Steel Operative / Overhead Crane Operator

Dudley, West Midlands

Major Recruitment Oldbury
Major Recruitment Oldbury
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Major Recruitment are currently looking for Steel Operative / Overhead Crane Operators in the Dudley area


Rotating weekly shift patterns:

12.58ph - 6am till 2pm and 2pm till 10pm shifts

13.58ph - 10pm till 6am shift

Please note you must work ALL 3 shifts on rotation, you cannot choose one shift only


Overtime:

First 2 hours overtime on weekdays = 15.48ph

Anything from 2 hours to 4 hours overtime on weekdays = 17.37ph

First 4 hours on a saturday 17.37ph

Anything over 4 hours on a Saturday 23.16ph


Duties and Responsibilities:

Floop Operator

  • This is the Start of the manufacturing process.
  • Using an overhead crane to load steel coils onto a mandrel and feed it into the rolling mill - Crane certification required in house course will be undertaken
  • When the coil comes to an end, load another onto the mandrel and spot weld them together, this process continues throughout
  • Recording of coils that are loaded and consumed throughout the shop floor computer system
  • All training on overhead cranes will be provided for this part of the role to obtain an in-house license

Mair Packer

  • Operate Uncoiler, Flattener, Shear Welder, and Accumulator
  • Load steel coil into uncoiler, sheer/weld new coil to previous one, and keep line moving
  • Alert to quality issues
  • Use of a Micrometre and Vernier to check the size, thickness and quality of the product
  • Check the length corresponds with the job card and record and book finished products on the shop floor computer system
  • Banding machine to then band the tube at the end of the process
  • Read and correctly use a measuring tape, micrometer, and caliper

Skills and Experience required:

  • Overhead crane experience essential
  • Steel industry experience preferred
  • 1-2 year's industrial manufacturing experience
  • Mechanically inclined
  • Effective communication - reading, speaking, writing, in English
  • Physically able to stand and walk for long periods of time, perform repetitive lifting 30lbs-50lbs, overhead reaching, bending, kneeling, crouching, pushing, pulling

Immediate start available

Genuine 12 week temporary to permanent opportunity

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Date Posted: 11 June 2025
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