Tube Assembly Technician - Welder

OSI Systems, Inc.; Salfords; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Rapiscan Systems is seeking a welder for the tube production area, responsible for TIG and autogenous welding in a clean-room environment. You will maintain safety standards and contribute to continuous improvement while meeting production targets.

Rotating early/late shifts with occasional overtime; experience in UHV and compressed gas handling is desirable.

Qualifications

• Proven TIG welding experience in fabrication environments.
• Experience with UHV technology and leak checking is desirable.
• Clean-room experience is desirable and beneficial.
• Trained in compressed gas handling and COSHH/HSSE awareness.
• Ability to coach TIG welding trainees to a suitable level.

Responsibilities

• Be responsible for H&S of all welding personnel and processes.
• Set, align and weld precision stainless steel parts.
• Inspect own work and others to maintain high quality.
• Highlight improvements and implement improvement plans as needed.
• Maintain target production output and contribute to continuous improvement.

Skills

Attention to detail

Independence

Initiative

Discipline

5S/Process improvement

Coaching TIG weld trainees

Manufacturing processes knowledge

Compressed gas handling

Education

HNC/ONC in Engineering or Science

Tools

TIG welding

Autogenous welding

UHV technology

UHV leak checking

Job description

Overview

Rapiscan Systems is an industry leader in detection technology, providing cargo and vehicle inspection systems and services for ports, borders, military, high-threat facilities, and checkpoints to help customers combat terrorism, drug smuggling, illegal immigration, and trade fraud. We offer a broad array of scanning system configurations that leverage low-, medium-, and high-energy X-ray technology—or multiple X-ray technologies—to address each customer’s unique security application requirements. Our commitment to excellence in imaging performance, innovative design, and uncompromising quality ensures our solutions consistently deliver best-in-class imaging, high reliability, and operator satisfaction, to help customers find threats and contraband with ease and confidence

Overview of Role

Play a key role in the assembly and fabrication of large x-ray tubes. The role will primarily involve the running of all facets of the welding process in the tube production area.

The welder will be responsible for all safety related processes and compliance associated with the welding process (Compressed gasses, COSH, HSE etc.).

The Welder will need to work on a rotating shift pattern of early and lates, infrequent opportunities for overtime to cover staff shortages, special projects and volume recovery

The Welder will support the manufacturing engineer promoting continuous improvement within the tube assembly process to reduce assembly times whilst monitoring quality and output.

Responsibilities

• Be responsible for H & S of all welding personnel and processes.


• Be responsible for setting, alignment and welding of precision Stainless steel parts


• Be responsible for inspecting of own work and those of others, ensuring high level of quality within the work area


• Highlighting improvements and issues and being able to instigate improvement plans


• Being able to maintain output of target production.


• Be responsible for all safety related processes and compliance associated with the welding process (Compressed gasses, COSHH, HSE etc.).


• Ensure the welding skill base is developed to ensure the tube assembly process is always supported.


• Maintain the clean room environment to avoid particulate contamination and to ensure the highest possible standards of cleanliness.


• Review and contribute to the development of work instructions and assembly checklists.


• Participate and promote production improvement initiatives.


• Be completely familiar with all assembly tasks in the tube assembly area.

Key Skills

• Flexibility - will have sufficient knowledge to be capable of standing in for other technicians working in different areas of the tube production


• Independence - to be able to work without supervision


• Initiative – the make considered decisions and take appropriate actions where required


• Discipline - to ensure maintenance of best possible working practice within the clean rooms.


• Fastidiousness - Great attention to detail and is required to maintain the highest standards of mechanical assembly.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in TIG welding processes.


• Proven experience in UHV technology - desirable


• Experience of autogenous welding - desirable


• UHV leak checking experience - desirable.


• Previous clean-room experience - desirable.

Knowledge, Training and Qualifications if required

• 5s, and process improvement experience an advantage.


• Ability to coach TIG welding trainees to an appropriate level to support tube production.


• Knowledge of all facets of manufacturing processes.


• Trained in all aspects of compressed gas handling.


• HNC or ONC in an Engineering or Scientific discipline and/or suitable work experience would be desirable but is not essential