Trainee Coating Technician - Leicestershire, United Kingdom - SmartSourcing Ltd

Description

Job Description

Trainee Coating Technician, Full-Time on-site in Leicestershire. Up to £29K + Shift Allowance

(Shift Pattern: / Monday - Friday). Possible weekend requirement.

Client: An Industry leader in ultra-durable optics for extreme environmental conditions and temperature fluctuations

Job Purpose

As a trainee coating Technician you will work within the department on a variety of optical tasks to meet on-time-delivery requirements & Yield expectations.

Key Responsibilities

You will gain a thorough working knowledge of all the common skills required in such tasks and be able to carry them out with the minimum of direct instruction.

You will gain the ability to read, understand and work to engineering drawings and specifications.

With training be competent to run numerous processes on different coating plants successfully, maintain the appropriate paperwork/route sheets correctly.

You will gain the ability to hand clean optics ready to present to the coating chambers.

You will gain the ability to measure and assess work on the appropriate spectrophotometers.

With training be able to identify coating defects such as spatter, striae, delamination, lint marks, comet marks etc. and understand the possible causes.

Determine and specify the suitability of jigs for coating taking account of aspects such as clear aperture, outer dimensions, condition of jig being used, etc.

Assist in the clean down of the coating chambers observing Local Health and safety rules.

Adherence of Health & Safety requirements.

The responsibilities listed above are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all tasks to be performed. Additional duties are likely to be required as directed by the Department Manager.

Physical Demands

Frequent lifting of weights in excess of 5kgs may be required.

To perform this job successfully an individual must be able to carry out each duty satisfactorily. Reasonable adjustments may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Education, Skills Abilities:

Qualifications in Maths to GCSE level

Computer literacy, including familiarity with Excel and Word

The ability to analyse situations and results

SmartSourcing are a Disability Confident Employer and we promote, celebrate and value diversity, we are committed to promoting equality and inclusion for all.