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Why SMP?
Our reputation for quality and high standards are what set us apart from other employers. Our product is something we are all proud of.
Whether it be working in the heart of manufacturing operations or support functions, most of our business is managed in house in our Sheffield based operation.
We appreciate everyone has different career aspirations so whether you have found your niche and want to remain in a specific role or you are looking for opportunities to drive your career forward, SMP can provide the job for you.
What about you?
Are you looking to work in a big “small” business, where you can make a difference? Do you want a role where respect for people, integrity and hard work are at the core of the business? Are you passionate, diligent, enthusiastic and motivated to deliver your best every day? Then we are looking for you!
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Shift Engineer
Title of Supervisor - Atlas Engineering Manager
Title of next level Supervisor - Atlas Site Manager
Location - All sites
Shift - 21’s
Hours - 42
Job Summary
Responsible for the shift engineering activities and performance. Front line management of shift engineering technicians on own shift. Responsible for delivering both proactive and reactive maintenance activities in line with site priorities as determined by the Shift Engineer in conjunction with the Shift Manager. This role has elements of engineering management and direct ‘on-the-tools’ engineering support. You will be highly motivated, with a ‘can do’ attitude towards your work, as well as having a degree of flexibility to help meet business needs and market demands. You will be a major exponent of Health and safety practices, with a strong focus towards work quality and plant standards. This role will contain an infrequent rotation onto days to support training, development and other business requirements.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
• Carry out both reactive and proactive maintenance activities, working across all departments: Melt Shop, Precision Forging Department, Conditioning Department, Precision Machining Facility, and the Commercial Testing Services (Laboratory).This includes work on Vacuum Induction Melting Furnaces (VIM), Vacuum Arc Remelting Furnaces (VAR), Electroslag Remelting Furnaces (ESR), various gas fired furnaces, Rotary Forge (GFM SX65), Peeling machines, various precision finishing machines and a variety of other plant and equipment.
• Ensuring that scheduled planned maintenance and routine inspections are carried out effectively and on time.
• Front line management of the shift engineering technicians ensuring adequate site engineering cover and shift capability (skills).
• Making effective engineering decisions to prioritise activities, assess the safety and condition of plant and equipment, and diagnose engineering issues.
• Coach and develop shift engineering technicians.
• Understanding of electrical systems and be able to diagnose problems/plant faults constructively and accurately.
• Understanding of mechanical systems and be able to diagnose problems/plant faults constructively and accurately.
• Record daily activities and creation of work orders within a CMMS (Agility), as well as using the system to assist with any fault diagnosis.
• Attend and contribute towards daily and weekly planned maintenance meetings/plant priority reviews.
• Identify/specify and order engineering parts.
• Ensure that all on-stock parts required are booked out correctly and recorded as necessary.
• Work with specialist OEM service engineers where required.
• Work to achieve Key Performance Indicators as set by the business.
• Facilitate lean ways of working to minimise waste and maximise efficiency, ensuring departmental objectives are achieved.
• Contribute towards the creation, improvement and delivery of Planned Maintenance activities.
• To participate in training and upskilling activities to help maintain and improve your site and technical knowledge.
• Undertake any other tasks, which are reasonable in relation to the skills, knowledge and experience.
• Able to perform safety & quality risk assessments and work.
• Permitting of engineering activities.
• Management of sub-contractors.
• Switching and isolation of HV and LV switchgear.
• Adhere to standard safe practices and procedures, environmental and legislative requirements.
• Providing cover for other shift engineers when required.
Skills Experience and Qualifications
Desirable
• A relevant academic or vocational qualification and/or an appropriate apprenticeship.
• Experience and knowledge in both mechanical and electrical engineering and the willingness to upskill in weaker areas.
• Experience in a supervisory role.
• Experience of furnace mechanics and their control systems.
• Experience of rotary forging equipment & SIEMENS control systems.
Demonstrable
• Experience within a medium to heavy manufacturing environment.
• Good fault finding and problem-solving skills essential – electrical, mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic systems.
• Ability to read and understand electrical and mechanical engineering drawings.
• PC literate.
• Good standard of numeracy and literacy.
• Exemplary timekeeping and attendance.
• Demonstrate the ability to work as an individual and as part of a team.
• Ability to articulate own point of view and influence others.
Qualities and Attributes
• Ability to work within a team and share knowledge.
• Ability to communicate effectively and relate to people at all levels of the organisation.
• Degree of flexibility as required to meet business needs and market demands.
• Participate in improvement activities and demonstrate previous involvement.
• Personal discipline to apply the requirements and accepted standards.
• Self-motivated, Pro-active and reliable.
• Work accurately & diligently with high level of attention to detail.
Title of next level Supervisor - Atlas Site Manager
Location - All sites
Shift - 21’s
Hours - 42
Job Summary
Responsible for the shift engineering activities and performance. Front line management of shift engineering technicians on own shift. Responsible for delivering both proactive and reactive maintenance activities in line with site priorities as determined by the Shift Engineer in conjunction with the Shift Manager. This role has elements of engineering management and direct ‘on-the-tools’ engineering support. You will be highly motivated, with a ‘can do’ attitude towards your work, as well as having a degree of flexibility to help meet business needs and market demands. You will be a major exponent of Health and safety practices, with a strong focus towards work quality and plant standards. This role will contain an infrequent rotation onto days to support training, development and other business requirements.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
• Carry out both reactive and proactive maintenance activities, working across all departments: Melt Shop, Precision Forging Department, Conditioning Department, Precision Machining Facility, and the Commercial Testing Services (Laboratory).This includes work on Vacuum Induction Melting Furnaces (VIM), Vacuum Arc Remelting Furnaces (VAR), Electroslag Remelting Furnaces (ESR), various gas fired furnaces, Rotary Forge (GFM SX65), Peeling machines, various precision finishing machines and a variety of other plant and equipment.
• Ensuring that scheduled planned maintenance and routine inspections are carried out effectively and on time.
• Front line management of the shift engineering technicians ensuring adequate site engineering cover and shift capability (skills).
• Making effective engineering decisions to prioritise activities, assess the safety and condition of plant and equipment, and diagnose engineering issues.
• Coach and develop shift engineering technicians.
• Understanding of electrical systems and be able to diagnose problems/plant faults constructively and accurately.
• Understanding of mechanical systems and be able to diagnose problems/plant faults constructively and accurately.
• Record daily activities and creation of work orders within a CMMS (Agility), as well as using the system to assist with any fault diagnosis.
• Attend and contribute towards daily and weekly planned maintenance meetings/plant priority reviews.
• Identify/specify and order engineering parts.
• Ensure that all on-stock parts required are booked out correctly and recorded as necessary.
• Work with specialist OEM service engineers where required.
• Work to achieve Key Performance Indicators as set by the business.
• Facilitate lean ways of working to minimise waste and maximise efficiency, ensuring departmental objectives are achieved.
• Contribute towards the creation, improvement and delivery of Planned Maintenance activities.
• To participate in training and upskilling activities to help maintain and improve your site and technical knowledge.
• Undertake any other tasks, which are reasonable in relation to the skills, knowledge and experience.
• Able to perform safety & quality risk assessments and work.
• Permitting of engineering activities.
• Management of sub-contractors.
• Switching and isolation of HV and LV switchgear.
• Adhere to standard safe practices and procedures, environmental and legislative requirements.
• Providing cover for other shift engineers when required.
Skills Experience and Qualifications
Desirable
• A relevant academic or vocational qualification and/or an appropriate apprenticeship.
• Experience and knowledge in both mechanical and electrical engineering and the willingness to upskill in weaker areas.
• Experience in a supervisory role.
• Experience of furnace mechanics and their control systems.
• Experience of rotary forging equipment & SIEMENS control systems.
Demonstrable
• Experience within a medium to heavy manufacturing environment.
• Good fault finding and problem-solving skills essential – electrical, mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic systems.
• Ability to read and understand electrical and mechanical engineering drawings.
• PC literate.
• Good standard of numeracy and literacy.
• Exemplary timekeeping and attendance.
• Demonstrate the ability to work as an individual and as part of a team.
• Ability to articulate own point of view and influence others.
Qualities and Attributes
• Ability to work within a team and share knowledge.
• Ability to communicate effectively and relate to people at all levels of the organisation.
• Degree of flexibility as required to meet business needs and market demands.
• Participate in improvement activities and demonstrate previous involvement.
• Personal discipline to apply the requirements and accepted standards.
• Self-motivated, Pro-active and reliable.
• Work accurately & diligently with high level of attention to detail.
Days Electrical Technician
Title of Supervisor Lead - Engineer – Atlas (Electrical)
Title of next level Supervisor - Atlas Engineering Manager
Grade - 9
Shift - Days
Hours - 40
Job Summary
Responsible for the electrical engineering maintenance activities within a medium to heavy manufacturing environment. Providing a proactive service which contributes towards reducing downtime, improving plant performance and reliability using preventative and predictive maintenance methods and techniques. You will be highly motivated, with a ‘can do’ attitude towards your work, as well as having a degree of flexibility to help meet business needs and market demands. You will be a major exponent of Health and safety practices, with a strong focus towards work quality and plant standards.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
• Carry out both reactive and proactive maintenance activities across the Melt Shop and Engineered Products site (also known as Atlas). This includes work on Vacuum Induction Melting Furnaces (VIM), Vacuum Arc Remelting Furnaces (VAR), Electroslag Remelting Furnaces (ESR), gas fired heat treatment and annealing furnaces, and a variety of other plant and equipment.
• You will be required to understand electrical systems and be able to diagnose problems/plant faults constructively and accurately.
• Take part in the development, creation and implementation of PPM schedules to achieve maximum machine availability.
• Record daily activities and creation of work orders within the site CMMS, as well as using the system to assist with any fault diagnosis.
• Attend and contribute towards daily and weekly planned maintenance meetings/plant priority reviews.
• Identify/specify and order critical parts using the companies Ecrib system.
• Contribute towards the control and improvement of critical spares requirements.
• Ensure that all parts required are booked out correctly and recorded as necessary.
• Work with specialist OEM service engineers where required.
• Facilitate lean ways of working to minimise waste and maximise efficiency, ensuring departmental objectives are achieved.
• To participate in training and upskilling activities to help maintain and improve your site and technical knowledge.
• Undertake any other tasks, which are reasonable in relation to the skills, knowledge and experience.
• Able to perform safety & quality risk assessments and work.
• Adhere to standard safe practices and procedures, environmental and legislative requirements.
Skills Experience and Qualifications
Desirable
• A relevant vocational qualification e.g. NVQ,ONC, HNC, HND, C&G or an appropriate apprenticeship. Employees without these qualifications but who can demonstrate relevant industrial knowledge and experience will be considered.
• Some mechanical experience/qualification or the willingness to undertake mechanical cross skilling training.
• IOSH qualified.
• Experience of furnace mechanics and their control systems.
Demonstrable
• Experience within a medium to heavy manufacturing environment, although applicants from other industries would also be considered.
• Good fault finding and problem-solving skills essential – electrical, mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic systems.
• Ability to read and understand electrical and mechanical engineering drawings.
• PC literate.
• Good standard of numeracy and literacy.
• Exemplary timekeeping and attendance.
• Demonstrate the ability to work as an individual and as part of a team.
Qualities and Attributes
• Ability to work within a team and share knowledge.
• Ability to communicate effectively and relate to people at all levels of the organisation.
• Degree of flexibility as required to meet business needs and market demands.
• Participate in improvement activities and demonstrate previous involvement.
• Personal discipline to apply the requirements and accepted standards.
• Self-motivated, Pro-active and reliable.
• Work accurately & diligently with high level of attention to detail.
Title of next level Supervisor - Atlas Engineering Manager
Grade - 9
Shift - Days
Hours - 40
Job Summary
Responsible for the electrical engineering maintenance activities within a medium to heavy manufacturing environment. Providing a proactive service which contributes towards reducing downtime, improving plant performance and reliability using preventative and predictive maintenance methods and techniques. You will be highly motivated, with a ‘can do’ attitude towards your work, as well as having a degree of flexibility to help meet business needs and market demands. You will be a major exponent of Health and safety practices, with a strong focus towards work quality and plant standards.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
• Carry out both reactive and proactive maintenance activities across the Melt Shop and Engineered Products site (also known as Atlas). This includes work on Vacuum Induction Melting Furnaces (VIM), Vacuum Arc Remelting Furnaces (VAR), Electroslag Remelting Furnaces (ESR), gas fired heat treatment and annealing furnaces, and a variety of other plant and equipment.
• You will be required to understand electrical systems and be able to diagnose problems/plant faults constructively and accurately.
• Take part in the development, creation and implementation of PPM schedules to achieve maximum machine availability.
• Record daily activities and creation of work orders within the site CMMS, as well as using the system to assist with any fault diagnosis.
• Attend and contribute towards daily and weekly planned maintenance meetings/plant priority reviews.
• Identify/specify and order critical parts using the companies Ecrib system.
• Contribute towards the control and improvement of critical spares requirements.
• Ensure that all parts required are booked out correctly and recorded as necessary.
• Work with specialist OEM service engineers where required.
• Facilitate lean ways of working to minimise waste and maximise efficiency, ensuring departmental objectives are achieved.
• To participate in training and upskilling activities to help maintain and improve your site and technical knowledge.
• Undertake any other tasks, which are reasonable in relation to the skills, knowledge and experience.
• Able to perform safety & quality risk assessments and work.
• Adhere to standard safe practices and procedures, environmental and legislative requirements.
Skills Experience and Qualifications
Desirable
• A relevant vocational qualification e.g. NVQ,ONC, HNC, HND, C&G or an appropriate apprenticeship. Employees without these qualifications but who can demonstrate relevant industrial knowledge and experience will be considered.
• Some mechanical experience/qualification or the willingness to undertake mechanical cross skilling training.
• IOSH qualified.
• Experience of furnace mechanics and their control systems.
Demonstrable
• Experience within a medium to heavy manufacturing environment, although applicants from other industries would also be considered.
• Good fault finding and problem-solving skills essential – electrical, mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic systems.
• Ability to read and understand electrical and mechanical engineering drawings.
• PC literate.
• Good standard of numeracy and literacy.
• Exemplary timekeeping and attendance.
• Demonstrate the ability to work as an individual and as part of a team.
Qualities and Attributes
• Ability to work within a team and share knowledge.
• Ability to communicate effectively and relate to people at all levels of the organisation.
• Degree of flexibility as required to meet business needs and market demands.
• Participate in improvement activities and demonstrate previous involvement.
• Personal discipline to apply the requirements and accepted standards.
• Self-motivated, Pro-active and reliable.
• Work accurately & diligently with high level of attention to detail.
Control and Combustion Technician
Title of Supervisor - Lead Engineer – Control & Combustion
Title of next level Supervisor - Atlas Engineering Manager
Shift - Days
Hours - 40
Job Summary
Responsible for the control & combustion maintenance activities within a medium to heavy manufacturing environment. Providing a proactive service which contributes towards reducing downtime, improving plant performance and reliability using preventative and predictive maintenance methods and techniques. You will be highly motivated, with a ‘can do’ attitude towards your work, as well as having a degree of flexibility to help meet business needs and market demands. You will be a major exponent of Health and safety practices, with a strong focus towards work quality and plant standards.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
•Carry out both reactive and proactive maintenance activities across the Melt Shop and Engineered Products site (also known as Atlas). This includes work on Vacuum Induction Melting Furnaces (VIM), Vacuum Arc Remelting Furnaces (VAR), Electroslag Remelting Furnaces (ESR), gas fired heat treatment and annealing furnaces, and a variety of other plant and equipment.
•Carrying out mandatory compliance activities to support operations such as Thermal Uniformity Surveys (TUS), Calibrations and System Accuracy Tests (SAT).
•You will be required to understand electrical and control systems such as PLCs, Burner Management Systems and systems interfacing with the site IT network and be able to diagnose problems/plant faults constructively and accurately.
•Take part in the development, creation and implementation of PPM schedules to achieve maximum machine availability.
•Record daily activities and creation of work orders within the site CMMS, as well as using the system to assist with any fault diagnosis.
•Attend and contribute towards daily and weekly planned maintenance meetings/plant priority reviews.
•Identify/specify and order critical parts using the companies Ecrib system.
•Contribute towards the control and improvement of critical spares requirements.
•Ensure that all parts required are booked out correctly and recorded as necessary.
•Work with specialist OEM service engineers where required.
•Facilitate lean ways of working to minimise waste and maximise efficiency, ensuring departmental objectives are achieved.
•To participate in training and upskilling activities to help maintain and improve your site and technical knowledge.
•Undertake any other tasks, which are reasonable in relation to the skills, knowledge and experience.
•Able to perform safety & quality risk assessments and work.
•Adhere to standard safe practices and procedures, environmental and legislative requirements.
Skills Experience and Qualifications
Desirable
•A relevant vocational qualification e.g. NVQ,ONC, HNC, HND, C&G or an appropriate apprenticeship.
•IOSH qualified.
•Experience of furnace mechanics and their control systems
•Experience of control logic, PLCs and PID theory.
•Understanding of common types of instrumentation and their working principles.
•Ability to interpret engineering drawings and process trend recordings.
Demonstrable
•Experience within a medium to heavy manufacturing environment, although applicants from other industries would also be considered.
•Good fault finding and problem-solving skills essential – electrical, mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic systems.
•Ability to read and understand electrical and mechanical engineering drawings.
•PC literate.
•Good standard of numeracy and literacy.
•Exemplary timekeeping and attendance.
•Demonstrate the ability to work as an individual and as part of a team.
Qualities & Attributes
•Ability to work within a team and share knowledge.
•Ability to communicate effectively and relate to people at all levels of the organisation.
•Degree of flexibility as required to meet business needs and market demands.
•Participate in improvement activities and demonstrate previous involvement.
•Personal discipline to apply the requirements and accepted standards.
•Self-motivated, Pro-active and reliable.
•Work accurately & diligently with high level of attention to detail.
Title of next level Supervisor - Atlas Engineering Manager
Shift - Days
Hours - 40
Job Summary
Responsible for the control & combustion maintenance activities within a medium to heavy manufacturing environment. Providing a proactive service which contributes towards reducing downtime, improving plant performance and reliability using preventative and predictive maintenance methods and techniques. You will be highly motivated, with a ‘can do’ attitude towards your work, as well as having a degree of flexibility to help meet business needs and market demands. You will be a major exponent of Health and safety practices, with a strong focus towards work quality and plant standards.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
•Carry out both reactive and proactive maintenance activities across the Melt Shop and Engineered Products site (also known as Atlas). This includes work on Vacuum Induction Melting Furnaces (VIM), Vacuum Arc Remelting Furnaces (VAR), Electroslag Remelting Furnaces (ESR), gas fired heat treatment and annealing furnaces, and a variety of other plant and equipment.
•Carrying out mandatory compliance activities to support operations such as Thermal Uniformity Surveys (TUS), Calibrations and System Accuracy Tests (SAT).
•You will be required to understand electrical and control systems such as PLCs, Burner Management Systems and systems interfacing with the site IT network and be able to diagnose problems/plant faults constructively and accurately.
•Take part in the development, creation and implementation of PPM schedules to achieve maximum machine availability.
•Record daily activities and creation of work orders within the site CMMS, as well as using the system to assist with any fault diagnosis.
•Attend and contribute towards daily and weekly planned maintenance meetings/plant priority reviews.
•Identify/specify and order critical parts using the companies Ecrib system.
•Contribute towards the control and improvement of critical spares requirements.
•Ensure that all parts required are booked out correctly and recorded as necessary.
•Work with specialist OEM service engineers where required.
•Facilitate lean ways of working to minimise waste and maximise efficiency, ensuring departmental objectives are achieved.
•To participate in training and upskilling activities to help maintain and improve your site and technical knowledge.
•Undertake any other tasks, which are reasonable in relation to the skills, knowledge and experience.
•Able to perform safety & quality risk assessments and work.
•Adhere to standard safe practices and procedures, environmental and legislative requirements.
Skills Experience and Qualifications
Desirable
•A relevant vocational qualification e.g. NVQ,ONC, HNC, HND, C&G or an appropriate apprenticeship.
•IOSH qualified.
•Experience of furnace mechanics and their control systems
•Experience of control logic, PLCs and PID theory.
•Understanding of common types of instrumentation and their working principles.
•Ability to interpret engineering drawings and process trend recordings.
Demonstrable
•Experience within a medium to heavy manufacturing environment, although applicants from other industries would also be considered.
•Good fault finding and problem-solving skills essential – electrical, mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic systems.
•Ability to read and understand electrical and mechanical engineering drawings.
•PC literate.
•Good standard of numeracy and literacy.
•Exemplary timekeeping and attendance.
•Demonstrate the ability to work as an individual and as part of a team.
Qualities & Attributes
•Ability to work within a team and share knowledge.
•Ability to communicate effectively and relate to people at all levels of the organisation.
•Degree of flexibility as required to meet business needs and market demands.
•Participate in improvement activities and demonstrate previous involvement.
•Personal discipline to apply the requirements and accepted standards.
•Self-motivated, Pro-active and reliable.
•Work accurately & diligently with high level of attention to detail.
Maintenance Technician – Mechanical
Title of Supervisor - Engineering Manager
Title of next level Supervisor - Head of Engineering & Maintenance
Grade - 9
Shift - 21’s
Hours - 42
Job Summary
Responsible for the mechanical engineering maintenance activities within a medium to heavy manufacturing environment. Providing a proactive service which contributes towards reducing downtime, improving plant performance and reliability using preventative and predictive maintenance methods and techniques. You will be highly motivated, with a ‘can do’ attitude towards your work, as well as having a degree of flexibility to help meet business needs and market demands. You will be a major exponent of Health and safety practices, with a strong focus towards work quality and plant standards.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
• Carry out both re-active and pro-active maintenance tasks, including VIM, VAR and ESR furnaces.
• You will be required to understand mechanical systems and be able to diagnose problems/plant faults constructively and accurately.
• Take part in the development, creation and implementation of PPM schedules to achieve maximum machine availability.
• Record daily activities and creation of work orders within a CMMS (Pirana), as well as using the system to assist with any fault diagnosis.
• Attend and contribute towards daily and weekly planned maintenance meetings/plant priority reviews.
• Identify/specify and order critical parts using the companies Ecrib system.
• Contribute towards the control and improvement of critical spares requirements.
• Ensure that all parts required are booked out correctly and recorded as necessary.
• Work with specialist OEM service engineers where required.
• Facilitate lean ways of working to minimise waste and maximise efficiency, ensuring departmental objectives are achieved.
• To participate in training and upskilling activities to help maintain and improve your site and technical knowledge.
• Undertake any other tasks, which are reasonable in relation to the skills, knowledge and experience.
• Able to perform safety & quality risk assessments and work.
• Adhere to standard safe practices and procedures, environmental and legislative requirements
Skills Experience and Qualifications
Desirable
• A relevant vocational qualification e.g. NVQ,ONC, HNC, HND, C&G or an appropriate apprenticeship. Employees without these qualifications but who can demonstrate relevant industrial knowledge and experience will be considered.
• Some electrical experience/qualification or the willingness to undertake electrical cross skilling training.
• IOSH qualified.
• Experience of furnace mechanics and their control system.
• Experience of furnace vacuum systems or vacuum technologies.
Demonstrable
• Experience within a medium to heavy manufacturing environment, although applicants from other industries would also be considered.
• Good fault finding and problem-solving skills essential – mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic systems.
• Ability to read and understand engineering drawings.
• PC literate.
• Good standard of numeracy and literacy.
• Exemplary timekeeping and attendance.
• Demonstrate the ability to work as an individual and as part of a team.
• Ability to direct and influence others without having line management accountability.
Qualities & Attributes
• Ability to work within a team and share knowledge.
• Ability to communicate effectively and relate to people at all levels of the organisation.
• Degree of flexibility as required to meet business needs and market demands.
• Participate in improvement activities and demonstrate previous involvement.
• Personal discipline to apply the requirements and accepted standards.
• Self-motivated, Pro-active and reliable.
• Work accurately & diligently with high level of attention to detail.
Title of next level Supervisor - Head of Engineering & Maintenance
Grade - 9
Shift - 21’s
Hours - 42
Job Summary
Responsible for the mechanical engineering maintenance activities within a medium to heavy manufacturing environment. Providing a proactive service which contributes towards reducing downtime, improving plant performance and reliability using preventative and predictive maintenance methods and techniques. You will be highly motivated, with a ‘can do’ attitude towards your work, as well as having a degree of flexibility to help meet business needs and market demands. You will be a major exponent of Health and safety practices, with a strong focus towards work quality and plant standards.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
• Carry out both re-active and pro-active maintenance tasks, including VIM, VAR and ESR furnaces.
• You will be required to understand mechanical systems and be able to diagnose problems/plant faults constructively and accurately.
• Take part in the development, creation and implementation of PPM schedules to achieve maximum machine availability.
• Record daily activities and creation of work orders within a CMMS (Pirana), as well as using the system to assist with any fault diagnosis.
• Attend and contribute towards daily and weekly planned maintenance meetings/plant priority reviews.
• Identify/specify and order critical parts using the companies Ecrib system.
• Contribute towards the control and improvement of critical spares requirements.
• Ensure that all parts required are booked out correctly and recorded as necessary.
• Work with specialist OEM service engineers where required.
• Facilitate lean ways of working to minimise waste and maximise efficiency, ensuring departmental objectives are achieved.
• To participate in training and upskilling activities to help maintain and improve your site and technical knowledge.
• Undertake any other tasks, which are reasonable in relation to the skills, knowledge and experience.
• Able to perform safety & quality risk assessments and work.
• Adhere to standard safe practices and procedures, environmental and legislative requirements
Skills Experience and Qualifications
Desirable
• A relevant vocational qualification e.g. NVQ,ONC, HNC, HND, C&G or an appropriate apprenticeship. Employees without these qualifications but who can demonstrate relevant industrial knowledge and experience will be considered.
• Some electrical experience/qualification or the willingness to undertake electrical cross skilling training.
• IOSH qualified.
• Experience of furnace mechanics and their control system.
• Experience of furnace vacuum systems or vacuum technologies.
Demonstrable
• Experience within a medium to heavy manufacturing environment, although applicants from other industries would also be considered.
• Good fault finding and problem-solving skills essential – mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic systems.
• Ability to read and understand engineering drawings.
• PC literate.
• Good standard of numeracy and literacy.
• Exemplary timekeeping and attendance.
• Demonstrate the ability to work as an individual and as part of a team.
• Ability to direct and influence others without having line management accountability.
Qualities & Attributes
• Ability to work within a team and share knowledge.
• Ability to communicate effectively and relate to people at all levels of the organisation.
• Degree of flexibility as required to meet business needs and market demands.
• Participate in improvement activities and demonstrate previous involvement.
• Personal discipline to apply the requirements and accepted standards.
• Self-motivated, Pro-active and reliable.
• Work accurately & diligently with high level of attention to detail.
Melter
Title of Supervisor - Supervisor
Title of next level Supervisor - Melting and EP Manager
Location - Melting Department
Grade - 6
Shift - 21s
Hours - 42
Job Summary
To work in a team operating VIM & VIDP furnaces or ESR and VAR furnaces.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
Contribute to the safe and efficient operation of furnaces through:
• Safe crane handling of electrodes and moulds or ingots and furnace crucibles.
• Maintenance of a high standard of housekeeping in line with safety and QA hazard audit requirements.
• Adherence to QA procedures and generating/maintaining prime melt records.
• Charge preparation, charge mixing and furnace loading or Crucible and Refractory preparation.
• Mould preparation, setting and stripping.
• Loading/discharging of large clamshell heat treatment furnaces.
• General crane and forklift truck movements.
• VAR furnace cleaning.
Skills, Experience & Qualifications
Desirable Requirements:
• 5 GCSE’s A-C. Employees without these qualifications but who can demonstrate relevant industrial knowledge and experience will be considered.
Demonstrable Experience of:
• Development/Improvement activities.
• Application of training.
• Positive attitude to safety & quality.
Qualities & Attributes
• Willingness to work as a team & share knowledge.
• Acceptance of accountability and responsibility.
• Personal discipline to apply the requirements and accepted standards.
• Pride in the workplace.
• Exemplary level of timekeeping and attendance.
Title of next level Supervisor - Melting and EP Manager
Location - Melting Department
Grade - 6
Shift - 21s
Hours - 42
Job Summary
To work in a team operating VIM & VIDP furnaces or ESR and VAR furnaces.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
Contribute to the safe and efficient operation of furnaces through:
• Safe crane handling of electrodes and moulds or ingots and furnace crucibles.
• Maintenance of a high standard of housekeeping in line with safety and QA hazard audit requirements.
• Adherence to QA procedures and generating/maintaining prime melt records.
• Charge preparation, charge mixing and furnace loading or Crucible and Refractory preparation.
• Mould preparation, setting and stripping.
• Loading/discharging of large clamshell heat treatment furnaces.
• General crane and forklift truck movements.
• VAR furnace cleaning.
Skills, Experience & Qualifications
Desirable Requirements:
• 5 GCSE’s A-C. Employees without these qualifications but who can demonstrate relevant industrial knowledge and experience will be considered.
Demonstrable Experience of:
• Development/Improvement activities.
• Application of training.
• Positive attitude to safety & quality.
Qualities & Attributes
• Willingness to work as a team & share knowledge.
• Acceptance of accountability and responsibility.
• Personal discipline to apply the requirements and accepted standards.
• Pride in the workplace.
• Exemplary level of timekeeping and attendance.
Metallurgist
Title of Supervisor - Technical Manager
Title of next level Supervisor - Technical & Quality Director
Location - Sheffield
Hours - 37.5 hours per week
Job Summary
Technical resource focused on process control and product activities
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
• Lead projects to improve product quality and/or decrease cost (eg. Yield, Right First Time).
• Interface with customers on defining technical requirements and resolving customer problems.
• Work closely with operations to resolve internal technical problems.
• Working with Operations to ensure all relevant documentation for current products are updated to the required standard.
• Establish and monitor KPIs for key process operations.
• Development and introduction of new products.
• Operate in line with the company's culture of quality and safety whilst undertaking any activity.
• Mentor technical graduates and placements students as applicable.
Skills, Experience & Qualifications
Minimum Requirements:
• Bachelor’s Degree in Metallurgy, Materials Science or equivalent.
• A minimum of 2-3 years’ experience in a relevant industrial environment with demonstrable experience within the aerospace, oil and gas or power generation sector.
• A solid understanding of the physical metallurgy of steel and nickel-based alloys.
• Demonstrable experience of hot working processes.
• Demonstrable experience of OEM customer quality systems.
• Knowledge and application of improvement tools and techniques – RCCA, problem solving, error proofing, RAA, SPC.
Desirable Requirements:
• Experience of vacuum induction melting.
• Experience of consumable electrode remelting.
• Experience of NADCAP controlled heating furnaces.
Title of next level Supervisor - Technical & Quality Director
Location - Sheffield
Hours - 37.5 hours per week
Job Summary
Technical resource focused on process control and product activities
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
• Lead projects to improve product quality and/or decrease cost (eg. Yield, Right First Time).
• Interface with customers on defining technical requirements and resolving customer problems.
• Work closely with operations to resolve internal technical problems.
• Working with Operations to ensure all relevant documentation for current products are updated to the required standard.
• Establish and monitor KPIs for key process operations.
• Development and introduction of new products.
• Operate in line with the company's culture of quality and safety whilst undertaking any activity.
• Mentor technical graduates and placements students as applicable.
Skills, Experience & Qualifications
Minimum Requirements:
• Bachelor’s Degree in Metallurgy, Materials Science or equivalent.
• A minimum of 2-3 years’ experience in a relevant industrial environment with demonstrable experience within the aerospace, oil and gas or power generation sector.
• A solid understanding of the physical metallurgy of steel and nickel-based alloys.
• Demonstrable experience of hot working processes.
• Demonstrable experience of OEM customer quality systems.
• Knowledge and application of improvement tools and techniques – RCCA, problem solving, error proofing, RAA, SPC.
Desirable Requirements:
• Experience of vacuum induction melting.
• Experience of consumable electrode remelting.
• Experience of NADCAP controlled heating furnaces.
I joined Special Melted Products Ltd in 1996 as a Product Metallurgist. During my time at SMP I have been fortunate enough to be offered a number of challenging roles. I have had a diverse range of responsibilities from the production of materials used in nuclear reactors and aircraft engines to managing the UKAS and NADCAP accredited Test Laboratory.
In 2016 I was promoted to the position of Technical Manager and am now one of a number of women on the SMP Leadership Team.
In 2017, I approached SMP because I wanted to work for an organisation that prides itself on the quality of its products and service. SMP has helped me by providing countless opportunities to grow and develop. The result being that I had originally taken on the role as a Quality Inspector, to then become a Team Leader. Now I work as a Quality Engineer alongside being a Staff Representative, Fire Marshal and First Aider.
I made the decision to join SMP in February 2020 as I wanted to experience working in HR for a completely different sector to retail. My first year came with all of the challenges that HR and businesses were faced with during the pandemic as we all had to navigate unchartered waters. The whole team worked together closely to ensure we had a strong strategy to recover quickly from that year. In my second year I undertook a secondment where I worked within the Planning & Logistics department for half of my time. This allowed me to learn the production processes in more detail and how the different departments worked together, which in turn benefited my understanding of the business from a HR perspective.
I have found SMP is very supportive of those who want to develop themselves through further training in order to benefit the business.
I joined the company in 1976 from school on a 5-year apprenticeship. Throughout my time with SMP I have enjoyed various training, including electrical and fitting finishing in the toolroom. I then moved to testing where I have worked for many years. SMP is a great working environment, everyone pulls together as a team. As a local union representative, I have seen positive changes in working relationships with the management teams and commitment to health and safety.