Powder Coater

Due to continued business growth, we have an exciting opportunity to join a successful growing team in Mallusk to become fully skilled operatives within the metal industry.

Key responsibility areas:

- Tends equipment to coat iron steel products with corrosion-resistant metal
- Suspend metal objects, like pails, shelving, nuts bolts and structural steel from conveyor hooks or places them in wire baskets
- Immerses objects in chemical solution to clean surface of scale foreign matter
- Lowers objects into tanks to protect surfaces and facilitate coating
- Dips objects into tank of molten metal to coat objects, using hoist or conveyor
- Removes objects from tanks after specified time
- Smooths coating, Inspects objects for even and complete coating returns defective objects for reprocessing
- Manual lifting
- General production and housekeeping
- Health & Safety compliance
- Willingness to learn and upskill
- Fully flexible to working on a rotating shift pattern of days, afternoons and night shifts as required: Monday to Friday 7am - 3.30pm, Sunday - Thursday 10.30pm - 7am) occasion early Friday finish
- Applicants with a Forklift licence or Overhead Crane licence would be highly desirable although this not essential
- Ability to work under pressure and to product deadlines
- Highly motivated, eager to learn and a team player
- A minimum of 6 months relevant experience with a production, manufacturing, galvanising or metal finishing role within an industrial environment is desirable

Hours of shift

The company has a rotation of shifts in operation.

Day shift 07:00 - 15:30 (Mon-Thurs) 07:00-14:30 (Fri) 39 hours

Night shift 22:30 - 07:00 (Sun - Thur) 40 hours

All shifts include a 15-minute paid tea break and 30-minute unpaid lunch break.

PLUS OVERTIME WHEN AVAILABLE AT TIME AND A HALF

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