Fabrication Technician

Fabrication Technician, Oadby, Leicestershire

Shift Systems Rotating 6.00am – 2.00pm and 2.00pm to 10.00pm (Rotating weekly)

£26,000 - £36,000 per annum (depending on experience, including lates shift allowance)

Working within a small team operating CNC machinery including 3 AXIS CNC Milling Machinery, high speed spindle polishers, single point diamond turning machines and twin lap polishing machines to manufacture a wide range of precision equipment.

Most of your duties will be completed working from your own initiative whilst also adhering to standard operating procedures and work instruction documents.

Involved in continuous process improvements participating as a team member or under the direct instruction from you Team Leader or Manager.

You should be able to consistently demonstrate high levels of efficiency and quality in your output whilst ensuring scrap and rework is kept to a minimum.

Quality

Be Competent to use in-process inspection equipment within the department and be able to interpret information to make changes to the process where necessary.

Be able to consistently achieve low levels of scrap and rework.

Have a good understanding for the relevant standard quality specifications.

Examine all work prior to passing onto the next stage and be sure that it meets all requirements. Show good levels of craftsmanship and quality in the products that you produce.

Productivity:

Be able to consistently work towards, and improve, standard manufacturing times.

Be able to manufacture high specification optics utilising your knowledge in fabrication processes.

Adhere to Health & Safety requirements.

Be able to maintain route cards and the relevant paperwork systems.

Have a good understanding of technical drawings.

Continually look for ways in which to reduce the usage of resources and keep waste to a minimum.

Physical Demands:

Fabrication Technicians have a responsibility to assist in the general running of the area; this will involve physical activities such as transporting products to various departments within the fabrication area. Frequent lifting of weights in excess of 5kgs may be required.

Skills required:

* Experience CNC Milling experience

* Competent user of 3AXIS – essential

* Preference given to those with 4 or 5 AXIS experience

* Ability to read Technical Drawings – 3D CAD

* MS Office skills

* Team player, flexible to working rotating shifts