Plastic Fabricator

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.