Welding & Precision Assembly Technician

Job Title: Welding & Precision Assembly Technician

Location: Whitney

Salary: £35,000 - £40,000

Hours: 8am-4:40pm Mon – Thurs / 8am-1pm Fri

Role Purpose

We are seeking a skilled, practical technician to manufacture and assemble high-quality cryogenic products. This is a hands-on role with a strong emphasis on precision welding, soldering, brazing and mechanical assembly. The successful candidate will produce neat, accurate and leak-tight assemblies from stainless steel, copper and other materials, working carefully to engineering drawings and defined quality standards.

Experience in TIG welding, soft soldering and silver brazing/hard soldering would be highly advantageous. However, we will also consider candidates with strong mechanical aptitude, excellent attention to detail and a genuine willingness to learn specialist cryogenic manufacturing techniques.

Key Responsibilities

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• Manufacture and assemble nitrogen and helium transfer lines, vacuum components, pipework and other related cryogenic products.
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• Carry out high-quality TIG welding, particularly on thin-wall stainless-steel components and tube assemblies.
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• Perform accurate soft soldering and silver brazing/hard soldering on copper, brass, stainless steel and mixed-material assemblies.
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• Assemble small, delicate and close-tolerance components with a high level of care and precision.
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• Fit tubes, flanges, connectors, vacuum fittings and mechanical components in accordance with drawings and specifications.
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• Use jigs, fixtures, gauges and measuring equipment to maintain alignment and dimensional accuracy.
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• Carry out tube preparation, forming, bending and fitting where required.
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• Inspect welds, soldered joints and completed assemblies for workmanship, conformity and leaks.
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• Diagnose and rectify leaks, poor joints, misalignment and other manufacturing defects.
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• Read and interpret engineering drawings, bills of materials and manufacturing instructions.
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• Contribute to improvements in welding methods, assembly processes, tooling and product quality.
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Essential Skills and Experience

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• Practical experience in welding, soldering, brazing, precision assembly or mechanical fabrication.
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• Good hand skills and the ability to carry out detailed, controlled work.
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• Strong mechanical fitting and assembly capability.
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• Experience using workshop hand tools, power tools and measuring equipment.
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• Ability to read and work from engineering drawings.
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• Ability to work accurately with small components and close-tolerance assemblies.
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• A methodical approach to joint preparation, assembly and inspection.
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• Willingness to learn specialist cryogenic and vacuum manufacturing processes.
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Highly Desirable Skills

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• TIG welding of stainless steel, particularly thin-wall tube and precision components.
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• Soft soldering experience on copper and brass assemblies.
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• Silver brazing or hard-soldering experience.
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• Experience joining dissimilar metals.
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• Tube fitting, tube bending and pipework fabrication experience.
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• Experience with vacuum systems, cryogenic equipment, scientific instrumentation or high-vacuum components.
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• Experience working in a precision engineering, aerospace, scientific, medical or specialist manufacturing environment.
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• Comfortable working on both one-off and repeat production assemblies.
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For further details, please contact Nick Sollis – 01453 829767 or email your cv

Omega Resource Group are an employment agency specialising in opportunities at all levels within the Engineering, Aerospace, Automotive, Electronics, Defence, Scientific, Oil & Gas, Construction and Manufacturing sectors.

We are always seeking Engineering Staff, Senior Managers, Skilled and Semi-Skilled Machinists, Mechanical Fitters, Electrical Fitters, Quality Engineers, Materials Science Engineers, Maintenance Engineers, Electronics Engineers, Test Technicians, Technical Authors and Laboratory Technicians to name but a few.

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