Elevation Recruitment Group are delighted to be supporting a leader in aerospace manufacturing to recruit a Furnace Operative.

Our client is a state-of-the-art aerospace facility that has been supplying complex fabricated and machined exhaust assemblies to the Aerospace industry. It is a leading supplier of civil exhaust systems to the aerospace market.

The role:

Furnace Operative    

You will be required to start this position working a days only shift pattern until full completion of training. Once working unsupervised, the role will change to a 3-shift pattern, weekly rotation of days, afternoons and nights.

Salary: £28,335.29 + 17% shift allowance once shifts start (£33,152.29)

Excellent Benefit Package includes:

• 185 hours holidays per annum with an option to buy/sell up to 37 hours holiday every year.
• Paid Christmas shut down, days.
• 37 hour working week, short day Fridays & 4-day week for night shift workers and all Bank Holidays.
• Excellent Employee Assistance Programme available.
• YuLife app -access to a GP 24/7 and earn for steps/cycling or meditation which can be turned into vouchers for Amazon/All major supermarkets/Halfords/Argos/ASOS/IKEA/B&Q.
• Bravo benefits to include discounts on gym memberships & shopping.
• Salary Sacrifice scheme for Electric /Hybrid Cars / Critical Illness Cover.
• Westfield Health Scheme.
• Free onsite parking.

Key Responsibilities:

• To Vacuum, heat treat and Air furnace components to customer specification by working to Routing instructions, Technique Sheets and Standard Operations Procedures (SOP’s).
• To be able to operate the process bay safety clean /degrease lines across all product ranges by working to Routing instructions, Technique Sheets and Standard Operations Procedures (SOP’s).
• To be able to set & operate press shop equipment including 150-ton power press and Hydraulic press/drop head press by working to Routing instructions, Technique Sheets and Standard Operations Procedures (SOP’s).
• To have the ability to understand and interpret Customer Specifications and Technical drawings.
• To ensure all operations are completed conforming to route card requirements and logged correctly in accordance with NADCAP requirements.
• To highlight/report any non-conforming parts through Hotspot process.
• Ownership of AM checks and ensuring all calibration checks are completed when planned.

Skills and requirements:

• At Least 2 years' experience working in the Aerospace industry with knowledge of AS9100 requirements
• Power press certificate
• Experience in press shop including drop press/150 press/Hydraulic press
• Experience of running aerospace Vac/Air furnaces