Job profiles

Click on the job profiles below to see major roles in the metals industry, including information on what the work is like, typical hours and environment, salaries, skills and personal qualities required, entry routes and training:

Managers and senior officials
Manufacturing Production Manager

Professional occupations
Design Engineer
Materials Engineer /Scientist
Mechanical Engineer
Metallurgist
Production Engineer

Associate professional and technical occupations
Materials technician
Engineering Maintenance Technician
Laboratory Technician

Administrative and secretarial occupations
Stock Controller/Stores Assistant

Skilled trades occupations
Foundry Moulder/Coremaker
Foundry Patternmaker
Engineering Craft/CNC Machinist
Engineering Maintenance Fitter
Plater
Sheet Metal Worker
Welder
Toolmaker

Process, plant and machine operatives
Assembler (Light Industry)
Engineering Operative
Heat Treatment Operator
Metals Industry Production Operative

Elementary occupations
Foundry Process Operator