Heat Treatment Operative

At Sheffield Forge masters we have an exciting opportunity for a Heat Treatment Operative to join our team.

This role is based at our 64-acre site, sitting in the heart of Sheffield, and will be working as part of our Forge & Foundry team, supporting the safe and effective heat treatment of some of the world’s largest and most complex steel castings and forgings.

As a Heat Treatment Operative
, you will be responsible for the safe loading, unloading and heat treatment of castings, forgings and test materials, ensuring all work is completed in line with company procedures, customer specifications and quality standards.

• Loading and unloading castings and forgings using overhead and pendant cranes.
• Carrying out heat treatment activities in accordance with procedures and instruction cards.
• Monitoring furnace operations, responding to alarms and reporting faults.
• Installing and managing thermocouples, recording treatment data and maintaining accurate records.
• Supporting quench operations and ensuring treatments are completed to the required standards.
• Maintaining high standards of housekeeping, safety and quality within the furnace areas.
• Supporting additional Foundry activities including packing, painting and preparing products for despatch.

• Experience with in a manufacturing, engineering or heavy industrial environment.
• Ideally you will have experience of slinging, lifting and overhead crane operations.
• You will have good basic IT skills and excellent communication skills.
• Good understanding of workplace health and safety requirements.
• Reliable, self-motivated and flexible, with a keen eye for detail.
• Willing to learn new skills and work a shift pattern, including weekends.

As well as having the skills, knowledge and experience for this role, we are also looking for someone who embodies our core values:
Customer Focus;
Working Together;
Trust & Respect;
Quality & Innovation and Safety & Wellbeing.

This is a full time role, working on a 21 shift pattern, which is a mixture of 12h days and night shifts on a 42h per week basis which will include some weekend work.

Sheffield Forge masters is an iconic steel production and engineering company, with a history that can be traced back to the 1750s, starting life as a small blacksmith forge. We have since gone through many evolutions and gone by several different names and guises, whilst consistently being at the forefront of innovation and new process development in the steel industry.

Recognising Sheffield Forge masters as a global leader in the designing, manufacturing and delivering of world-class steel forgings and castings, we were acquired by the UK Ministry of Defence in 2021. The acquisition has secured our role as a critical supplier to the next generation of UK defence programmes. As part of this programme of work, £1.3bn is being invested in modernising our plant and equipment, creating new opportunities for the business and our colleagues.

• Stability, with large-scale & long-term investment and orders already secured into the 2040s.
• A programme of redevelopment that will include state-of-the-art new machinery and facilities on site.
• Up to 9% employer pension contribution.
• Life Assurance Scheme as part of the pension programme, 4 x annual salary.
• All Employee Bonus Scheme, up to £1000 paid annually, dependent on company performance.
• Onsite canteen.
• Free onsite parking and available EV chargers.
• Multi-Faith Room.
• Free Sheffield Forge masters branded coat upon joining, with other branded workwear available to purchase online.
• You at Work – Access to online discounts portal.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• Cycle to Work scheme.
• Discounted Westfield Health Plan Scheme.
• Onsite…