Job Description

Contour886, in Watford, supply custom made seating systems for wheelchair users.
We also offer a range of custom products that have been developed to assist the lives of the people we work with.

We are looking for an experienced Workshop/Production Engineer to work within our busy workshop. The role involves a wide range of traditional workshop skills including manual, mechanical and engineering tasks. You will follow detailed instructions to produce our high quality products to tight timescales.

The role includes:

Cutting, finishing and heat forming of plastic Cutting, finishing of ply and foam Basic metalworking Vac forming Wheel chair mechanics Working with fastenings, nuts, bolts, washers and inserts Basic electrical systems Building and fitting of medical seating posture systems Interfacing on to new and existing wheelchair bases
If you have the aptitude for the role and practical experience, full training will be given to enable you to become a key member of our small, close knit team.

You will be using basic hand tools and a number of larger machine tools, band saws, pillar drills, etc. There will be opportunities to expand the role into our CNC department, offering future development.

This is a full time position requiring a number of technical skills, and also needs you to be involved in developing standards where efficiencies or higher standards can be achieved.

Would suit a creatively minded person, with good workshop skills and design experience. You will have strong attention to detail, a flexible, positive approach to your work and a willingness to support the wider team. You will have a genuine interest in making products to a high standard, with good engineering practice, experience of manufacturing in plastic and foam, natural communication skills and a problem solving attitude.

A natural aptitude for a continuous improvement approach will be required so that we can continue to develop and make our production methods more efficient.

Full training will be given to enable you to become a key member of our small close knit team.

We offer a competitive salary with 25 days holiday in addition to Bank Holidays.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: Up to 28,000.00 per year

Benefits:

Sick pay
Ability to commute/relocate:

Watford WD24: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Work Location: In person