Welder/Fabricator

Posted 4 days ago by Hunter Knight Recruitment Ltd

Location:
Melksham, Wiltshire
Salary/Rate:
£27,000 - £30,000/annum

Fabricator & Welder – Award Winning Franchise group

Commercial Vehicle Bodybuilding – Training provided for Welder/Fabricators without Automotive experience

Salary: £27,000-£30,000+ depending on experience

Location: Atworth

Hours: Mon-Fri 40 hours – Mon-Fri: 08.00 – 17.00

Benefits · Working for an official Great Place to Work™️.

· Working with our award-winning team – we have been named 'Service Provider of the Year' at the WhatVan? Awards 2022 and winners at the IOIC Employee Engagement Awards. · Access to 100s of employee perks on Perkbox.

· Auto-enrolment pension.

· Access to our wellness programme and Employee Assistance Programmes.

· Mental Health First Aiders. · Reward and recognition programmes, including our annual setting standards awards.

· Annual appraisals programme and progression opportunities.

· WeCare EAP (2nd opinions from GPs, 6-weeks free counselling)

· Enhanced maternity and paternity

· Menopause policy

· Manufacturer training.

· Own online Training Hub.

· Long service recognition.

· Bonus opportunities

· Death in service benefit.

· Ongoing investment in company facilities and work environments.

Our client is an exciting new business, brought to you by renowned multi-franchise and award-winning commercial dealer group.

This is a new commercial vehicle bodybuilding company, producing fabricated and welded commercial vehicle bodies. Specialty will be dropsides, flatbed, tipper and crane bodies, ranging from 3.5t to 32t.

The site is equipped with its own NC steel processing equipment and will produce products already established in the UK whilst constantly innovating new products ready to add to the portfolio as the company grows.

Whilst this is an exciting, new entrant to the UK bodybuilding industry, it has the resilience and high standing of our parent company, supporting the business.

We are looking for a dedicated and knowledgeable Fabricator & Welder who is passionate about engaging with the company values and setting standards for customers.

The Role

· Working independently and on own initiative to set timelines and standards.

· Read engineering and fabrication drawings provided and work from own initiative.

· MIG welding fabricated parts in accordance with engineering drawings to specific company standards and procedures meeting company and customer requirements.

· Experience with a range of steel including mild steel, Zintec and aluminium sheets and sections of thickness's ranging from 1mm to 6mm.

· Experience in tacking and MIG welding down hand, vertical down, overhead and complete structural welding, vertical up

· Occasional Plasma and Oxy acetylene cutting required and experience in the same is preferred.

· Experience in drilling and Jig making, jigged and un-jigged assembly to drawings

· To carry out welding / fabrication work as directed, ensuring that stated quality and safety standards and associated procedures are met.

· Ensure standards of good housekeeping are achieved in all work areas, including workshops, vehicles and at on site locations.

· Unloading deliveries and storing in correct locations

· Carry out any other reasonable projects, tasks or duties to support the business as directed by management.

· Compliance with company H&S, maintenance procedures & quality control to work safely without presenting a direct threat to self or others

· Ensure good personal time keeping and conduct inline with agreed policies and procedures.

· Ensure all safety, regulatory, rule and Company changes/alterations to working practises are adhered to.

· Carry out duties with minimum supervision using own initiative to plan and prioritise workload within set timescales.

The Successful Individual

· You share our company values of Rewarding, Reliable and Respectful.

· You put health and safety and employee wellbeing first

· Fabrication (1 year, preferred)

· MIG Welding (1 year, preferred)

· You have an excellent understanding of the manufacturing process

Please call Suzanne on (phone number removed) or submit your CV

Type:
Permanent
Contract Length:
N/A
Job Reference:
wf
Job ID:
221914842
Applications:
Less than 10

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