# Composites Fitter

**Company**: McLaren Automotive
**Location**: Sheffield
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Automotive
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1351854

**Apply**: https://mclarencareers.mclaren.com/careers/JobDetail/Composites-Fitter/59098
**Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_9b26692c-60e

## Description

Job Title: Composites Fitter

We are seeking a skilled Composites Fitter to join our team in Sheffield. As a Composites Fitter, you will be responsible for producing high-quality automotive parts using pre-preg composite materials.

Key Responsibilities:

- Produce high-quality automotive parts using pre-preg composite materials

- Adhere to validated process cycle/TAKT times

- Maintain the highest quality standards on all manufactured composites components

- Support Team Leader with prioritizing work and other activities

- Contribute to training and development of other team members

- Ensure the work area is clean, tidy, and orderly, and maintain a safe working environment for yourself and others

- Proactively contribute to developing processes to improve quality and efficiency

- Set an example to production operatives

- Provide support on all processes in the department

Requirements:

- Previous background in composites manufacturing and the associated Assembly/Fitting processes is essential

- Pre-preg assembly/fitting experience, including hand trimming parts and experience using various hand tools, CNC/Robot operation, Bonding processes using various adhesives, etc.

- Thorough understanding of composite materials

- Experience and understanding of Quality issues

- Has developed proficiency in a range of processes or procedures through job-related training and considerable on-the-job expertise

- Must demonstrate previous experience of using their own initiative and work under minimum supervision

- Ability to read and draw information from engineering drawings/manuals

- Have a good knowledge base of materials

Personal Attributes:

- Excellent communication skills and ability to effectively communicate with stakeholders at all levels

- Able to adopt a professional and mature attitude to work and other people

- Enthusiastic, and highly self-motivated

- Proactive - takes opportunity to use initiative where possible

- Team player – supports other team members, department strategies, and processes

- Determined – results-focused, driven to do the very best possible

- Flexibility towards overtime when available

- Excellent attendance and time keeping

Benefits:

- Structured career development framework

- 25 days' holiday, plus bank holiday. Annual buy & sell up to five days

- Enhanced company pension scheme

- Discretionary annual bonus award

- Private medical insurance and health cash plan

- Life assurance benefit

- Ability to apply for a sabbatical of up to one year after only two years' service

- Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping

- Generous parental leave policies

- A range of wellbeing initiatives, such as employee assistance programme and free financial & mortgage advice

## Skills

### Required
- pre-preg composite materials
- hand trimming parts
- CNC/Robot operation
- Bonding processes using various adhesives
- Quality issues