
Plater
- Glasgow
- Permanent
- Full-time
- To identify piece parts to drawings and manufacture accordingly
- Help to prepare steel or other metal plates and sections for the manufacture of a variety of products
- To work with various thicknesses of metal plate ranging from 5mm to over 100mm
- To operate heavy-duty guillotines to cut the plates, oxyacetylene flame cutters for curves and complex shapes and utilise rollers/presses to curve and bend plates.
- Weld or bolt together completed plates to fabricate the finished product.
- To cut and shape thin sheets of metal using hand and machine saws, metal cutters and small presses and rollers to create bends and curves.
- Required to read and interpret engineering drawings
- To measure and mark out plates and sections for cutting, shaping and drilling
- To operating plate cutting machines and edge preparation machines
- To operate roll bending machines and presses to form and shape plates and sections guiding cranes and hoists for moving and assembling plates
- To operate CNC computer-controlled and hand-controlled machines.
- To operate band saws to cut material to size and drilling machines to form holes as required
- To work to a high standard of quality standards, safety awareness and housekeeping
- To prepare and fabricate or modify in situ pipework for pump test.
- To support welding activities as and when required.
- To maintain material traceability and identify components accordingly
- To maintain department flexibility and assist with or complete other jobs as required. Training will be given.
- Conduct stock takes on material and move material as required.
- To maintain a clean working environment
- Comply with all company HS&E Policies
- Maintain all documentation, both paper and electronic as required.
- Time served with up to 3 years relevant experience preferably in heavy manufacturing.
- Have an understanding and experience of lean manufacturing techniques.
- Team Player with high level of energy and commitment required for participating in and implementing change.
- Strong communication skills; both written and verbally.
- Competitive salary
- Opportunities to develop
- Bonus
- 33 days holiday (inclusive of bank holidays)
- Holiday buy and sell
- Pension
- Life Cover
- Employee Assistance Program
- Digital Benefits; Health, Wealth & Lifestyle
- Required daily to stand, sit, walk, talk, hear, and see (specific close vision abilities are required to perform computer work)
- Required occasionally to stoop, kneel, crouch and crawl
- Required daily to use hands and fingers and arms to reach (to operate a computer and telephone)
- Required occasionally to lift and/or move objects that are light to moderate
- Required occasionally to travel (usually by air or road so may be required to sit for extended periods)
- Ability to work with moderate noise (i.e. business office with computers, phone, and printers, etc.)
- Ability to work in an open planned office / individual office
- Ability to sit at a computer terminal for extended periods
- Ability to sit in a car or on a plane for extended periods