Manual Machinist
Base Location
Silchester, Reading, RG7 2PQ
Salary starting from: £35,000+ (Depending on experience)
Join Ebara Elliott Energy (EEE), a global leader in the design, manufacture, and service of critical rotating equipment. As a Workshop Technician, you will be essential in maintaining the high standards of precision engineering, reliability, and service that our worldwide customers expect.
The Manual Machinist will dismantle, inspect, repair, and reassemble compressors, turbines, turbochargers, gearboxes, and other machinery, while operating both conventional and CNC machine shop equipment. Your role will include interpreting technical drawings, conducting quality checks, and supporting field service teams. You'll be expected to uphold EEE's Health, Safety, and Environmental (HSE) policies, ensuring a safe and efficient workplace.
By joining our team, you'll contribute to a global service network that excels in installing, overhauling, repairing, upgrading, and rerating rotating equipment from any manufacturer.
Benefits that come along with the Manual Machinist
- Private Healthcare
- Pension
- Discounts
As a workshop Machinist / Technician, we would expect you to:
- Dismantle, inspect, repair and re-assemble compressors, turbines, turbochargers, gearboxes, and other rotating machinery and components.
- Follow Elliott HSE policy and rules to maintain the high level of Health and Safety for everyone within the Elliott premises.
- Interpretation of technical drawings and the ability to follow and complete jobs per engineering instructions.
- Independently operate machine shop equipment including lathes, vertical borers, and surface grinders for both conventional and CNC.
- Able to set up machine, with correct tooling, to undertake machining activity to desired quality.
- Manufacture component parts to assist in assemble/disassemble rotating equipment in line with engineering instructions.
- Ensure output is in full conformance to requirements of work instructions, procedures, quality standards and specifications.
- Complete all records as required by the work instructions and procedures.
- Steam clean and/or shot-blast equipment in preparation for commencement of work.
For the Manual Machinist, you will need
- Proven experience in a mechanical manufacturing/repair environment with ideally 3-5 years industry experience. Ideally an engineering qualification or evidence of a previous apprenticeship
- To be able to interpret detailed instructions, engineering drawings and technical reports
- Good engineering skills and experience in conventional machining (Turning, Boring and Drilling machines)
- Effective communication skills
Development Opportunities:
- Working in a specialist (non-batch) service business
- Learning new skills within a mechanical engineering environment
The world turns to Ebara Elliott Energy.
Customers throughout the world choose Ebara Elliott Energy for the design, manufacture and service of their critical rotating equipment. EEE s global service network routinely installs, overhauls, repairs, upgrades and rerates machines from any manufacturer. Customers everywhere turn to us for precision engineering, extraordinary reliability and unparalleled service.
