Fabricator / Welder
My client are a creative construction and manufacturing company and are responsible for delivering some of the most iconic projects in recent times. The facility spread over 14,000Sqm of estate with four manufacturing and storage facilities, engineering, fabrication, woodwork, finishing and a specialist manufacturing facility.
The Metal Workshop provides a fully comprehensive range of services from machining individual components and manufacturing light gauge tubular structures, through to scenic construction and heavy gauge structures such as mezzanines and truss frames.
We need Fabricator /Welders support the department in carrying out welding and fabrication tasks on projects running through the workshop to a high standard as require.
Salary: Up to £16.70, overtime at time and a half after 40 hours
Hours of work: 7hours 7.30am-4.00pm with regular overtime, which may include weekends
Based at: Tockwith, near City of York
Job Description
Key Responsibilities:
Fabrication of mild steel, stainless steel and aluminum components as required ensuring that the highest standards in finish and tolerances in accordance with information supplied, are achieved using the correct methods.
Grind, Sand, Polish and detail fabrications to a required finish using hand and power tools.
Be able to work with no/minimum supervision when required, using own initiative.
Be able to solve problems and make decisions when needed.
Following day to day production plans in order to meet deadlines.
Record all builds as complete by ensuring that the internal database is checked off.
Clearly communicate with Department Supervisors all relevant information including job briefs, job progress and any problems and/or issues.
To be flexible and assist other Departments / Supervisors when required.
Adhere to all Health & Safety Regulations and promote a safe working environment by actively incorporating H&S into everyday activities.
Maintain Housekeeping standards by actively promoting and following 5S and Environmental procedures.
Person Specification
| Essential |
Knowledge | |
Knowledge of materials / grades of steel / metallurgy | Essential |
Working knowledge of metal working machinery / equipment | Essential |
Ability to recognize welding symbols and specification | Essential |
Skills, abilities and competencies | |
Excellent welding and fabrication skills, MIG, TIG, Aluminium, Stainless Steel | Essential |
Comfortable reading engineering drawings | Essential |
Excellent finishing skills | Essential |
Strong teamworking skills | Essential |
FLT licence | Desirable |
Coding | Desirable |
H&S Training | Desirable |
Experience | |
Experience within a workshop environment | Essential |
Experience of producing bespoke components & structures | Essential |
Experience of working to varying production deadlines & changing specifications | Essential |
Experience of positional welding |
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Willingness to adopt new ways of working and to make improvements | Essential |