Heat Treatment Operative

Elevation Recruitment Group are delighted to be working on behalf of a leading manufacturing business that produces and distributes high-performance alloys. They are seeking a Heat Treatment Operative to join their ever-expanding team at their Sheffield facility.

This role works on a 3-shift rotation, covering:

• Days: Monday to Friday, 6am-2pm

• Afternoons: Monday to Friday, 1pm-9pm

• Nights: Monday to Thursday, 8pm-6am

• Carry out heat-treatment processes across a range of high-performance alloy products, ensuring each stage meets strict metallurgical and quality specifications.

• Operate furnaces, ovens, quench systems and related equipment, following controlled procedures for tempering, annealing, solution treatment, hardening, and stress relieving.

• Monitor temperature profiles, soak times and cooling rates, ensuring all parameters align with heat-treatment instructions.

• Perform accurate material identification before and after processing and immediately report any anomalies to the Chargehand or Heat Treatment Manager.

• Build, load, and break down charges safely, ensuring correct layout, spacing, and fixture selection to guarantee consistent results.

• Conduct straightening and Brinelling work as required, ensuring products meet dimensional accuracy and surface integrity targets.

• Maintain complete traceability and accurate administrative records for all processed material.

• Work efficiently to meet customer deadlines while complying with Health & Safety and environmental policies.

• Previous experience within a heat-treatment environment (metals or alloys) is highly desirable.

• Familiarity with furnace controls, thermocouples, quenching processes, and heat-treatment cycles would be beneficial.

• Forklift and side-loader training provided.

• Manual handling training provided.

• Strong attention to detail with the ability to follow process-driven work to high standards.

• Confident working in an industrial, production-based environment.

• 25 days holiday + statutory bank holidays

• Westfield Health Cash Plan

• Employee Assistance Programme

• Cycle to Work Scheme

To apply or find out more, please contact Lauren at Elevation Recruitment Group.