Manufacturing Operator Experienced

3 weeks ago


Merthyr Tydfil, United Kingdom kennametal Full time

Manufacturing Operator Experienced -UK
Location: Newport, GWN, GB
On-site or Remote: Onsite
REQ ID: 45409
Position Summary
Working within the Powder Processing Department to meet customer needs.



What We're Looking For
We seek a committed team player with a manufacturing background to work shifts of 3 nights (12 hours) followed by 4 days (12 hours). Key responsibilities include:

Ensuring Health and Safety standards are met, including assisting with risk assessments and providing solutions to current issues.
Enforcing quality procedures to ensure consistent, high-quality product delivery.
Ensuring the production area is adequately stocked with raw materials and consumables.
Optimizing stock levels of raw materials, work in progress, and finished goods.
Maintaining efficient stock records and process monitoring systems.


Main Responsibilities
As a Powder Process Operator, you will be responsible for:

Preparation of raw materials.
Oven loading/unloading.
Turbo loading/unloading.
Crushing dried sinter.
Tableting powder.
FIBC loading and storage.
BN/TiB2 sinter/reclaim IMC processing.
Jet milling of TiB2, Reclaim, and BN.
Blending of jet-milled powders.
Bag/drum filling from IBC.
Safe handling of chemicals with COSHH awareness.
Driving improvements in the area under control.
Liaising with the Engineering Coordinator through the Team Leader to ensure high plant availability, including plant condition monitoring.
Assisting in the development of new and existing products.


Experience Required

Essential: Manufacturing experience.
Desirable: FLT license (training available for the right candidate).
Beneficial: Furnace experience.


Salary:

£26.770

25 days holiday

Bank Holidays

Company Pension Contribution






About Kennametal

With over 80 years as an industrial technology leader, Kennametal Inc. delivers productivity to customers through materials science, tooling and wear-resistant solutions. Customers across aerospace and defense, earthworks, energy, general engineering and transportation turn to Kennametal to help them manufacture with precision and efficiency. Every day approximately 8,700 employees are helping customers in nearly 100 countries stay competitive. Kennametal generated $2.1 billion in revenues in fiscal 2023.



Equal Opportunity Employer


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