Sheet Metal Worker

Job Title: Sheet Metal Worker – Aerospace
Sector: Aerospace & Manufacturing
Salary: £34,642.55 per annum (includes shift premium, £18.01 per hour)
Location: Sheffield, South Yorkshire
Contract: Full-Time / Permanent
Shifts: Weekly rotation – mornings and afternoons

Are you a Sheet Metal Worker looking for a role where quality actually matters? Verus Recruitment Partners are supporting a long-standing aerospace manufacturer in Sheffield with the recruitment of a Sheet Metal Worker due to continued growth and demand.

This is a hands-on role within a well-established engineering environment, working on aerospace components where accuracy and consistency are key.
You’ll be joining a clean, well-equipped workshop, working alongside an experienced team with a strong focus on doing the job properly.

Job Purpose: To fabricate, assemble, finish and inspect sheet metal components in line with aerospace standards, ensuring all work is completed accurately and to specification.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Fabricate and assemble sheet metal components.
• Interpret engineering drawings and follow technical specifications.
• Carry out abrading, deburring, drilling, dressing, inserting and riveting.
• Operate equipment including stretch formers, brake presses, guillotines and bandsaws.
• Work to SOPs, route cards and NADCAP standards.
• Maintain an organised, audit-ready work area.
• Accurately log work and maintain traceability.
• Identify and report non-conformities.
• Support continuous improvement and lean manufacturing activities.

About You:

• Experience working with sheet metal in a manufacturing environment.
• Ideally from an aerospace or precision engineering background.
• Skilled in assembly, finishing and use of hand tools.
• Able to read and interpret engineering drawings.
• Quality-focused with strong attention to detail.
• Familiar with lean principles such as 5S.
• Comfortable working to production targets and shift patterns.
• Reliable team player with a consistent approach.

What’s in it for you?

• £34,642.55 annual salary including shift premium (£18.01 per hour).
• 37-hour working week with early finish every Friday.
• 185 hours annual leave plus bank holidays.
• Additional 3 paid days at Christmas.
• Option to buy or sell 37 hours of holiday each year.
• Free hot drinks every Friday.
• Employee Assistance Programme with counselling support.
• 24/7 GP access via YuLife.
• YuLife rewards for wellbeing activities.
• 5% employer pension contribution.
• Westfield Health cover.
• Bravo benefits including gym and retail discounts.
• Salary sacrifice scheme for electric/hybrid vehicles.
• Critical illness cover.

Why Apply?

• Permanent role within a stable aerospace business.
• Clean, well-organised working environment.
• Work on high-spec components where quality matters.
• Supportive and experienced team.
• Long-term career opportunity within aerospace manufacturing.

For more information, please contact our Sheffield Team on (phone number removed).

Verus Recruitment Partners are acting as a Recruitment Agency in relation to this vacancy and are an Equal Opportunities Employer

Keywords: Sheet Metal Worker, Aerospace Fabricator, Metal Finisher, Fabrication Operative, Aircraft Component Assembly, NADCAP, AS9100, Abrading, Deburring, Riveting, Brake Press, Stretch Former, Guillotine Operator, Engineering Operative, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, Aerospace Manufacturing, Technical Drawings, Precision Engineering.

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