Fabricator/welder

**Fabricator**

**The Role**:
The Fabricator/Welder is responsible for the manufacture of medium to heavy, temporary and permanent fabrication structures. Working from drawings supplied by the office team and working to company process. Complete audits as requested and contribute to the annual stock check. Working as part of the fabrications operations team and providing full operational support to all areas of the business.

**Key Responsibilities**:
**Operational**
- Receive drawings from the office team, discuss and agree production timescales
- Cut, tack, weld and drill materials as specified on controlled documents supplied, and manufacture within tolerances specified on drawings
- Manufacture using materials as specified on material lists, all stock used must be documented on material lists for traceability, confirming cast numbers as required Complete workshop checklists during production
- Destroy all drawings where revisions are issued, and originals are superseded
- Provide on-site installation support where required

**Other Duties**
- Assist with the goods in process by unloading deliveries, checking materials received against supplier documentation
- Ensure all deliveries specify order numbers and material certificates have been supplied
- Handover all paperwork to the office and confirm receipt of delivery
- Operate the overhead crane for workshop activities

**Commercial**
- Produce timesheets daily detailing all working hours and relevant job numbers
- Maintain accurate stock levels by utilising stock only when specified on material lists
- Report stock issues and highlight where customer orders could potentially be delayed
- Complete stock audits as requested, feeding back to the Quality Team
- Support the business during annual stock checks

**Health and Safety**
- Complete tasks in accordance with the depot risk assessments, notify Management of any potential noncompliance
- Report accidents and near misses using the correct methods
- Ensure the correct PPE is used in the depot at all times
- Maintain excellent levels of housekeeping, ensure areas are free from waste and trip hazards etc.
- Complete weekly/monthly checks for equipment used as listed in department file

**Quality**
- Ensure works are carried out in accordance with processes
- Contribute to continuous improvement by providing suggestions and feedback to Team Leaders and Management
- Work to agreed timescales updating the office team on progress
- Maintain good communication with the office team and Management at all times
- All finished goods are to be wrapped, banded and packaged as per delivery method
- Complete WPS checks on team members work

**Key measures & targets**:

- Quality of workshop area
- Completing work within agreed timescales
- Waste reduction

**Key relationships**:

- Fabrications Operational Team
- Fabrication Manager
- Fabrication Office Team
- Yardman

**Person Specification**:
**Essential**
- Experience in medium to heavy fabrications and welding procedures - NVQ or equivalent
- Attention to detail and ability to follow procedures
- Ability to work well within a team, offering support to others
- CSCS Card
- Experience operating an overhead crane
- Qualified to use plasma/oxy cutting equipment

**Desirable**
- Site work experience
- Overhead Crane
- Forklift licence
- Driving licence

**Benefits**:
As well as offering a competitive salary, remuneration for this role includes flexible benefits, which provides a range of guaranteed benefits including but not limited to:

- 5% Company pension contribution
- Life Assurance at 2 x notional salary
- Single persons private medical cover
- Permanent Health Cover

My client, is a privately-owned company. We are a leading supplier of safety and construction products and services that has depots in both the Midlands and Scotland. We pride ourselves on providing a first-class service to all our customers, ensuring the right product or solution is delivered to the right location on time. With over 5,000 items within our core range,Group can fulfil any order and ensure it is delivered direct via our own dedicated transport fleet or those of our partners.

**Manufacturing**:Our capabilities include standard and bespoke signage, labels, temporary and permanent road traffic signs and bespoke steel fabrication/installation which includes foot bridges, walkways, flooring, guardrails, ladders and tunnelling products.

**Extensive Stock Range**:Distributor of leading industry brands in PPE & clothing, traffic management, safety & lifting and site equipment products. These include Bollé, Pulsar, Globus, Rock Fall, Progarm, Portwest, Melba Swintex, Oxford Plastics, JSP, Nissen, Carters, Orafol, Crowcon, Radiodetection, Dräger, Ridgegear, and Plant Nappy.

**Safety Equipment Servicing**:Specialist safety & lifting repair, calibration and inspection since 1999. We have our own purpose-built maintenance and calibration facility for gas detection, cable avoidance, breathing