Job Description: Plastic Fabricator Overview
• Job Title: Plastic Fabricator
• Location: Slinfold
• Job Status: Permanent
* Salary: £ 14 per hour
* Shifts: Monday-Friday, 7:00 am- 4 :00 pm
* Objective: Responsible for production fabrication tasks.
Requirements
* Essential: Previous experience in plastic process vessel fabrication.
* Essential: Full driving licence.
* Desirable: Forklift truck (FLT) operator qualification.
Key Responsibilities Fabrication & Production
* Hands-on Assembly: Fabricates, assembles, reworks, and repairs plastic products using hand/power tools, precision instruments, and machinery.
* Blueprints & Layouts: Interprets blueprints and work orders to plan operations ; marks cutting lines on materials (sheet stock, fiberglass) using templates or sketches.
* Processing & Shaping: Cuts material to size (using saws, shears, routers, etc.) and operates forming machines/presses, laminates resins/cloth onto moulds, or heats parts to shape them.
* Finishing & Fitting: Trims, drills, grinds, and finishes parts ; fits components using clamps, jigs, and fasteners ; applies bonding adhesives/tape for autoclave processing.
* Quality & Repair: Verifies dimensions using calipers, micrometers, and dial indicators ; repairs defects via lay up, cementing, molding, or foaming.
Quality, Team & Support
* Quality Standards: Meets or exceeds all quality benchmarks.
* Teamwork: Assists colleagues and actively contributes to team tasks.
* General Support: Handles other production tasks directed by management or team leaders.
Health & Safety
* Complies fully with company safety policies and procedures.
* Protects the safety of staff, visitors, and customers.
* Strictly follows valid risk assessments and method statements.
Key Skills
* Knowledge of plastic vessel fabrication standards and codes.
* Sound engineering risk judgment and firm commitment to safety choices under pressure.
* Strong communication (open/constructive), organizational, numeracy, and literacy skills.
Performance & Reporting
* Success Measures: Projects completed on schedule, to standard, with good punctuality and positive team relationships.
* Reporting: Provides regular production updates to the team leader.
* Key Interactions: Works manager, fabrication line managers, supervisors, inspectors, and operators