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Trainee Plastic Fabricator
- Pay: £12.71-£14.21 per hour
- Hours: Full time
- Location: Leeds
DIY Enthusiasts Wanted!
Do you love DIY? Enjoy carpentry, making things, or working with your hands? If so, you could build a brilliant career as a Trainee Plastics Fabricator with us at Barkston Plastics Engineering.
We’re looking for someone practical, curious, and motivated — someone who enjoys problem‑solving, measuring, cutting, assembling, and creating. If you’ve ever built furniture, renovated a room, crafted something from wood, or tinkered in a workshop, you already have the foundations of what makes a great plastics fabricator.
This entry‑level role offers full training in specialist plastics fabrication techniques, including cutting, bonding, forming, CNC processes, and assembly. You’ll learn how to turn sheet plastics into high‑quality bespoke products used across multiple industries.
What You’ll Be Doing:
- Assisting experienced fabricators in cutting, shaping, and assembling plastic components.
- Using hand and power tools (similar to those used in carpentry and DIY projects).
- Learning specialist fabrication techniques such as heat bending and solvent bonding.
- Measuring, marking out, and preparing materials with accuracy.
- Supporting the assembly of finished products following clear instructions and drawings.
- Keeping your workspace organised and safe.
- Developing mechanical and fabrication knowledge through hands‑on training.
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PLASTIC FABRICATOR
- Pay: £12.71 - £15.72 per hour.
- Hours: Full time.
- Location: Leeds.
Do you have some experience of welding?
Do you want to work in a forward thinking, supportive environment that produces varied goods for clients across the world? Are you hard working, keen to learn and able to use your own initiative? If yes, we may have the right opportunity for you. We are looking for for experienced and junior fabricators to join our team! Becoming a fabricator with Barkston Plastic Engineering Limited will allow you to build a wide range of manufacturing skills within a supportive and successful business.
You will learn and quickly be able to work within the following:
- How to identify and understand the strengths and weaknesses of a variety of materials.
- Plastic welding, Line Bending, Bonding, Manual Tools, annealing ovens, Pillar drills, flame polishers and Diamond Polishing but not limited to.
- How to understand and follow engineering drawings and CAD models for projects from a variety of industries including pharmaceutical, emergency services and the car industry.
- How to fabricate units following a job sheet.
- Quality control and inspection procedures to BSI standards.
- How to use power tools such as routers, Welding Guns, angle grinders safely.
- Recognised manufacturing standards for housekeeping, maintenance etc such as 5s.
- How to identify and manage maintenance needs for a manufacturing unit.
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SENIOR CNC ROUTER OPERATOR
- Pay: £18.00 - £20.00 per hour.
- Hours: Full time.
- Location: Leeds.
We’re looking for an experienced Senior CNC Router Operator to join our day shift team. If you’re confident in the running and setting of machines— and enjoy coaching apprentices — this role gives you both technical ownership and leadership responsibility.
The Role:
- Program, set and operate CNC routers to produce high quality components.
- Read job packs and select correct materials, tooling and machining strategies.
- Maintain workflow, monitor progress and update the Production Supervisor.
- Troubleshoot issues and support maintenance to minimise downtime.
- Keep the work area clean, safe and compliant with all standards.
Training & Leadership:
- Train and mentor apprentices and new CNC operators.
- Carry out on the job coaching and competency assessments.
- Support cross training and guide operators through daily tasks.
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