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Trainee Body Fitter

TVS Interfleet

Wisbech

On-site

GBP 20,000 - 30,000

22 days ago

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Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Trainee Body Fitter to join their dynamic engineering team in Wisbech. This role is perfect for recent graduates or apprentices eager to develop their skills in a hands-on manufacturing environment. You'll gain invaluable experience in assembling Tippers and Blowers while learning advanced fitting and fabrication techniques. This position offers a fantastic opportunity to kick-start your engineering career with a supportive team dedicated to excellence. If you are passionate about engineering and ready for a new challenge, this could be the perfect fit for you!

Benefits

Death in Service

Company Pension

Attendance Bonus

Employee Assistance Programme

Medicash

Qualifications

  • Candidate should have a growing interest in engineering and basic mechanical knowledge.
  • Understanding of manufacturing processes and engineering drawings is advantageous.

Responsibilities

  • Assemble Tippers and Blowers using advanced manufacturing techniques.
  • Learn to fit hydraulic systems and fabricate non-standard parts.

Skills

Engineering Knowledge

Mechanical Understanding

Understanding of Engineering Drawings

Education

College Course in Engineering

Apprenticeship in Engineering

Job description

Are you looking for your first role after college or university in which to learn and develop your engineering knowledge and skills? Or are you an apprentice engineer looking for a role in which to progress the vocational experience you have gained? Or are you currently working as a trainee elsewhere in the engineering world, and are ready for a 'step up'?


If any of the above descriptions matches you, then this role might be what you are looking for.


What is the role?

We are looking for a Trainee Body Fitter to join our busy Priden Engineering team in Wisbech, working closely with our New Build team to assemble Tippers and Blowers for a wide variety of customers.


This trainee role will give the successful candidate the opportunity to learn about how we fit, fabricate and build our products using advanced manufacturing techniques, hand fitting skills and all-round engineering processes.


As part of your development, you will learn how to fit hydraulic systems, fabricate non-standard parts and put together blowing systems on finished products.


Who would this role suit?

This role would suit a candidate with a growing interest in the engineering world, who has maybe completed an apprenticeship or college course in an engineering function. You will need to understand how products are made in a mechanical sense and be able to feel comfortable in a manufacturing environment. Knowledge of engineering drawings, parts, or processes would be distinctly advantageous.


Who are TVS Interfleet?

By unifying the UK's foremost vehicle components business (SB Components), concrete mixer supplier (McPhee), the leading provider of blowers (Priden), and tipper experts (Wilcox), we make it simpler to manage our customer's fleet's bodybuilding needs with one supplier.


Across the business, we take pride in our work. From our welders who autograph their tippers' CE plates, to developing a tailored solution for OpenReach, we're obsessed with every detail to bring businesses the best.


What package do we offer?

  • Death in Service
  • Company Pension
  • Attendance Bonus
  • Employee Assistance Programme
  • Medicash

If this is the role for you, TVS has developed a team of highly-skilled and committed people who are contributing their expertise throughout all areas of our business. If you are a talented, motivated individual and are looking for a new challenge, then we want to hear from you. Get your CV ready and simply click apply.

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