The recruitment drive comes after MPD recently completed a £250,000 investment spree by boosting its aluminium and zinc-casting output via the purchase of automated machines and an additional Frech die-casting machine.
MPD will focus on employing experienced aluminium and zinc pressure die casters, before a longer-term plan is put into place to grow its own staff through a mentoring scheme designed to pass expertise to the next generation.
“It has been a really positive start to the year, despite all of the economic uncertainty that has been plaguing industry,” says Ash Suman, managing director. “Rather than waiting to see how Brexit plays out, we’ve decided to take pre-emptive active by investing in fully automatic die-casting machines, which provide further efficiencies and create an additional 20% capacity that we’re already starting to fill. We have seen business gains in both aluminium and zinc, hence the investment.
“There aren’t many experienced casters out there as it’s quite a specialist role, which is why we’re embarking on a major recruitment campaign to try to attract four new experts to the team,” he adds. “We are also looking to recruit in other specialised areas of our business, such as in CNC machining and maintenance engineering.”
The recruitment drive has already started, with the company employing an experienced CNC process engineer to oversee increasing levels of machining work, and a new quality manager.
Suman says: “Our tool room is proving to be a very successful part of the company as we can now work on special projects to improve internal processes. Our CNC scope has even expanded to machining on a subcontract basis, complementing our die-casting efforts. This year looks like it could be very positive and, with the investment generating further capacity, we are in a strong position to expand as a business and create even more jobs.”
