Job Title: Saw Operator
Location: Sheffield, S6
Salary: Competitive, Depending on Experience
Job Type: Full Time, Permanent
Working Hours: Monday – Friday, 7:00am – 3:00pm
About The Company:
Pro-Roll is a family business which has been operating in Sheffield for 23 years. A specialist metals company, dedicated to providing service and quality in the bespoke manufacture of alloys for a variety of industries such as; Aerospace, Gas & Oilfield, Bio-Medical, Defence, Nuclear, Architectural, Motorsport, & Marine. After 23 years of success, we are proud to be a key player in our sector.
About the Role:
Due to our continued growth and expansion plans we’re recruiting for a Saw Operator to work alongside our existing teams at our fully equipped site with melting, rolling, heat treatment, grinding, straightening, cutting and testing capabilities. This is an exciting opportunity to join one of Sheffield’s dynamic and long-standing companies – a key fixture in the Sheffield Steel industry!
We aim to develop personnel who are multi-skilled across a range of processes, or those who are at least willing to undertake training and personal development to become so.
Main Responsibilities:
The main responsibilities expected from this role are:
General:
- Maintain good levels of timekeeping and productivity.
- Maintain good levels of housekeeping throughout the works, and in particular, your own area of operation.
- Be responsible for your machines/equipment. Check any appropriate guards and safety devices are in place before operation; operate equipment in line with how you have been instructed; control & adjust machine settings; test operation of machines periodically; fix any issues that might occur; maintain machines and equipment in line with manuals/instruction; ensure machines are regularly cleaned down.
- Safely use Overhead Cranes and Fork Lift trucks to move material around the works.
- Store material correctly & safely when not in use.
- Follow reasonable instructions given by your managers.
- Attend any training that you have been identified as requiring.
- Act responsibly and safely at all times.
Sawman Tasks:
- Safely load and unload the saws with material to be cut.
- Setting and operation of Bandsaws.
- Cutting a wide range of materials in different shapes & sizes – good knowledge of different speeds and feeds/blade types.
- Excellent attention to detail.
- Accurate and precise measurement using tapes, micrometres, verniers, gauges and callipers.
- Finishing of edges
- Interpret/read engineering drawings and route card instructions correctly.
- Operator machine maintenance – pre-start checks, metalworking fluid checks, swarf removal, clean down etc.
- Act responsibly and safely at all times.
Please note, the task lists are not exhaustive for each role, but provide an overview of the main tasks for them.
Any other task as required by your manager.
About you:
Essential Skill Requirements:
- Must be a team player and have the ability to work well with others (Essential)
- Must have a safety conscious mindset (Essential)
- Must have worked within a steel or heavy industry before (Essential)
- Candidates must show demonstrable experience of machining different alloys
- Training or Licences in the operation of Overhead Crane/Forklift Trucks (Refresher training can be provided)
- Willingness to take on additional training as required by the business
Benefits:
- Bonus Scheme
- Weekly Pay
- 33 Days Paid Annual Leave (inclusive of bank holidays)
- Company Pension Scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Free car parking
Please Note:
Candidates must be currently eligible to work in the UK, no sponsorship opportunities are available for this role.
Please click on the APPLY button to send your CV and Cover Letter for this role.
Candidates with the relevant experience or job titles of: Saw Technician, Metal Manufacturing Engineer, CNC Machinist, CNC Operator, CNC Machine Setter Operator, Mechanical Engineer, Machine Technician may also be considered for this role.
