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Will Necker

Will Necker

Skilled and qualified engineering machinist with 30 years experience

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CoalvilleMember since September 24, 2026
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Time served, skilled and qualified engineering machinist with 30 years experience in the engineering industry. Able to operate a wide variety of machine tools large and small, highly accurate and numerate, experienced working to close tolerances and using all measuring instruments. Able to read, understand and work with engineering drawings.

Six years experience as a health and safety representative in engineering workshops. Two and a half years supervision experience working as a production team leader. Excellent communication skills, friendly and reliable, team worker experienced in working with a range of people of all ages and backgrounds.

Experience

Rubix uk (Eriks) (2019-11 – 2026-09)

  • Repair work and one off jobs
  • Centre lathe turning large and small
  • Vertical milling
  • Diamond turning commutators on armatures for traction motors
  • Dynamic balancing
  • Mica undercutting
  • Re-sleeving and boring bearing housings
  • Inspection
  • metal spraying

Quarry manufacturing and supplies (2019-05 – 2019-11)

operating 48" and 72" webster and bennet vertical borers, producing components for the quarry industry

GTG Engineering (2018-05 – 2019-05)

Working at an engineering firm that manufactures metallurgical test pieces and testing equipment.Duties include

  • operating XYZ cnc milling machine
  • horizontal milling
  • surface grinding
  • manual lathe operating
  • longitudinal polishing
  • Broaching
  • Manual milling
  • CNC turning
  • machining wide variety of exotic materials and alloys
  • First aider

Brush Traction (2013-01 – 2018-03)

Working at an engineering firm that carries out refurbishment on locomotives. Duties include:

  • Production team leader (Aug 2015)
  • Diamond turning of commutators.
  • Serrating commutators.
  • Dynamic balancing.
  • Health and safety representative.
  • Inspection
  • Fire marshal
  • First aider

C.E. Turners (2012-04 – 2013-01)

Worked for large engineering firm that carried out military contracts and made parts for CNC machine tools. Duties included:

  • Horizontal milling.
  • Vertical milling.
  • CNC operating.
  • Inspected own components.

Cast Iron Welding Services (2011-01 – 2012-04)

Worked for a small firm who specialised in refurbishing components for marine engines. Duties included:

  • Operating Webster and Bennet vertical borer.
  • Pressure testing cylinder heads for cracks.
  • Inspecting and measuring components when they came into the factory.
  • Operating a centre lathe.

Baker at Tesco Loughborough Rushes (2010-01 – 2010-12)

  • Trained as and became a baker, making loaves, roll and confectionary.
  • Also worked on the checkout.

Brush Electrical Machines (2006-06 – 2009-07)

Working on rotating shift pattern with a team of 3 machine engineers to keep machinery and production running 24hrs. Duties included:

  • Operating Kendall and Gent Plano Mill.
  • Operating Craven 10ft and 14ft Vertical borers.
  • Operating Webster and Bennet 8ft Vertical Borer.
  • Radial and Horizontal drilling.
  • Operating Swift centre lathe.
  • H+S Rep labourer and ground worker at Saunders Brothers Builders (2002 – 2006)

Working as a labourer and ground worker on a range of different building sites. Building houses, extensions and projects at Loughborough University putting up fences, disabled access ramps. Attend Stephenson’s College evening class to gain OCN basic Bricklaying qualification.

Apprentice at Brush Electrical Machines (1992 – 2002)

Completed 3 and half year apprenticeship attending college on day release.

  • Operated V.D.F. lathe and Swift lathe.
  • Operated Craven, Webster and Bennet Vertical borers.
  • Operated Swift Planer.
  • Radial and Horizontal drilling.
  • Became workshop safety representative in 2000.
  • Inspection

Education

– Rubix (2026-06)

NVQ Level 3 in Engineering Machining, specialising in vertical boring and lathe turning and milling (1996-02)

City and Guilds 2280 Mechanical Production Competences Part 2 (1996-02)

Completion of Craft Apprenticeship (1996-02)

NVQ Level 2 in Engineering Manufacture (1994-06)

City and Guilds 201 in Basic Engineering (1993-06)

OCN basic Bricklaying qualification in Bricklaying – Stephenson’s College

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