Jig Erector

Company: GKN Aerospace Services Limited
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Location: East Cowes
Job Description:

Job Summary

Based in our thriving manufacturing centre of excellence in East Cowes, and reporting into the Tooling Repair and Maintenance Team Leader, the Jig Erector will join a small, specialist team responsible for the manufacture, maintenance and recertification of tooling.

They will be responsible for carrying out the required standard activities of their assigned tasks, in full compliance to the Work Instruction and/or Standard Operating Procedure, and without compromise to their own, and colleagues, safety.

The team member will be fully supported by their Team Leader (TL), who will enable their training, coaching and quickly respond to them if they find any off-standard / quality issues. They will be expected to actively identify safety concerns (Hazard identification), make problems immediately known to their TL (Pull the Andon), and raise improvement ideas to solve problems (Kaizen).

They will be part of a team that will collectively work on creating a “Great Place To Work” through a culture of continuous improvement, safe working and open dialogue.

Job Responsibilities

  • Manufacture of tooling from tool drawings, CAD data and lofting, using in-hour plant and machinery
  • Repairing worn or broken tooling
  • Supporting external departments via machining and cutter grinding, welding and fabrication
  • Resiting and rectifying assembly jigs using optical measurement/hard masters
  • Assisting Tool Stores with the movement of large masters and tooling

Job Qualifications

  • Ability to undertake basic programming of mill/lathing machines
  • Good understanding of engineering drawings
  • Ability to adapt to changing daily priorities
  • Formal manufacturing/fabrication qualifications would be desirable

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Posted: May 23rd, 2026