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Senior Mechanical fitter

Envair Limited
Westbury
2 days ago
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Senior Mechanical Fitter

Full Time, Permanent

About Us:

Our new, clean, bright 63,000 sq. Ft site in Heywood, Lancashire is the largest containment factory in the northwest, just minutes from the m66 and m62. We have invested £1m in our facility, with state-of-the-art machinery and great staff facilities including showers, canteen, and plenty of on-site parking.

Envair Technology has been manufacturing world class clean air and containment equipment for the healthcare and pharmaceutical industries since 1972. Our mission is to engineer controlled environments that keep people and products safe from airborne hazards.

Our products, including isolators, laminar airflow cabinets and microbiological safety cabinets, are used to prepare chemotherapy treatments for cancer patients, discover new therapies for Alzheimers or test samples in hospitals. It means youll always finish the day feeling youve contributed to something valuable, supporting our NHS and private hospitals throughout Europe.

Weve enjoyed strong growth in demand for our products for the last few years, and as industry leaders, are always looking to bring new innovations to the market. Its why we look for people who share our values of taking pride in your work, being ambitious and inventive, nurturing the people around you and collaborating as a team.

We are currently looking for a senior mechanical fitter to join us in Heywood working within a growing team.

As part of this skilled team, you will have the opportunity to drive the success of an integral business function, which in turn, will make a positive impact on our organisation.

You will be tasked with assembling patient critical equipment to the medical/pharmaceutical industry including a variety of isolators for chemotherapy drug distribution such as microbiological safety cabinets, rigid isolators (gloveboxes), Laminar airflow cabinets and Fume Cupboards.

Whats included.

Salary from £30,000

Overtime available at higher rates

Hours are Monday Thursday 7am 3.30pm and Friday 7am 1pm 38 hours a week.

  • Annual bonus based on company performance.
  • Annual holidays 24 days plus bank holidays
  • Simply Health cash back health plan
  • Credit Union savings and loans
  • Death in service 2 x annual salary
  • Shopping & Leisure discounts

Your role includes:

  • Using static machinery, battery powered tools including drills and general hand tools.
  • Working in a safe manner, achieving a high level of quality
  • Notifying the team leader of any shortages in regular materials used
  • To complete projects successfully and follow instructions from your manager
  • Reading and understanding detailed drawings
  • Work with other teams to minimize delays and meet high standards.
  • Assembling a full range of metalwork enclosure products manufactured by the company.
  • Some travel to work at client sites across the UK, to fit and install the products.

What we are looking for.

The ideal candidate should come from a strong mechanical background, preferably be familiar with working to a very high standards.

  • Its essential to have previous mechanical assembly experience.
  • A City & Guilds, NVQ 3 or equivalent is ideal but not essential.
  • You will be required to travel to do ad-hoc installation work and will require a valid drivers licence (company vehicle is supplied for work purposes).
  • Experience in working with and understanding detailed drawings.
  • Previous experience of working to processes and defined quality systems.
  • Working to high levels of accuracy and standards of finish.
  • To be able to work independently and as part of a team.

Envair Technology are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business, and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.


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