South West Metal Finishing Ltd

A production operative will be responsible for their daily Production output, including Masking of components, loading of jigging, carrying out and monitoring the electroplating/anodizing processes in accordance with processing requirements.

Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities
Scope of responsibility

Responsible for your own output to achieve set targets
Ensuring the work area is kept clean and tidy
Conforming to all compliance requirements involved in processing components

Job Purpose
Hard chrome/Silver/copper/ENP/cadmium/Zinc Nickel/Passivation/Chromic/Sulphuric/hard anodising, this list is not exhaustive.
Main Responsiblities
Loading components on to jig fixtures
Loading and unloading loaded jigs in to acid, alkaline and plating chemical solutions.
Setting temperature, voltage and current controls
Masking off areas that don’t require plating, using masking agents, bungs and tapes
Dipping or brushing products with chemical solutions
Monitoring of electroplating process
Carry out basic quality checks
De-jigging components from jigging assemblies
Removing of masking agents using mechanical and chemical methods
Transferring newly coated items to finishing or storage area
Ensuring that work is undertaken in compliance with regulations, manuals and company policy;
Ensuring compliance to Health, Safety and Environmental policies and report any concern to supervision

Job Summary
Non-Destructive Testing of components by the Magnetic Particle, Fluorescent Penetrant, Acid Etch inspection methods, Pre-Penetrant Etch, Visual Inspection plus Hardness and Conductivity Testing.
Responsibilities
Ensuring that work is undertaken in compliance with regulations, manuals, techniques and company policy;
Ensuring compliance to Health, Safety and Environmental policies and report any concern to supervision
Liaise with the NDT Supervisor as and when required
Report any maintenance issues to NDT supervision and management
Report to NDT supervision on issues that could affect the running of the process
Ensure area is kept to a clean standard and any 5S and Audit actions are actioned
Support any actions necessary to improve quality or process improvement
Set up equipment, conduct system performance checks and perform tests
Raise required Technique Sheets
Review NDT specifications
Sign off NDT contract reviews
Raise Complete NDT AQP’s

Main Responsibilities
Monitoring and reporting
Taking daily utilities meter readings
Assisting with store stock takes as required.
Carry of daily, Weekly and monthly standard work to include routine daily checks and cleaning of the production oiling bay and degreasing plant.
Effluent:

Daily start up and shutdown of both plants.
Running of the filter press, draining of settlement tanks, monitoring of the ‘V’ notch tank.
Regeneration of the de-min plant.
Ensure all the reagent tanks are ‘topped up’ to ensure compliant running of these plants.
Environmental:

Daily start up and shutdown of both plants.
Aid in the monitoring of all environmental aspects including carrying out utilities meter readings (Water, Gas, and Electricity)
Aid in ensuring the company is compliant with all regulatory requirements including EPR (Environmental Permitting Regulations) and Discharge Consents.
Perform other regular daily/weekly checks as required.