Additive Manufacturing Technician
Birmingham, West Midlands

Cooksongold is a leading global supplier of precious metals in gold, silver and platinum alloys. We are the UK's largest one-stop shop for the jewellery maker.

Based just outside Birmingham City Centre in the Jewellery Quarter, we are a friendly, well-established SME business with around 280 employees.

We are looking to recruit an experienced production operative to join our Additive Manufacturing (AM) team. You will report to the AM Manager and play a critical role in the successful development of AM within the precious metal industry, involving Cooksongold, industrial partners, customers, government bodies and academia.

The ideal candidate will have a background in mechanical engineering and a minimum of one year’s experience in a similar position. You must have experience of operating a metal additive manufacturing machine in an industrial environment.

Your key responsibilities and tasks will be:

- Supporting the department processes, AM systems and other members of the team
- Taking ownership of some pre/post processes and further optimise them
- Independently liaising with other team members to ascertain their requirements
- Ensuring production work is processed and delivered to the responsible team member in a timely manner and to the right quality; part production for both jewellery and industrial applications
- Creating processes and procedures and delivering stated processes to a satisfactory standard; writing/improving process procedures such as standard operating procedures (SOP) or work instructions (WI)
- Ensuring the AM systems are handled safely and efficiently and they are maintained to an acceptable level

ESSENTIAL SKILLS / EXPERIENCE

- Mechanical engineering background
- GCSE English and Maths C or above (or equivalent)
- Experience with operating a metal additive manufacturing machine
- Relevant experience in an industrial environment
- Organised, task orientated and able to work under minimal supervision
- High level of attention to detail and ability to follow procedures accurately
- Able to communicate at different levels
- Good written and verbal communication skills
- Enthusiastic and a willingness to learn
- Team player
- Flexible approach to working pattern

DESIRABLE SKILLS / EXPERIENCE

- Proficient with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
- Basic CAD knowledge and operating CAD packages
- Mechanical related apprenticeship
- Course with AM/3D printing module
- Experience of working with quality systems
- Experience operating and maintaining industrial equipment

This roles comes with:

- Salary starting at £23,000 per annum
- Salary review after six months
- Upto 26 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays
- Company pension scheme with employer contributions matched up to 8% and life assurance of up to six times your salary
- 37.5 hours per week

This is an excellent opportunity to work in an SME business and build a breadth of experience as you’ll be expected to get involved in whatever it takes do get the job done. If you believe you fit the profile, we’d love to hear from you.

Applicants must be eligible to work in the UK or hold a valid permit to work in the UK.

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Other organisations may call this role Manufacturing Technician, Production Technician, Manufacturing Operative, Production Operative, or Machine Operative.