- Location
- United Kingdom
- Workplace
- Onsite
- Type
- full-time
- Department
- Professional / Experienced
- Seniority
- Entry
- Education
- High School
- Industry
- Chemical Manufacturing
- Category
- Manufacturing
- Role type
- Individual Contributor
- Environment
- Industrial
- Source
- JOIN
Overview
Work as a Machinist at Quaker Houghton's Aberdeen facility, operating lathes, grinders, and polishing machines. Perform routine maintenance, maintain logs, and ensure equipment stock. Ideal for mechanically inclined individuals seeking a stable career in heavy industry with comprehensive benefits.
Description
Quaker Houghton, we are a global leader in industrial process fluids with 100+ years of history, present in 40+ countries, including operation plants in over 30 locations, our customers include thousands of the world’s most advanced and specialized steels, aluminum, automotive, aerospace, offshore, can, mining, and metalworking companies. With 4,500 employees we partner with our customers to improve their business success.
The Machinist would operate lathe(s), grinding machine(s), lapping machine(s), polishing machine(s) as required. This role is based at **Aberdeen.**
## Tasks
- Operate lathe, grinding machine, lapping machine, polishing machine as required.
- Carry out routine preventative maintenance of the above listed machines
- Maintain machine logbooks.
- Ensure adequate stock of consumable parts, cutting tips, cutters, grinding wheels etc.
- Comply with all Client Health and Safety controls, processes and other requirements on Client work sites.
## Requirements
If you enjoy working in the heavy industry sector and are a fast learner, team player, eager to develop a career in the manufacturing sector working with a well-established multinational company, then join the team and unleash your potential!
- Must have basic computer skills
- Soft skills: high safety consciousness, proactive, team player, competent communicator.
## Benefits
- Permanent contract.
- Pension plan.
- Flexible hours working..
- 2 days volunteer paid days
- Life Assurance
- Attractive Wellbeing, Sustainability, Women Inclusion & other DEI programs
- Onboarding training plus continuous on-the-job learning and development programs
Quaker Houghton is the global leader in industrial process fluids, continually improving and innovating so the world’s steel, aluminum, automotive, aircraft, machinery and industrial parts manufacturers can stay ahead in a changing world. Our chemists, engineers and industry experts partner with our customers to continually improve their operations so they can run even more efficiently, even more effectively, whatever comes next.
**Our people are our greatest strength.**
**Interested?**
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About Quaker Houghton
Quaker Houghton is a global leader in industrial process fluids with over 100 years of history, operating in 40+ countries with 4,500 employees.
