Fettler

Our Benefits
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Employee wellness programme
- EAP
- Discount and Benefits platform
- Company performance driven bonus
- Christmas close down

Position:
Fettlers are responsible to work with a variety of materials to remove rough spots, press marks, and defects ready for our customers’ orders. You’ll be grinding, brushing, or scraping surface of metal parts. This will be done with a great deal of precision, following specifications and calculate the dimensions of the welded parts. Smoothing and polishing once completed.

As both a fettler sand welder, you’ll inspect the materials, maintain the equipment you use.

**Requirements**:
Operational Responsibilities:

- Fettling, Grinding, Deburring, Polishing of metal components.
- Fettling components to clean finishes.
- Liaise with Depot Manager to ensure jobs are completed on time.
- Read, understand and be able to work from drawings.
- Clean and maintain work area and equipment.
- Use various hand tools.
- Grinding and finishing materials prior to paint finish
- Working with materials like aluminium, steel and stainless steel
- Removing sharp edges using files, angle grinders and orbital sanders
- Operate within safety guidelines and any operating procedures
- Fabricate new metal components in accordance with product requirements and in compliance with all applicable standards of safety and performance.
- Repair metal components in order to restore full functionality and safety performance.
- Solve problems and develop innovative solutions to novel situations that require a fresh approach while still maintaining required standards of safety, stability, and security.
- Maintain tools and equipment to a professional standard. Keep work station clean and orderly to retain a safe and operational work environment.
- Coordinate workflow with other members of the team and third-party agents.
- Execute particular welds in a professional manner, examine work pieces for defects, and measure work pieces with straightedges or templates to ensure conformance with specifications.
- Work independently or with a small team of other fettlers/welders to complete projects.
- Manage workflow, meet deadlines, and troubleshoot problems on a daily basis, in addition to fabrication duties.
- Utilise physical strength and endurance to complete all fettler / welding tasks.

Other information:
How you do it:

- You are courteous, friendly and professional to your colleagues and visitors who will leave feeling valued and respected.
- You remain calm in a fast paced, high-pressure environment.
- You are flexible with start and finish times dependent on business requirements
- You observe and comply with quality, environment, health, and safety procedures. All employees are responsible for health and safety of both themselves and that of the whole site
- You have a logical and systematic approach to work, working with wider team or on your own using initiative
- You have good time management, with the ability to work under pressure, maintain accuracy and keep to deadlines
- You have the ability to solve problems and make decisions
- You have excellent relationship skills, with the ability to work collaboratively with internal and external teams
- You have the ability to read and understand technical documents and drawings
- You are competent in taking and reading measurements
- You always follow specifications and instructions for maximum efficiency
- You weld components using manual or semi-automatic welding equipment
- You have the skills, knowledge and attitude to be able to repair machinery at basic level
- Plan layouts and procedures
- Able to determine the appropriate welding equipment or machinery to be used
- Set up components for welding
- Be able to align components using callipers, rulers etc. and clamp pieces
- Report damages on machines and equipment
- Test and inspect welded surfaces and structure to discover flaws
- Maintain equipment in a condition that does not compromise safety
- You attend and participate in meetings and training sessions that may be necessary in the performance of your duties.
- You may be required to undertake any additional tasks as may reasonably be required from time to time.

You will ideally have:

- 1 years of experience using a variety of equipment, machinery and procedures
- 1 years of experience in using electrical or manual tools
- Have fettling or grinding experience
- Have previous experience working in a metal environment (as a fettler/deburrer/linisher)
- You may also have suitable skills if you have worked as an assembler, grinder, deburrer, metal finisher or linishing

**Job Type**: Temporary contract

**Salary**: £11.00 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Language training provided

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Tipton: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

**Experience**:

- Press Brake Operator (preferred)

Work Location: In person

Expected start date: 17/04/2023