Blue Octopus Recruitment Limited
Location
Sheffield | United Kingdom
Job description
Saw Operative (Night Shift Monday to Thursday 37 hours per week)
Key Details
Work hours: 37 hours per week
Location: Hillsborough, Sheffield
Job type: Permanent, Full-time
Independent Forgings and Alloys (IFA) is one of the UK’s leading independent aerospace and industrial forgers. The unique feature about IFA is the combination of open and closed-die forging while also undertaking the whole production process from raw material to the finished product in one location. Operating from a 680 000ft2 facility in Sheffield, we manufacture high-integrity, open-die and closed-die forged components in nickel alloy, titanium, stainless steel and carbon alloys for customers and tier-one suppliers within the aerospace, nuclear, power generation, marine as well as oil and gas sector.
Key Accountabilities
Safely use plant including, cranes, forklift trucks and saws.
Carry out daily checks on equipment in line with IFA procedures before using at the start of your shift.
Arrive at a plan for each machine in line with customer / planning requirements to fulfil customer requirements.
Optimise saw blade usage and change saw blades as needed informing the manager when replenishment needed.
Locate material and check in line with cutting sheet / works order that the correct material is used / marked up, flagging up any issues before cutting.
Weigh bars before cutting and calculate the cutting weight / length.
Clearly mark uses in line with IFA procedures, unless route card advises no markings.
Weigh uses in line with IFA procedures.
Complete paperwork on the completion of the job, giving information on how the material has been used, returned to stock or scrapped.
Mark material been put back to stock, with weight, cast, grade where applicable.
Store bars / uses safely within the shop, moving outside should the need occur to keep the shop as a safe working environment.
Report any safety issues as soon as noticed, maintaining any basic maintenance as directed.
Swarf from machines should regularly be removed from the saws and segregated into different grades.
Skills and Experience
Essential:
Working knowledge of the safe operation of automatic saws
Overhead pendant crane licence and experience
FLT licence and experience
Company principles and culture
Our vision of success through integrity is supported by our core values:
Working Safely – safety is a priority in all that we do
Teamwork – by working respectfully together in teams across our business, we build great relationships, recognise outstanding contributions and create the environment for our highly skilled workforce to support our customers in meetings their requirements.
Continually Improving Quality and Performance – our teams are excellent at what they do and are constantly working to improve our processes.
Why work for us?
At IFA we pride ourselves on being a great place to work. As one of the UK’s leading forge manufacturers we want to ensure that we attract, motivate and retain the best people who can deliver the best service to the company and our customers.
We offer you:
Competitive pay.
Holidays – you will have 33 days holiday, including bank holidays.
Pension scheme – IFA wants to provide its employees a good foundation for the life after work and hence offers a 5% contribution. The pension scheme comes along with further discounts on health, travel and rescue insurances.
Bonus scheme – this is linked to team and company performance.
Westfield cash plan – IFA provides level 1 health cash plan which comes along with numerous discounts and special offers, including gym discounts, online, high street and grocery retailers and many more.
Gympass Membership – each employee has the option to take up a gym membership at local gyms/swimming pools
Death in service payment, full company sick pay and long service rewards.
Tax efficiency schemes: including Cycle to Work.
Free work wear and PPE.
On-site parking is available.
Focus on wellbeing and mental health awareness.
Trust – we encourage you to come up with ideas and get the most out of your job with us.
Development – we offer genuine development opportunities to progress your career.
If this has drawn your interest, we would be delighted to hear from you! Please hit the apply now button and upload your CV.
For further information please visit our company website.
Job tags
Salary
£27k - £30k per annum
