[ref. g04100720] Plastic Fabricator

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Job Profile for Plastic Fabricator - MC269873

Plastic Fabricator required for a plastic fabrication specialist based in Horsham.

1. Fabrication

• Provides hands-on fabrication as one of the team
• Fabricates, assembles, reworks, and repairs plastic products, applying knowledge of working characteristics of plastics and welding techniques, using precision instruments, hand tools, power tools, machines, and equipment:
• Reads and interprets blueprints, work orders, and related documentation to determine methods and sequence of operations and dimensional and finish specifications.
• Lays out cutting lines on plastic materials, such as sheet stock, following template patterns, blueprints, sketches, or sample part, using measuring and marking instruments.
• Cuts material to size, using necessary equipment
• Drills, countersinks, grinds, and finishes parts to specifications, using templates, hand tools, and power tools.
• Verifies dimensions of parts, using precision instruments, such as dial indicators, micrometers, and calipers.
• Fits and assembles parts and attaches hardware and fittings, such as brackets and hinges, using clamps, jigs, fixtures, power tools, and fasteners.
• Repairs and reworks damaged or defective parts.
• May heat parts or materials to facilitate shaping
• Experience in PVC & Polypropylene welding essential. PVDF and ECTFE and advantage.

1. Quality control

• Delivers work to meet or exceed all quality standards

1. Team contribution

• Contributes as a member of the fabrication team, and assists colleagues in the delivery of fabrication tasks.

1. Others

• Other reasonable production and production support tasks as directed by the managing director, the works manager or team leaders from time to time

• Knowledge of the appropriate standards and codes applicable to plastic vessel fabrication
• Ability to exercise sound and sensible judgement with regards to engineering risk
• Confidence to stand by health and safety judgments and not be pressured into compromises
• Interacts openly, constructively and with integrity
• Able to prioritise, organise and plan work schedule effectively
• Numerate and literate

Plastic Fabrication experience

• Mon-Fri 8am-4.30pm. Overtime as when required
• £16ph depending on experience

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