John West Email & Phone Number

Sandwich, Gb

Whitstable, Kent

Martec is a manufacturer of hermetic connectors, glass to metal seals and ceramic feed-throughs for a wide variety of national and international industries such as military, marine and aerospace.* Electroplating and electroless plating for corrosion resistance and improved electrical conductivity.* Development and implementation of chemical, mechanical and heat treatment processes (including writing subsequent specifications).* Chemical and physical analysis of the plating solutions and components utilising techniques such as flame atomic absorption spectroscopy, volumetric / gravimetric analysis and X-ray fluorescence.* Treatment and disposal of plating line effluent.* Gold stock analysis and collection.* Senior glass to metal seal engineer.* Good knowledge of high performance metals and alloys including titanium (grades 2, 4 & 5), alloy 52, stainless steel (various grades), Inconel (various grades), aluminium, Kovar, Hastalloy, copper beryllium and MP35N.* Good knowledge of glasses such as soda-lime, borosilicate, leaded and glass ceramics.* Various forms of mechanical and electrical testing.* Experience working to quality standards such as BSI, MIL-spec, ASTM and Statoil.* Failure mode effects and analysis.* Furnace programming, calibration and monitoring.* National and international liaisons with customers and suppliers.

Making and receiving deliveries as well as other warehouse duties.Sevenoaks, Kent Logistics Manager

Customer adviser, shop floor organisation, stock distribution, orders and deliveries, and formed part of a team.

Master Of Research, Chemistry

My master’s degree research project was focused on the synthesis of novel solid state materials, primarily with magnetic and electrically.

Bsc (Hons), Chemistry