Salary Range: Grade 8 (£26,041) – Grade 16 (£36,835) per annum, dependant on experience.

Main Responsibilities and Activities

• Assess and resolve issues with surface treatment processes
• Evaluate and improve surface deposition processes, including design and testing of tooling, anodes, bath setups, and preparation
• Amending written instructions where required and being point-of-contact technical support for plating operators
• Create and review controlling process documentation in accordance with relevant specifications
• Control stock levels and carry out actions required following solution testing (chemical additions and dilutions)
• Co-ordinate with sub contract representatives to create and improve in house and external processes
• Ensure smooth running of department, including maintaining water treatment and effluent plants
• Correct storage and disposal of plating chemicals and hazardous waste
• Liaising with engineering, laboratory and supply team

Experience and Qualifications

Essential

• Experience in a surface treatments environment
• Understanding of principles of electrodeposition and chemical conversion
• Good numeracy and literacy skills
• Familiarity with working with chemicals in a safe and responsible manner
• Computer literate, particularly with Microsoft Office
• Quality driven team worker able to work under pressure

Desirable

• Professional, further, or higher education qualification in physical or chemical sciences
• Experience with cadmium or copper plating
• Experience with anodising, phosphating, and stainless steel passivation
• Familiarity with specification controlled production environment, particularly aerospace
• Experience and understanding of effluent and water purification technologies
• Experience with NADCAP audits