Mechanical Tooling Team Member

at  Tata Steel

Job Title: Mechanical Tooling Team Member
Department: Engineering
Location: Hartlepool (TS25 2EG)
Salary: £36,440 (inclusive of 10% shift allowance) + Benefits
Closing Date: Wednesday 2nd October 2024

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

Tata Tube Products are one of Europe’s leading pipe suppliers with a long and successful track record in the energy and construction industry. Our Mechanical Engineers operate on a scale and precision not even imagined by many other sectors. This is an opportunity to play a crucial role in the life cycle management of our unique equipment. You will maintain, install & build a huge range of machines, ensuring that high performance is maintained and that the highest safety standards are met.
The purpose of this position is to provide first-line technical expertise to manufacturing areas to ensure maximum availability of mechanical equipment within the 20” Mill.
This position will operate on a 10 shift pattern Monday to Friday 06:00-14:00 & 14:00-22:00. The basic annual salary will be £36,440 (inclusive of 10% shift allowance) with further salary progression to £40,026 (inclusive of 10% shift allowance) upon demonstration of additional site specific competencies. There are also wider opportunities among the Engineering Shift teams with potential progression over several increments to £51,747 (inclusive of 27.5% shift allowance) working a rolling shift rota. Mon-Sun, 4 on 4 off, 06:00-18:00 & 18:00 to 06:00.
As a Mechanical Tooling Team Member you will responsible for the general upkeep of critical tooling required to produce a range of tube diameters. Main Duties will include, but not limited to, Preventative Maintenance regimes, Overhauling of spares following tooling and size changes, including preparation for future sizes. Critical tasks include resolving Line Stops as part of a wider team & monitoring and replacing as required bearings, fastenings and fixings, forming rolls wear checks, replacement of cutting tools and recording information in a computer based maintenance system.
You will be responsible for conducting all aspects of the job in a safe manner and adhere to statutory and mandatory safety regulations, procedures and policies. You will execute planned maintenance tasks effectively, working through the task schedule in order of priority.
You will be responsible for suggesting and implementing improvements to process control systems. Also to ensure that any deficiencies found are repaired expediently and that repairs are robust enough to prevent a recurrence. You will provide first line technical expertise and assistance to the Manufacturing areas to minimise plant downtime

Tata Steel UK offers their employees significant benefits packages. For this role, you will benefit from:

• A market competitive salary
• 35 days holidays per annum
• Annual Pay Review
• Quarterly Bonus Scheme – subject to business performance
• Private Healthcare Scheme (Individual cover)
• One of the UK’s leading defined contribution pension schemes (10% employer contribution / 6% employee contribution