Manufacturing Operative

MANUFACTURING OPERATIVE (COMPOSITES) Oxfordshire | Contract initial 6 months (Potential to Go Permanent) THE OPPORTUNITY This is a chance to get in early at a precision composites manufacturer that's genuinely on the move. Backed by significant recent investment and working across some of the most demanding sectors in the industry, the business is growing fast and building out its production team to keep pace with a strong and expanding order book. If you're hands-on, take pride in your work and want to be part of a team that does too, this is worth a read. THE ROLE You'll be working in the composites manufacturing area, operating filament winding equipment and taking parts through from raw preparation all the way to finished component. It's varied, practical work, no two days are exactly the same and you'll play a direct part in the quality of what goes out the door. Day-to-day you'll be: * Prepping and loading mandrels onto the winding machine ready for production * Setting up the fibre feed and monitoring the winding process as it runs * Identifying and resolving issues, fibre breaks, tension problems, anything that comes up during the wind * Extracting cured parts from mandrels and completing post-cure finishing operations * Cutting to length, trimming, sanding, drilling and fitting components to specification * Carrying out basic quality checks and completing accurate pr...