We are currently looking to strengthen our team of Military Vehicle Assemblers

A little about us:

With over a century of engineering expertise and innovation, KNDS UK is a renowned world leader in rapidly deployable military bridging systems and a manufacturer of the UK MoD’s Boxer armoured vehicle.

We are proud of our heritage and our reputation of providing the highest quality engineering solutions for over 100 years. As a trusted partner to military customers around the world, our employees are the very heart of our company. We have a skilled and experienced workforce dedicated to achieving excellence in all areas of the business from Operations, Assembly, Engineering, Project Management and Business Support. All engaged in delivering our substantial order book.

As our business evolves, we are looking to strengthen our workforce with talented, capable and motivated individuals across a range of disciplines to work from our Northwest Engineering Centre of Excellence and currently have this opportunity available:

Main purpose of job:

To support the production function and ensuring a continuous process flow is sustained.

We are looking for team members to hold responsibility for the following tasks:

• Prep, mask, clean and touch up to support vehicle paint rework.

• Prep, stencil, measure and fit legal label requirements to vehicle.

• Conduct documented process.

• Assembles and disassembles parts on the vehicle to support rework activity.

• General housekeeping and labouring duties across the site (emptying bins, brushing- up, mopping and occasionally painting etc.) if required.

• Comply with the Environmental, Health and Safety Policy and identify health and safety hazards prior to the commencement of work.

• Maintain a clean and orderly work area as required.

What we’re looking for:

You will ideally possess the following:

• Stacker / FLT Licence.

• Previous experience within a factory/manufacturing environment.

• Applied knowledge of military vehicle assembly.

• Excellent communication skills with ability to communicate effectively and clearly at all levels of the business.

• Ability to prioritise, use own initiative and organise work with minimal supervision.

Why you should join us:

When you become part of the KNDS UK team, you will enjoy employee benefits such as:

• Competitive salary

• Attractive pension contributions (4% employee, 7% employer)

• Early finish Friday

• Life assurance

• Company sick pay

• Employee Assistance Programme

• 25 day Holiday entitlement that increases with length of service

• Cycle to work Scheme

• On-site car parking

• On-site electric vehicle charging points

• Service awards beginning in your first year

• Opportunities for further training and qualifications

We’re also very proud to be part of the Armed Forces Covenant since 2018, achieving their Silver Award in 2020 and Gold Award in 2024. We actively support and encourage service leavers, reservists and cadets to join our team, recognising military skills and qualifications in our recruitment and selection process and presenting an opportunity for ex-service personnel to work alongside other service leavers.

If you are passionate about Manufacturing and are eager to contribute to a thriving workplace environment, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity.

We look forward to receiving your application!

Recruiters please note that we have a list of approved recruitment agency partners in place and we will contact agencies directly should we require support. Any unsolicited CV’s received via an agency will be accepted with thanks but without fee.