Tank Erector

Job Title: Tank Erector
Location: Ellesmere Port
Position Type: Full time
Duration: 12 months
Start: ASAP

Wood is currently recruiting for an Tank Rigger / Erector with extensive experience in the Oil, Gas and Chemical industry.

**Purpose / Role**
- To deliver a high quality, consistent and competent plating construction service in accordance with project / company requirements, standards and procedures.
- To support overall delivery of company goals and schedule.
- To ensure all that all workscope is completed in a safe manner ensuring no detrimental impact to personnel, fabric or environment

**Prime duties and Responsibilities
- Slinging materials for moving around inside and outside of tank at ground level
- Slinging materials for lifting over shell onto roof (floating or fixed)
- Safe erection, use and dismantling of tank staging
- Safe erection, use and dismantling of tank jacks
- Safe use of blocks, shackles, tirfors pull lifts and winches.
- Loading and unloading wagons
- Use of rigging/ slinging techniques for handling materials, shell plates, floor plates, roof plates, Roof structures
- Safe erection of all types of tank floors, shell and roofs.
- Fairing up of shells to achieve required verticality and roundness as defined by allowable tolerances in EN14015
- Use of erection aids (shims, carrots, nuts, wedges, keyways etc)
- Recognition and use of cranes, erection, positioning, capacities and signals.
- Use of mobile lifting equipment, forklifts, hydraulics.
- Maintaining and checking own small tools and equipment
- An understanding of the statutory lifting regulations.
- Prepare site for rigging and lifting operations
- Conduct pre-use inspections and maintain equipment
- Understanding of development of basic lifting plans
- Working to approved method statement.
- Safe removal of tank roofs, shell and ancillary components.
- Work in hazardous areas under ‘permit to work’ system.
- Working at heights
- Working in confined spaces.
- Must stop any work that is considered to be unsafe
- Must put own safety and those of colleagues first
- Must start work only after assessing the risks

**Essential**:

- Appropriate documented evidence confirming competency to perform role
- Banksman
- Slinger
- CCNSG safety passport
- Two years rigging on tanks / shipbuilding or equivalent heavy engineering and construction activities

**Diversity Statement**

We are an equal opportunity employer that recognises the value of a diverse workforce. All suitably qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective criteria and without regard to the following (which is a non-exhaustive list): race, colour, age, religion, gender, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or other characteristics in accordance with the relevant governing laws.