understanding of Appraisals/PDR’s
• Semi-Skilled candidates with manufacturing/production experience will be considered

About Marshall’s:

Based in the UK, with operations in Canada, Marshall Land Systems specialises in the design and production of deployable operational infrastructure and mission support for humanitarian, defence and security operations across the globe.

Other core services include the integration of complex systems into a range of vehicles for use by the military and security services including explosive ordnance disposal and battlefield ambulances all underpinned by a full in-life managed service provision to ensure customers equipment is available where and when they need it