Machine Setter / Operator

Salary: £26,000 per year

Job Purpose: Setting of machinery and production of wire

Working Hours

Monday to Friday: 7.45am– 4.30pm

Friday: 7.45am – 4.00pm

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

These include wire drawing, wire crimping, wire rolling, annealing, packing but are not limited to these tasks.

Personal Skills / Responsibilities:

1. Ability to set and work with machinery

2. Ability to work in a small team.

3. Ability to follow the requirements of Quality Operating procedures

4. Ability to communicate effectively with other employees and managers

Wire Drawing

Wire-drawing operator sets up and operates one or more wiredrawing machines to draw round or rod through one or series of dies to reduce its cross-sectional dimension, applying knowledge of the wire drawing machine, the working properties of metal and wiredrawing.

Operator studies specifications and determines setup procedures. Positions and secures specified dies in die holders.

Operator takes redraw wire from feed reel, tapers end, and threads it through dies before securing the end of the wire onto the drawing block or onto spool which rotates and pulls wire through dies. Operator will weld ends of separate coils together as required to increase their length, using welding equipment.

Operator inspects and measures drawn wire to verify conformance to specified shape, size, or electrical resistance, using measuring instruments, for example wire gauges, micrometers, and resistance testers.

Operator documents measured parameters on works order cards