Job title: Skilled Tool Maker

Location: Warton/Samlesbury – this role includes shift pattern

Salary: £37,738

Would you like to be conducting toolmaking tasks to support a wide range of products including Typhoon, Hawk and F-35 Lightning II? We currently have several vacancies for Toolmakers at our Tooling department based at Samlesbury.

As a Toolmaker, you will cover the full toolmaking lifecycle including new build, modification, cycle checking and refurbishment. You will have a deep understanding of mechanical work and should be able to carry out the various toolmaking techniques used in the aircraft and support industry.

What you’ll be doing:

• Ensuring safe systems of work are carried out in compliance with Health and Safety rules and regulations
• Read/Interpret Engineering Drawings
• Installing and maintaining various types of jigs and fixtures
• Fault diagnosis and defect rectification
• Carrying out detailed inspections and cycle checking of assembly fixtures and be fully conversant in the use of all measuring equipment
• Tasks could involve repetitive physical activities across several shifts
• Compliance with foreign object debris (FOD) and tool control

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Advanced Engineering Craft Apprenticeship with associated NVQ Level 3 (or equivalent)
• Understanding of engineering drawings, standards, and specifications
• Experience using hand tools and measuring equipment with high accuracy
• Understanding of Tool Control, Tool calibration and Foreign Object Debris (F.O.D.) procedures

Desirable:

• Experience working with military aircraft / aerospace industry

You will have a strong work ethic and can-do attitude with the ability to work as part of an integral team whilst also being confident in working independently. You will possess excellent communication skills both verbal and written. You will be dexterous and have a keen eye for detail with a flexible approach to your work, able to work to tight deadlines

For applications to be processed, suitable candidates will need to supply evidence that they have completed a ‘time served’ full Engineering.

These roles will be available to start through-out 2023 and may involve working on a shift rota which could include days, nights and weekends and flexibility is crucial for success in this role.

Benefits:

You’ll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You’ll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals. We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.”

Please be aware that many roles working for BAE Systems will be subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality, any previous nationalities you have held, and your place of birth may limit those roles you can perform for the organisation.