Brush Plating Technician

Quaker Houghton; Bromsgrove; On-site; Confidential; Full time

Job summary

A forward-thinking company seeks a skilled Brush Plating Technician to join their dynamic team. In this pivotal role, you will perform electrochemical brush plating on a variety of parts, ensuring high quality and adherence to customer specifications. Your expertise will help resolve technical questions and maintain strong customer relations. With a commitment to safety and excellence, this position offers the chance to grow within an organization that values your contributions. If you are passionate about precision and customer satisfaction, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Group Pension plan

20 holidays per year

2 paid volunteer days

Life Assurance

Wellbeing programs

Continuous learning and development programs

Qualifications

• Ability to interpret technical drawings and quality specifications.
• Experience with gauging tools and quality control processes.

Responsibilities

• Perform electrochemical brush plating for production and repairs.
• Maintain cleanliness and adhere to Health & Safety standards.
• Assist in preparing accurate cost estimates for quoting.

Skills

Electrochemical brush plating

Quality control gauging

Technical drawing interpretation

Problem-solving

Health and Safety awareness

Tools

Micrometers

Calipers

Dial indicators

Job description

Quaker Houghton, global leader in industrial process fluids, we are a company 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 4,700 employees we partner with our customers to improve their business success.

The Brush Plating Technician will report to the Production Manager and perform electrochemical brush plating of customer owned and sample parts for production, OEM, repair or refurbishment. Work is carried out in house or at customers designated location in a professional and timely manner.

Tasks

• Performs plating work utilising appropriate equipment and solutions as defined by the company process.
• Performs plating activities as necessary to meet customer requirements either in house or at customer premises with occasional overnight stay as and when required.
• Adheres to all plating instructions as detailed on the route card, customer drawings, customer specifications and/or verbal instructions.
• Assists in preparing accurate costs for the quoting process.
• Assist Sales team to help resolve customer technical questions.
• Designs and makes tooling and fixtures to facilitate efficient and effective plating.
• Maintains work area to a high standard of cleanliness ensuring it confirms to the Health & Safety requirements and to assure safe and clean work environment.
• Follows all company policies, department procedures and job specific work instructions.
• Establishes and maintains positive and professional customer relations when interacting with customer representatives.
• Travels as required to meet customer delivery expectations.

Requirements

Essential:

• Ability to read, analyse and interpret a variety of instructions given verbally or written including diagrams, blueprints, technical drawings, scope of work documents and quality specification and standards.
• Ability to read and use quality control gauging, micrometers, callipers, ball gauges and dial indicators.

Desirable:

• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardisation exists.
• Ability to troubleshoot mechanical problems and repair.
• An awareness of Health and Safety regulations is required.

Benefits

• Permanent employment contract.
• Group Pension plan.
• 20 holidays per year.
• 2 days volunteer paid days.
• Life Assurance.
• Attractive Wellbeing, Sustainability, Women Inclusion & Diversity programs.
• Onboarding training plus continuous on-the-job learning and development programs.

Join the team and grow where your contributions will matter.