Heat Treatment Operator (Full Training will be provided)
Permanent
Small Heath, Birmingham
A leading UK Company specialising in Heat Treatment for the Aerospace, medical and Motorsport Industries has a requirement for a Heat Treatment Operator.
The Heat Treatment operator role involves the use of heating, or chilling, normall 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.
Please Note
This role requires shift work. 40 Hours per week over a 3 shift rotation pattern that will include weekends every fortnight and a 07.00 start time.
Applicants must therefore have own transport.
Applications from suitably experienced ex-military personnel are strongly encourged
Main Duties and Responsibilties
Training is provided for all the below and can be paced to suit candidates abilties. 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 cards 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 into the furnaces and activating process parameters. Time and Temperature. This applies to tempering furnaces also
Cleaning - Mainly work area but also 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 ready for our Customer transport
Simple Plant maintenance and maintenance of the shop environment
Skills and 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 GCSE standard