Job Details
Heat Treatment Operator
Permanent
Birmingham, West Midlands
A leading UK company specialising in heat treatment for the Aerospace, Medical and Motorsport industries has a requirement for Heat Treatment Operator.
The Heat Treatment Operator role involves the use of heating or chilling, normally to extreme temperatures, to achieve hardening or softening of a material such as glass. proper heat treating requires precise control over temperature, time held at a certain temperature and cooling rate.
This is an excellent opportunity to learn a highly sought after skill required by numerous industries worldwide. A £16,500 starting salary is available to a candidate requiring training and full training in this specialised area is available. For applicants possessing previous experience and / or qualifications in this area, a higher salary can be negotiated.
Please Note: This role requires shift work, 40 hours per week over a 3 - shift rotation pattern that will inclduse weekends every fortnight and an 0700hrs start time.
Applicants must therefore have their own transport and not be reliant on public transport.
Applications from suitably experienced ex-military personnel are strongly encourgaed
Main Duties and Responsibilities
Training is provided for all the below and can be paced to suit a candidates ability. A list of what the Heat Treatment Operator is responsible for includes:
Using/operating furnaces under supervision of senior members of staff
Use of job card system, understanding, following quality details, choosing correct process routes and documenting equipment use on job card/route card
Making up loads, using relevant jigging and fixtures dependent on size/shape/geometry/orientation of customers work to enable efficient/effective use maximising furnace capacity
Putting loads (made up as above) into the furnace and activating process parameters (Time and Temperature)This applies to tempering furnaces also Cleaning - Mainly work area but alos production - related equipment
Basic bulk work testing - Testing work (with hardness testers) that has been processed to ensure it has reacted as expected and meets customer specifications
Finishing: ensuring completed work is clean/packaged suitably and marked up (traceability ) ready for our customer transport
Simple Plant Maintenance and maintenance of the shop environment
Skills & Experience
Possess a genuine desire to learn
Be a responsible and conscientious individual
Be Willing to be part of a team
Be educated to at least A-Level Standard
This job is no longer available for new applications.
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