Assembly Operative

Job title : Assembly Operative
Contract type : Permanent
Location : Gerrards Cross
Sectors :
Salary : £22000 - £24500 per annum + + Overtime
Start date : ASAP
Job Reference : SYN2514_1627477507
Contact name : James Curtis
Contact email : james@syntechrecruitment.co.uk

Assembly Operative

  • Salary up to £24,500
  • Excellent Benefits inc 25 days holidays + BH
  • Overtime paid at 1.5x
  • Early Friday finish


We are currently looking for an enthusiastic Assembly Operative to join our Engineering client near Gerrards Cross, Middlesex

Assembly Operative Role

To undertake a variety of mechanical assembly and workshop operations to build mechanical sub-assemblies.

Assembly Operative Duties:

  • Conduct bench fitting of detailed assemblies from engineering drawings
  • Riveting using manual, orbital and spin techniques
  • Assemble threaded inserts, locking pins to metallic metal structures
  • Carry out Jig drilling, taper reaming and thread locking
  • Bonding components together using Araldite glue
  • Run programmes for high pressure testing of hoses
  • Manufacture cables and high-pressure hoses

Assembly Operative Skills and Profile:

  • Experience with drilling machines and riveting techniques
  • Use of adhesives and glues (Araldite)
  • Experience of using measuring equipment and hand tools
  • Capable of working to engineering drawings
  • Manufacturing Experience, ideally 2 years plus
  • Pressure test experience beneficial but not essential

You must be eligible to work in the UK.

We will endeavour to respond to all applicants, but if you do not receive a response within 5 working days, please consider yourself unsuccessful on this application.

For all successful candidates, our client will undertake background security checks. As part of this, they will need to confirm your identity, employment history and address history to cover the past five years as well as your nationality, immigration status and criminal record. For positions that require Security Clearance, the successful candidate must hold or be willing to obtain security clearance up to the relevant level for the role.

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