£25K/yr
England, United Kingdom
Permanent, Variable

Engineering Mould Operative

Posted by Acorn by Synergie.

A fantastic opportunity to work for a forward thinking company has arisen. This is a newly created department.

You must have experience working within an engineering environment / manufacturing environment and be able to read technical drawings

Hours 8am-16.30pm and early Friday finish 1pm
Working on the F1 contract

Salary: £25,000 per annum plus two bonuses a year

After a basic training period have the ability to work with limited supervision in producing parts in accordance with the Company's Health And Safety and Quality procedures

Tasks and Responsibilities:

  • Responsible for dimensional and visual inspection (as applicable) of own output
  • Multi skilled to cover the following production operations
  • Blank preparation
  • Milling of elastomer
  • Cutting/stamping blanks to size & weight controls
  • Setting & operation of Barwell preform cutter
  • Metal & PTFE preparation
  • Masking & shot blasting of metals
  • Degreasing metals & PTFE's
  • Mixing of bonding agents, handling of solvents
  • Application of bonding agent to metal & PTFE's
  • Metal component reclaim

Moulding:

  • Set-up of mould & press
  • Operating multiple moulding presses (compression & transfer)
  • Application of mould release
  • Initial trimming of excess flash
  • RTV Silicone casting
  • Mixing of two part silicone, including degassing
  • Cleaning/preparation of moulds
  • Pouring material & degasssing
  • Demoulding
  • Post cure
  • Loading/unloading of oven

Trimming:

  • Setting and operating kniffing machines, cutting sealing lips and polishing / flash removal
  • Setting and operating on manual lathe for the cutting of large rim seals
  • Setting and operating manual lathe for the trimming of CV boots

Finishing:

  • Mixing hypalon sealant and spraying seal OD
  • Hand assembly operations i.e. crimping PTFE, multiple seal components
  • Grease application
  • Fitting of garter springs which could involve modification of spring
  • Correct manual handling of tools and moulds
  • Carry out all operations as outlined in production paperwork & SOP's
  • After basic training period have the ability to work with limited supervision

Education and Experience:

  • Experience in a Rubber manufacturing environment is favourable

Competences:

  • Good dexterity to handle small components whilst wearing gloves
  • Quality conscious with strong attention to detail
  • Understanding the need for quality and how it impacts on business
  • Good understanding of foreign object defects, cause and rectification
  • Ability to understand and complete paperwork
  • Maintain standards as set by company

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