Welder / Sheet Metal Fabricator Warmley, England
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Job title: Welder / Sheet Metal Fabricator
Reports to: Fabrication Foreman
Hours: Full-Time (40 hours per week)
Location: South West Headquarters - Bristol
About us
Power Electrics is a proud family company, dedicated to innovation, excellence, and customer service. We have grown from a small yard in 1963 to operating out of several locations across the country, and now with a fleet of over 2,500 generators. We continue to offer a specialist, single-source solution for diesel generator Hire, Service, and Parts.
Our employees are our greatest asset, and their dedication and enthusiasm have helped us to become so successful. Power Electrics are committed to providing a workplace that encourages growth and personal development for all employees. We recognise the value of our employees and the contribution they make.
By investing in new research and technology, we’re providing our customers with reliable power that is increasingly sustainable and environmentally friendly. It’s certainly an interesting time to be working within the power generation industry.
What is the job?
We have an excellent opportunity to work with the largest generator specialist in the South West, based in Bristol. This role is workshop based, and the main focus will be working with sheet metal, welding and fabricating custom-designed enclosures and ISO containers to house our range of diesel generators in order to protect them from all weather conditions.
As our finished products come in a variety of sizes, some of which can be up to approximately 40ft in length, the ability to work in a physically demanding environment in sometimes difficult conditions is essential.
What will you be doing in this role?
- Operating workshop machinery – Bandsaw, brake press, guillotine, folders and bending rolls.
- Fabrication of aluminium, stainless and mild steel sheet and sections, thickness from 1mm to 15mm.
- MIG Welding sheet from 1mm to 15mm, sections from 3mm to 15mm.
- TIG Welding – aluminium up to 5mm, stainless up to 3mm sheet.
- Manual cutting with Plasma and Flame cut methods.
- Reading and interpreting engineering drawings and specifications to assess job requirements.
- Work to written manufacturing instructions, using templates, measuring instruments and tools to mark out layout lines and reference points.
- Assembling prepared parts and joining them by bolting, welding or soldering.
- Grinding, filing, cleaning and polishing using appropriate hand held and powered tools and equipment to achieve finished product.
- Completing visual inspections of products and raising any non-conformances.
- Liaise with other fabricators / supervisors / management to ensure parts availability is appropriate for required tasks, so that optimum production efficiency and effectiveness is achieved.
- Maintain a clean and orderly workplace environment compatible with an open workshop facility.
- Comply with the Company Health & Safety Policy, including carrying out general housekeeping to ensure workshop areas are tidy. This includes company vehicles.
- Comply with all aspects of the company quality management procedures (ISO 9001:2015), environmental management standards (ISO 14001: 2015) and the ISO 45001:2018 Health & Safety standard, proactively contributing to the company’s continuous improvement programme.
Skills and requirements
- Ideally, a level 2 qualification in a sheet metal, structural steel or fabrication related discipline or modern apprenticeship in Engineering Fabrication and Welding.
- General engineering background with experience using general workshop tools/equipment.
- Previous experience in metalworking/fabrication.
- TIG welding experience.
- Experience of other weld processes – Flux-Cored Arc Welding (FCAW), ‘Stick’ Welding (MMA).
- Coded welder – Desirable.
- Experience of CNC machine operations (setting up cut paths, nesting cut sheets) – Desirable.
- Reliability, good communication skills and teamwork abilities.
- Attention to detail and good hand/eye co-ordination to achieve high quality welds.
- Willingness to learn new things to deal with changes in technology and best practice.
What we offer:
We offer great benefits to all of our staff:
23 days holiday (plus bank holidays) – increasing with length of service
Competitive salary
Excellent development and progression opportunities
Company pension scheme
Private medical scheme
Life assurance scheme - with access to more healthcare support and counselling services to help protect employees’ financial, emotional, and physical wellbeing
Our philosophy:
At Power Electrics, we welcome a variety of cultures, experiences, and backgrounds. We ensure that all management decisions made regarding employment are done with fairness and without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, age, disability, or sexual orientation. We are solely committed to adhering to the principles of equal and inclusive employment.
Due to the nature of our work, DBS checks are required, and any offer is dependent on satisfactory references being obtained.
All applicants must be eligible to work in the U.K.
If you do not hear from us within two working weeks, then your application has not been successful on this occasion.
NO AGENCIES
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: From £31,000.00 per year
Schedule:
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
Work Location: In person
