Show & Tell Time

Here's a video for all you budding engineers out there! It's amazing how engineering can be focused on nearly every aspect of day to day life. Cars are safer, sound systems deliver better acoustics and the list goes on. But its always good to learn to love the 'fun' and 'create' sides of the job.

Click on the link below to view.

CNC Cutting Face

Apprenticeships!

Here at Bailey Finch we have placed our first ever apprentice! As employment is dropping, we are working harder than ever to get people into work and in the right placements.

There is a majority of Engineering companies/bosses that are still unaware of the financial support available from the government for apprenticeships. The benefits of employing an apprentice are as followed:

• 81% said that employing an apprentice generated huger overall productivity 
• Appretinces tend to be more loyal, remaining at thier company longer than non apprentices
• Its cost effective
• Apprenticeships can help businesses across all sectors by offering a route to harness fresh talent

" 87% of Engineering employers from across the UK believe that apprentices make ' more motivated and satisfied' employees and were prepared to appoint apprentices to management positions later on in their careers."

Fancy moving back to England?

Here in the engineering department we are looking at expanding our market overseas. As many of us living in England, a few lucky ones have escaped to a hotter climate. However, for some reason, they do sometimes return. 

We are wanting to inform 'expats' as some people may call them, that we are here to help. We are contactable 24 hours, 7 days per week making it easier for any time difference issues. 

If you are living aboard and want to move to England, we will help with making your move over here to a new job as easy as possible. A return to the sunny coast of England never seemed so easy did it?

If you would like more information on upcoming jobs or even present jobs we have now, call our Engineering department manager - Jon Surman on: 01983 727012

News Update

A new report has been released stating that employers in the engineer sector will increase their focus on employee retention to maintain their skill sets. This is great news for all our fellow candidates out there who are either looking for employment, or already in a placement by us.

As many of you skilled engineers know, finding a job in the present climate isn't the easiest thing to do. With employers now stating they will increase there focus onto their existing employees it makes it even harder for people looking for jobs.

However at Bailey Finch we still have a few unique opportunities still to be filled in the CNC and the Mechanical Design Engineer market.

If you are looking for work in the southern region give our Engineering consultant Jon Surman a call on: 01983 727012

CNC's Everywhere...

Our Engineering department are an established technical and engineering specialist, suppling skilled professionals to lean manufacturing and precision engineering markets within Hampshire, Dorset, West Sussex and Wiltshire.

We are currently focusing on the following job roles:

CNC Programmers

CNC Turners

CNC Millers

CNC Setter/Operators

CNC Maintence Engineer

We have plenty of unique opportunities in the South of England that could be of interest for you. If you are looking to change job or simply wanting to receive better job prospects/location/salary expectations, please get in touch with our dedicated staff who are avaible 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Queens Diamond Jubilee

Happy Jubilee to all our bloggers. I hope you've all got your bunting and flags flying high! Don't forget we're here to help, and are contactable 24 hours per day, throughout the year. If your staffing need is planned or an emergency, you can be certain that Bailey Finch Associates has the ability, knowledge and resources to assist in almost all situations. 

London to Brighton - Charity bike ride

We hope everyone is enjoying the sunshine and getting ready for the Queens Jubilee! Just to remind our fellow bloggers the Engineering department is taking part in the London to Brighton 60 mile bike ride on the 17th June 2012. This year has been the biggest charity challenge for the team at Bailey Finch Associates, but the charities we are raising money for are such worthy causes we are more determined then ever to raise as much money as we possibly can. With proceeds going to the Ellen Macarthur Trust, Isle of Wight Hospice, Children in Need and Hounds for Heroes we really do appreciate all your support and would like to thank you for any donations.

Click Here  to visit our donating site.

250 Engineering Jobs in Cornwall

250 Jobs may be created with thanks to the Western United Mines (WUM) as they increase their activity across their sites in Cornwall. The mining company have recently been exploratory drilling at the South Crofty mine near Cambourne for the past 18 months and is set to begin activities across additional sites in the area.

The mine which is Europe's last Tin mine, closed in 1998 but was shortly bought by WUM in 2001 with the firm saying they will spend £50M on restarting the mine.This said, another £3.5M is being spent in the next seven months on continuing the mine development.

Rising Tin prices has given the mine, which first opened in the late 16th Century, another 80 years of life.

Isambard Kindom Brunel - Genius

For those of you who don't know this name and work in the Engineering field... you need to do your homework. He was foreseen as the most versatile and undaunted engineers of the 19th Century and made an incredible impact on life today. Being the son of a distinguished French engineer, Sir Marc Brunel he has engineering running through his veins. He designed and successfully played a part in some of the most influential civil engineering in History, such as the design of bridges, railway lines, tunnels and ships.

The work that Brunel is probably best remembered for, is his construction of tunnels and bridges for the Great Western Railway. With the Great Western Railways being one of the wonders of Victorian Britain his designs revolutionised public transport and modern engineering. In 1833, he was appointed their chief engineer and work began on the line that linked London to Bristol.

His career embraced civil, marine, structural, architecture and design with his attention to detail, showman ship and his hands on approach he was truly an inspiring man to be working for during this civilisation.  Brunel set the standard for a very well built railway, using careful surveys to minimise grades and curves but this however wasn't his only great design. Through his monumental bridges he built (Clifton suspension, Hungerford Bridge, Golden Jubilee Bridges, Royal Albert Bridge and many more) his hundreds pf miles of railway track, impressive tunnels and massive dock-works Brunel astonished Britain by taking his career into naval and built steam ships. He built the  P. s Great Western which was the quickest of its time, The S.s Great Britain which was the first propeller driven ship and the P.s.s Great Eastern which was the largest ship of its time all of which were capable of crossing the Atlantic Ocean.

And why is he important to us? Being born in Britain Street, Portsmouth in 1806, Brunel went on to become by far the greatest engineer of his time. Without him, you wouldn't be travelling to work the way you do now. Instead of driving across bridges to get to point A to B, you'd have to drive around a river. Without his  huge impact onto the Thames Tunnel, the commute through London wouldn't be what it is today and after engineering over 1,200 miles of railway travelling across Britain would of been very limited. Flying the flag for engineers in all over Hampshire, Brunel is a genius.

Is it a bird, a plane? No it's the Transition

Terrafugia have launched a street legal road vehicle that doubles up as an aircraft called the Transition. The company Terrafugia (which means 'escape the earth' in Latin) have been trying to combine four wheeled motoring with aviation like most men since the 1920's... Even Henry Ford had a go. This light, sport, road-able aircraft was released at the beginning of 2012, with its first flight taking place last month.

When operated as a car, the engine powers the rear wheel drive and lapping miles up to 65 miles per hour. In flight, the engine drives a pusher propeller with its speediest flight being at 107 miles per hour. It boasts folding wings that can fold and unfold in just about a minute, a pusher propeller and twin tail, not to mention being approved for aeronautical and highway use buy the Federal Aviation Administration and being able to take off and land at 5,000 public airports.

Fancy one? $279,000 - that's about £176,000 is the asking price and only 3 have been created. However, due to the popularity of becoming an owner of a Transition, Terrafugia have already got 100 reserved for certain customers who have shown great interest in buying the flying car.