Apprentice Tool Maker
Eurocell
- Alfreton, Derbyshire
- Permanent
- Full-time
CONTRACT TYPE: Fixed term for 36 months leading to permanent role
HOURS: Monday to Friday; 08:00-16:30 and 16:00 Friday hours half hour lunch
SALARY: Weekly paid £ 8:00 starting salary (increasing on successful completion of the apprenticeship)
BASE: Clover Nook, Somercotes, DerbyshireEurocell are a stock market listed Plc and the market leader for uPVC products within the building industry. We know that our people are our greatest asset, we are successful, dynamic, ambitious, and looking for great team players to grow with us.Once fully trained you will be making and repairing extrusion and injection mould tools, jigs and fixtures, troubleshooting extrusion and injection moulding equipment to find out whether it is or isn't the tool causing an equipment failure and maintaining tooling so that our uPVC products can be manufactured with minimal, or zero interruption caused by faulty tooling.WHAT OUR APPRENTICE TOOLMAKERS DO:
- Trouble shooting faults in the manufacturing process to determine whether there is a tooling problem requiring fix or repair
- Repairing breakdowns of tooling
- Maintaining equipment and tools
- Reading technical drawings to manufacture/make parts and tools for the extrusion facilities and injection moulding
- Using manual workshop machinery and CNC machinery
- Making decisions about equipment safety and power
- Keen to learn, progress and build a career
- Good time keeping
- Polite and good work ethic
- Grade 4 English and Maths
- Technical mindset/aptitude
- Basic IT skills
- Previous team working evidence eg sports team; social activities (desirable)
- Ability to follow detailed instructions (desirable)
- Ability to work out maths problems; trigonometry (desirable)
- You will be rewarded with a very competitive basic salary of £ 8.00 per hour
- Minimum 25 days paid leave each year, plus statutory holidays
- Free Healthcare plan for all employees
- Enhanced Maternity and Paternity benefit
- Free Life Assurance Plan of 3x your Annual Salary
- Option to join the Eurocell Share Save Scheme at discounted rates, and share in our company success
- Company Pension Plan
- Employee discount on Eurocell products
- Discounts across many well-known online and high street retailers
- A blend of training, including e-learning and on the job training to help your career development
- Care First Employee Assistance Programme, available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year for confidential support and advice, if and when you need it
- Colleague Referral Programme; we pay you for successfully referring people to join our team
- Excellent opportunities to grow with us, and progress your career