Plater / Fabricator

We are looking for a Plater/ Fabricator to join our team working on our late/ night shift. The hours are 16:00 – 01:00 Monday to Thursday and 12:00 – 17:00 on Fridays.

As a Plater/ Fabricator, you will be responsible for:

• Accurately cutting, grinding, and laying out a wide variety of materials including sheet metal, plate, tube, pipe, channel, and angle.
• Performing basic quality MIG and MMA tack welds on mild steel, stainless steel, and aluminium.
• Performing final assembly to produce high quality finished products
• Marking out cylinders to provide quarter lines and exact locations of nozzles, brackets and other attachments, and marking out nozzle holes using centre punch.
• Cutting out holes in cylinders using propane / acetylene torches and plasma torches.
• Creating templates for a range of shapes and profiles e.g. tangential nozzle in cylinder.
• Joining metal cylinders together using temporary attachments, chain blocks and similar equipment.
• Cutting and shaping weld preparation bevels on cylinder main seams and also nozzle weld preparations.
• Preparing weld bevels on pipework and tacking together pipes and flanges ready for welding.
• Following safety protocol, including wearing PPE – such as air fed mask, gloves, protective footwear, ear plugs or defenders, etc.
• Occasional site work when required.
• Forklift training will be provided.

About You

To be a successful Fabricator at Vessco, you will have previous experience using factory equipment such as horizontal saws, pillar drill, rotators, manipulators, cranes, safely and effectively. Pipework and structural steel experience is required and you must have ideally had previous experience working with pressure vessels/ storage tanks.

You must be able to accurately read and understand fabrication drawing, being confident with simple math calculations including fractions and decimals. You also must be comfortable working at height and within confined spaces. It is crucial you understand factory safety standards, being able to work safely and be aware of potential hazards in the workplace.

Pay: £23.75 per hour