Job Description

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