Details:
- Location: Lower Dicker East Sussex
- Date: 1 month ago
Description:
The main purpose of this role will be:
- To ensure all TIG Welding projects are completed in conformance with specifications and set time scales.
- Fabrication and welding of vacuum chambers, components and subassemblies as required in line with planned manufacturing operations to defined quality standards and timescales.
- Complete projects in accordance with planned schedules aligning fabrication and welding workload with machine shop operations.
- Quality Control evaluations. Set up and running of leak checking operations using mass spectrometry equipment, (helium leak detectors) on all chamber vessels.
ESSENTIAL SKILLS & EXPERIENCE
- Manages personal workload, meeting all targets set.
- Works well within the team, maintaining effective relationships with colleagues in welding department.
- Demonstrates a flexible attitude coping with changing priorities in a fast paced environment.
- Understands the importance of quality, time frames and customer requirements.
- Looks for continuous improvement in quality and time saving solutions.
- Completes work in a effective and safe manner, following guidelines.
- Ability to prioritise projects throughout team to achieve targets incorporating CIT, (call in time / Overtime).
- Understands and works to the 5s program.
- Follow all health and safety regulations and seek to maintain and improve these standards.
DESIRABLE SKILLS & EXPERIENCE
- Knowledge or experience of welding and fabrication processes would be beneficial
- Previous experience of working in the vacuum industry would be advantageous.
- Qualified to BTech/HNC/HND level in a Mechanical Engineering or Manufacturing discipline.
- TIG Welding. (Ideally working with stainless steel & Mu metal).
- Established skillset in metal fabrication and welding including the use of precision measuring equipment.
- Able to read specified drawings.
- Comfortable working to deadlines set by lead technician.
- Basic knowledge of turning would be an advantage.
- Follow all health and safety regulations and seek to maintain and improve these standards.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Minimum 3 years' experience in TIG welding
PERSONAL QUALITIES/ATTRIBUTES
- Good constructive communicator.
- Flexible and able to adapt to short term changes.
- Supports project completion through problem solving.
Benefits
25 days Annual Leave + Bank Holidays
Private Medical Insurance
Death in Service 4 x salary
Cycle to work scheme
Electric Car Scheme
Christmas Period Closed
Family Fun Days
Christmas Party