Senior Technician Casting & Heat Treatment

We’re looking for a Senior Technician Casting and Heat Treatment to join the team!

This is a hands-on, supervisory role responsible for the day-to-day running of Casting and Heat Treatment areas of a project. As Senior Technician you’ll have line management responsibility, as well as operational accountability.

 As Senior Technician Casting and Heat Treatment, you’ll be the key point of contact, ensuring operations are safe, efficient, and aligned with customer and business needs. 

You’ll report in the Operations Leader, and work closely with Manufacturing Engineers, Operational Technicians, Logistics Technicians, and other Supporting functions personnel.

This role will suit a self-motivated individual who can work independently, coordinate activities, and respond to changing priorities in a fast-paced, structured environment.

A proactive, “get-it-done” approach is essential, with a willingness to step in wherever needed to keep operations running smoothly.

What you’ll do

• Take operational responsibility for Casting and Heat Treatment department, ensuring safe, efficient, and compliant day-to-day activities.
• Act as primary point of contact supporting Operations Leader in maintaining shopfloor disciplines in health & safety adherence and process compliance.
• Maintain and promote Health & Safety (H&S) standards, ensuring all activities adhere to company policies, risk assessments, and safe systems of work.
• Ensure compliance with customer requirements, quality standards, and internal procedures.
• People leadership, including coaching, 121’s and operational performance
• Support continuous improvement initiatives to enhance efficiency, quality, and safety within the areas.
• Reporting any non-compliance in H&S, process or behavioural issues within the Casting and Heat Treatment team to Operations Leader.
• Work closely with Operations Leader, Manufacturing engineers, and operational team to solve technical challenges and optimize processes.
• COSHH assessments were required in the Casting and Heat Treatment department and supporting any other requirements in the operations.
• Able to create team training matrix’s identifying any training gaps and creating a plan to fill gaps reducing risks.

Who we’re looking for

We’re looking for an experienced Senior Technician Casting and Heat Treatment with

• Experience of managing risks, Understanding of health and safety regulations, regulatory compliance
• Troubleshooting technical issues experience (Same vein as Diagnosing Errors/ Problem solving)
• Team Leader qualification and demonstrable experience within an operational, manufacturing, or production environment.
• Strong problem solving and fault-finding skills, with experience diagnosing and resolving technical and operational issues.
• Experience working with pressure vessels and process gas systems.
• Experience of casting processes, including sand casting, injection mould casting, lost wax casting, gravity casting, or similar manufacturing techniques.
• Experience operating industrial equipment incorporating cooling systems and cooling line infrastructure.
• Understanding of heat transfer principles, including radiative heat loss mechanisms.
• Experience working with graphite materials and associated manufacturing processes.
•  Knowledge of risk management principles, health and safety legislation, and regulatory compliance requirements.
• Ability to identify operational inefficiencies and implement continuous improvement opportunities.
• Strong written communication skills, with experience producing technical reports and maintaining accurate production records, including process temperatures, timings, and operational data.

Desirable Skills/Qualifications/Experience

• Strong work ethic with a focus on reliability and accountability.
• Experience applying Lean Manufacturing and continuous improvement principles.
• Maintenance of Pressure vessels
• Experience with graphite tooling, graphite moulds.
• Experience in the maintenance, inspection, or operation of pressure vessels.
• Experience working with graphite tooling, moulds, and associated production equipment.

Interview Process

Once you submit your application, this will be passed on to our Talent Acquisition team for review. If you are successfully shortlisted, the next steps will be a 2-stage interview process.

Reference and Security Checks

Please be aware that many roles working for MTC will be subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality, any previous nationalities you have held, and your place of birth may limit those roles you can perform for the organisation.

All candidates must meet Right to Work in the UK criteria and achieve the required security and clearance requirements to undertake this role which will be shared with you upon application.