Company: Placr Recruitment
Location: Lower Dicker
Job Description:
The main purpose of this role will be:
– To ensure all TIG Welding projects are completed in conformance with specifications and set time scales.
– Fabrication and welding of vacuum chambers, components and subassemblies as required in line with planned manufacturing operations to defined quality standards and timescales.
– Complete projects in accordance with planned schedules aligning fabrication and welding workload with machine shop operations.
– Quality Control evaluations. Set up and running of leak checking operations using mass spectrometry equipment, (helium leak detectors) on all chamber vessels.
ESSENTIAL SKILLS & EXPERIENCE
– Manages personal workload, meeting all targets set.
– Works well within the team, maintaining effective relationships with colleagues in welding department.
– Demonstrates a flexible attitude coping with changing priorities in a fast paced environment.
– Understands the importance of quality, time frames and customer requirements.
– Looks for continuous improvement in quality and time saving solutions.
– Completes work in a effective and safe manner, following guidelines.
– Ability to prioritise projects throughout team to achieve targets incorporating CIT, (call in time / Overtime).
– Understands and works to the 5s program.
– Follow all health and safety regulations and seek to maintain and improve these standards.
DESIRABLE SKILLS & EXPERIENCE
– Knowledge or experience of welding and fabrication processes would be beneficial
– Previous experience of working in the vacuum industry would be advantageous.
– Qualified to BTech/HNC/HND level in a Mechanical Engineering or Manufacturing discipline.
– TIG Welding. (Ideally working with stainless steel & Mu metal).
– Established skillset in metal fabrication and welding including the use of precision measuring equipment.
– Able to read specified drawings.
– Comfortable working to deadlines set by lead technician.
– Basic knowledge of turning would be an advantage.
– Follow all health and safety regulations and seek to maintain and improve these standards.
QUALIFICATIONS
– Minimum 3 years’ experience in TIG welding
PERSONAL QUALITIES/ATTRIBUTES
– Good constructive communicator.
– Flexible and able to adapt to short term changes.
– Supports project completion through problem solving.
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Posted: June 1st, 2026