Job Description

About the Role

This job will be to operate and maintain die casting machinery. Your primary responsibility is to ensure that the machines and robots operate safely and efficiently, producing high-quality castings according to specifications.

You must be 18+ due to insurance purposes.

Wage

• £20,020 a year
• Minimum wage rates (opens in new tab)
• After completion of the first year, wage will increase to £12.71 with weekly working hours increasing to 43.5. Total salary thereafter - £28,750.

Training Course

• Lean manufacturing operative (level 2)

Hours

• Monday - Thursday 8.00am - 5.00pm
• Fridays 12.30pm finish.
• 38 hours 30 minutes a week

Start Date

• Monday 21 September 2026

Duration

• 1 year

Positions Available

• 1

Key Duties

Machine Operation

• Monitor the production process
• Keep melting pots topped up
• Make necessary adjustments relating to injection pressure, cycle time and cooling parameters to ensure product quality
• Change tools
• Set machines
• Basic maintenance on tools

Die Preparation

• Start-up diecast machines
• Be able to install and secure dies on the machines safely, ensuring proper alignment and functioning

Quality Control

• Implement quality control measures to identify and address issues promptly
• Measure for defective parts
• Follow and comply with ISO9001 company quality standards

Maintenance and Housekeeping

Where You'll Work

EZEKIAL LANE
SHORT HEATH
WILLENHALL
WEST MIDLANDS
WV12 5QU

Training Provider

• IN-COMM TRAINING AND BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED

Course Contents

• Work safely at all times, complying with health and safety legislation, regulations, and other relevant guidelines.
• Identify risks within their processes and support/carry out countermeasure activities to improve safe working.
• Manage tooling, equipment, and materials daily in-line with supplier standards e.g. COSHH (Control of Substances Hazardous to Health).
• Comply with environmental procedures and systems and contribute to the achievement of specific standards e.g. ISO 14001 or other relevant environmental standards and use the 4R’s (Reduce, Re-use, Recycle, Recover) where possible.
• Demonstrate their ability to carry out their role effectively, efficiently, and flexibly maintaining lean manufacturing principles to meet customer’s demands e.g. JIT.
• Demonstrate their skill and knowledge following SOPs and building their versatility across a number of processes and process areas. Select and use appropriate tools, equipment, and materials to carry out the manufacturing operation.
• Demonstrate appropriate process documentation control. Accurately completing check sheets, monitoring process and equipment data efficiently and legibly using the correct terminology required to meet the quality standard e.g. ISO 9002.
• Demonstrate their ability to identify and resolve problems within the lean manufacturing environment using effective problem-solving tools and techniques. Manage problems that may occur during the manufacturing process within the limits of their responsibility and escalate as appropriate.
• Generate ideas and contribute to process improvement activities individually or as part of a team through fact finding and analysis to improve the safety, environment, quality, cost, or production process. Identifying and eliminating the 7 wastes (defects, over production, transportation, waiting, inventory, motion, and processing).
• Demonstrate communication skills which include oral, written, electronic (PC), information boards, or visual displays to effectively share information.
• Maintains and monitors the work site efficiently and effectively at all times using the elements of sifting, sorting, sweeping, spick & span (5’s) within the lean manufacturing environment.
• Check components for damage and that they are in a usable condition.
• Correctly position, align, and secure the components.
• Secure the components in position using the specified fastening device/method.
• Obtain and follow the correct Job instructions/Standard operating procedures production/assembly specifications in accordance with time constraints and the roles and responsibilities identified for the production/assembly activity.
• Produce components which comply with the specification and quality requirements.
• Carry out quality checks on component parts and completed assemblies and deal with quality concerns and defects in line with their responsibility.
• Obtain and follow the correct Job instructions, inspection/quality procedures, and product specifications in accordance with time constraints and the roles and responsibilities identified for the inspection/quality assurance activity.
• Collect production samples at the required frequency in accordance with inspection specification and operating procedures.
• Carry out inspection and testing activities using the specified methods and equipment.
• Prepare, Handle, transfer, and store samples safely and correctly in accordance with quality control procedures.
• Accurately interpret the data/results gained from the inspection and testing procedures being used.
• Record and report inspection findings to relevant person.
• Safely move materials to the correct location using the relevant equipment.
• Obtain and follow the correct Job instructions, specification details, and specific transfer/handling procedures in accordance with time constraints and the roles and responsibilities identified for the logistic/material handling activity.
• Move materials using the appropriate procedures, ensuring the materials are correct, safely loaded, and secure.
• Check materials selected to be moved are in line with job requirements.
• Carry out quality checks on materials that are to be moved and deal with quality concerns and damage in line with their responsibility.
• Return equipment to its correct location on completion of the activities and leave it in a safe and usable condition.
• Perform one processing/finishing operation method e.g. hand processing, manually operated machine processing, fully automated machine processing, combined processing.
• Obtain and follow the correct Job instructions, processing/finishing procedures, and equipment operating procedures in accordance with time constraints and the roles and responsibilities identified for the processing/finishing activity.
• Perform the processing/finishing operation according to instructions and safe operating procedures.
• Monitor and control the processing/finishing operation.
• Produce processed/finished products which comply with processing specification.