Additive Manufacturing Technician

DEEP; Bristol; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company at the forefront of ocean exploration as an Additive Manufacturing Technician. In this exciting role, you will be part of a dynamic production team dedicated to crafting high-quality large-pressure vessels using cutting-edge DED-arc additive manufacturing equipment. Your expertise will ensure optimal machine performance, adherence to safety and quality standards, and continuous process improvements. With a strong emphasis on teamwork and innovation, you'll contribute to groundbreaking projects that aim to unlock the mysteries of the ocean. If you're passionate about engineering and eager to make a meaningful impact, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Private Healthcare

Free Lunch and Breakfast

Performance-related Bonus

Monthly & Quarterly Social Events

Qualifications

• Experience in manufacturing or engineering environments is essential.
• Knowledge of additive manufacturing technologies is crucial.

Responsibilities

• Operate and maintain machinery for additive manufacturing processes.
• Conduct quality checks and ensure compliance with safety standards.
• Collaborate with the team to achieve production goals and improve processes.

Skills

Additive Manufacturing

Technical Troubleshooting

Quality Control

Communication Skills

Team Collaboration

Education

Technical Certification in Manufacturing

Vocational Training in Engineering

Tools

DED-arc Equipment

Machining Tools

NDT Techniques

Job description

The Additive Manufacturing technician (AM) will be an integral part of a skilled production team focused on producing high-quality large-pressure vessels using DED-arc additive manufacturing equipment. This position operates in a dynamic environment, requiring adherence to safety and quality standards, execution of precise operational procedures, and proactive troubleshooting to ensure optimal machine performance. As an AM Technician, you will directly contribute to process improvements, ensuring efficiency and consistency in manufacturing operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Machine Operations & Maintenance: Prepare machinery for builds, conduct calibrations, and monitor machine performance during the manufacturing process, ensuring key parameters are maintained. Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues during the printing process, escalating when required.
• Quality Assurance & Compliance: Conduct regular quality checks on printed parts, verifying surface quality and dimensional accuracy, and document/report deviations or non-conformities in the manufacturing process or finished products.
• Production Planning & Communication: Evaluate assigned schedules and communicate any potential delays to shift leads promptly, providing ongoing feedback and suggestions to supervisors and engineering teams for process improvements.
• Safety & Workplace Standards: Adhere and champion company safety policies and procedures, ensuring a safe working environment.
• Team Collaboration & Continuous Improvement: Work collaboratively within the manufacturing team to achieve production goals and actively participate in continuous improvement initiatives to enhance productivity, quality, and efficiency.

What You Will Need

• Previous experience within manufacturing, production, or engineering environments.
• Technical certification or vocational training in a manufacturing or related field is desirable.
• Effective communication and collaboration skills to work well within a team-oriented environment.
• Knowledge and understanding of additive manufacturing technologies such as DED-arc/laser and post-processing techniques such as machining and NDT.
• Ability to identify and troubleshoot minor technical issues independently.
• Knowledge of quality control principles and practices in manufacturing is desirable.
• Familiarity with regulatory requirements and standards relevant to industry-related manufacturing (ASME, ISO, DNV) is highly desirable.

What’s in It for You

• Salary: Highly competitive
• Bonus: Performance-related bonus scheme
• Private Healthcare: Able to add family members at an extra cost
• Working Hours: Monday to Friday onsite, across variable shift patterns
• Lunch: Free lunch and breakfast provided onsite alongside snacks
• Social Events: Monthly & quarterly social events

About DEEP

DEEP is an international design and engineering company on a mission to make humans aquatic. We’re advancing ocean exploration through the development of new technologies that will enable humans to live and work in underwater environments for longer periods of time.

95% of the ocean is unexplored. Countless discoveries are waiting to be made that will benefit our planet and all of humanity. The challenge is access, and that’s where DEEP comes in. We’re building subsea human habitats to enable research at depth and increase our understanding of the ocean, so we can help protect it.

Working at DEEP

We’re a team of highly experienced engineering, operations, and safety experts, with a funding model that allows us the freedom to think long-term and pursue our mission without traditional restraints. We want to drive progress at the forefront of deep-sea innovation and discovery to become stewards of the ocean and reshape our relationship with our planet.

As an organization with multi-generational objectives and ambitious goals, the values we bring to work every day are critical:

• Be Curious: Find a better way and ask “why not?”. Answers are easy, questions are hard – ask original questions and be a curiosity catalyst!
• Be Exceptional: It will take the most intelligent, talented, and creative people on the planet working together to achieve DEEP’s mission. Get it done, be relentless in your pursuit of excellence, and demand excellence from everyone.
• Be Fearless: No one has done this on the scale we’re doing it before. Impossible things must be done for the first time. We are the team pushing boundaries!
• Be Good: Cultivate passion and thrive together. Be safe, take intelligent risks, but never compromise the safety of the team – ever!

At DEEP, we celebrate and embrace diversity and inclusion and strongly believe that the best innovations come from diverse perspectives. We invite applicants from all backgrounds to join us in creating technology that makes a meaningful impact on humanity, our oceans, and planet.

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