Machine Shop Kitter

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TE Connectivity seeks a Machine Shop Kitter in Hastings, ENG, onsite. The role ensures machining teams have the right tools, equipment, and materials, issuing, tracking and maintaining tooling, keeping calibrations current and safety standards met to minimize downtime. You will support shop operations, liaise with departments, uphold procedures, and help train apprentices and staff. Core duties include kitting and returning tooling, maintaining equipment, forecasting and reporting inventory, ordering tools, and leading 5S, TPM and audits. Ideal candidates have 4+ years in a machine shop and value integrity, accountability, inclusion, innovation and teamwork. In your application, highlight tool management, calibration, safety, inventory control and cross-functional collaboration with measurable outcomes.

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Job Overview

Responsible for ensuring that all machining teams have the correct tools, equipment, and materials required to carry out their work effectively. You will issue, track, and maintain tools and production equipment, ensuring everything remains in good working condition, meets calibration requirements, and complies with safety standards. This role is essential in supporting the smooth operation of the machine shop by preventing downtime and ensuring tools are ready when needed.

Job Requirements

• Support the day to day running of the machine shop to meet KPI’s.
• Liaise with other departments and managers when required.
• Ensure company procedures and policies are maintained.
• To ensure health and safety regulations as laid down in company procedures and Government legislation are adhered to.
• To assist with and carry out training for apprentices and staff in development. 
• Manage the kitting and returning of tooling from all machining work centres.
• Maintaining the equipment from defects or damage, tracking the distribution of tools, and regularly inspecting the tools’ calibrations and specifications.
• Ordering new tools and equipment as needed, verifying the requirements, and monitoring the tools’ repairing, servicing, and lubrication.
• Managing inventory needs, preparing forecasts and reports of inventory, maintaining tools/equipment, performing order tracking, and inventory control.
• Maintaining a clean, safe, organized shop environment, ensuring compliance with standard industrial guidelines, safety policies, and procedures.
• Maintain cleanliness of the area and equipment while applying 5S+1 and TPM.
• When required, to carry out TEOA/KAIZEN/5S audit activities.
• To carry out any other reasonable tasks as may be requested from time to time.

What your background should look like

Requires a minimum of 4 years of related work experience within a Machine Shop. Completion of high school or equivalent is usually required.

Competencies

Values: Integrity, Accountability, Inclusion, Innovation, Teamwork