Heat Treatment Operator

**3 Shift Rota**:
Mornings: Mon to Fri

Nights: Sun to Thurs

Afternoons: Mon to Fri

**Job Summary**:
To process parts through heat treatment, to the correct customer specification.

**Key Tasks and Accountabilities**:

- Work to achieve departmental KPI’s with respect to Right First Time (RFT), On Time in Full (OTIF) Productivity etc.
- To process product in line with the method of manufacture (MoM) ensuring that the relevant standard operating procedure (S.O. P’s) is followed at all times.
- To build and run the furnace loads to the company quality procedures.
- Load and unload product in and out of the furnace and between heat treatment operations through the use of a Charger, FLT, pedestrian truck and/ or overhead crane.
- Attach thermocouples to product as per the quality procedure, and record usage onto the appropriate record form.
- Monitor cycles on all furnaces, to ensure within specification. Raising appropriate standard report forms if deviation to cycle specification occurs.
- Record on a daily basis key data and information in accordance with the relevant system and/or process including but not limited to logging production throughput data onto EFACS, raising non-conformance notes, creating and storing data records etc.
- Encourage and actively contribute to a culture of continuous improvement by performing daily TPM, and 5S activities.
- Cutting test samples on a band saw in line with lab requirements for mechanical and metallurgical tests.
- Brinell hardness testing and recording in line with specification requirements to ensure product quality.
- Be actively involved in any process improvement or quality investigation with regards to heat treatment practices or non
- conforming product.
- To achieve required Quality Standard, through strict adherence to policies, procedures and documentation.
- Reading and understanding the appropriate Risk Assessments and Work Instructions.
- Compliance to all aspects of Health & Safety (H&S) including ensuring that Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) requirements are adhered to at all times.
- Maintain working environment to expected levels of housekeeping and organisation at all times.
- Undertake other tasks within capabilities, in any department across the business, as requested by the Manager / Supervisor

**Experience and Qualifications**
- Able to interpret detailed written instructions.
- Able to interpret temperature graphs.
- Computer literate.
- Experience of working within heavy manufacturing.
- Experience of performing heat treatment and/or furnace operations would be advantageous.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Benefits**:

- Additional leave
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee discount
- Enhanced maternity leave
- Enhanced paternity leave
- Free parking
- Health & wellbeing programme
- On-site parking
- Referral programme
- Sick pay

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Night shift

Work Location: In person