Fabricator

Varlowe Industrial Services Limited; Wolverhampton; Hybrid; GBP 24,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company pension

Private medical insurance

Private dental insurance

Company events

On-site parking

Job summary

Varlowe Industrial Services Limited is seeking a skilled Fabricator to join our team in the workshop. You will take a job from design to completion, fabricating and welding aluminium, stainless steel and mild steel into high quality components and assemblies.

This full-time, permanent role offers a Monday–Thursday 07:00–16:00 schedule with Friday 07:00–13:00. Benefits include a company pension, private medical and dental insurance, company events and on-site parking.

Qualifications

• Time served or experienced Fabricator currently working in the role.
• Proficient in MIG and TIG welding processes.
• Experience with aluminium, stainless steel and mild steel.
• Able to perform basic mathematical calculations for measurements.
• Able to use measuring equipment.
• Knowledge of manufacturing processes and material properties.
• Able to work on your own initiative and as part of a team.
• Able to work to deadlines.
• Motivated, proactive, positive, adaptable, organised, analytical.
• Good timekeeping and attendance record.
• Experience with Hastelloy, Duplex, Inconel and nickel-based alloys.
• Engineering qualifications are advantageous but not necessary.

Responsibilities

• Fabricate and weld aluminium, mild steel and stainless steel materials to produce high quality components and assemblies
• Read and interpret engineering drawings
• Reverse engineer samples to produce components and assemblies
• Manufacture jigs and fixtures to enable batch or complex manufacture
• Weld thin gauge material from a minimum of 0.9mm through to thick gauge
• Use fabrication equipment including guillotine and shear, press brake, fly and vertical press, automated and manual rolls, drills, punch and metal worker, and band saws for rolling and forming
• Ensure all finished products meet the required quality and safety standards
• Maintain a clean and organised work area

Skills

Read drawings

MIG welding

TIG welding

Fabrication experience

Measuring equipment

Math calculations

Work to deadlines

Teamwork

Timekeeping

Initiative

Education

Engineering qualifications (advantageous)

Tools

Guillotine

Shear

Press brake

Fly press

Vertical press

Rolls

Drills

Punch

Band saws

Job description

Aluminium, stainless and mild steel, drawing to finished product.

Pay

£21.20 per hour

Location

Based

Workshop

Hours

Monday to Thursday 07:00 to 16:00, Friday 07:00 to 13:00

The job

Due to continued growth and expansion, Varlowe are seeking a skilled Fabricator to join our team. We are looking for a time served or experienced Fabricator who is currently working, or has been working, in this role.

This role is not suited to just a Welder. We require a Fabricator who can take a job from design to completion, from fabrication through to a product ready for delivery.

What the job involves:

• Fabricate and weld aluminium, mild steel and stainless steel materials to produce high quality components and assemblies
• Read and interpret engineering drawings
• Reverse engineer samples to produce components and assemblies
• Manufacture jigs and fixtures to enable batch or complex manufacture
• Weld thin gauge material from a minimum of 0.9mm through to thick gauge
• Use fabrication equipment including guillotine and shear, press brake, fly and vertical press, automated and manual rolls, drills, punch and metal worker, and band saws for rolling and forming
• Ensure all finished products meet the required quality and safety standards
• Maintain a clean and organised work area

Hours are Monday to Thursday 07:00 to 16:00, and Friday 07:00 to 13:00. Full time, permanent.

Benefits

• company pension
• private medical insurance
• private dental insurance
• company events
• on-site parking.

What you need

• Time served or experienced Fabricator, currently or recently working in the role
• Proficient in MIG and TIG welding processes
• Experience with aluminium, stainless steel and mild steel as a minimum requirement
• Able to perform basic mathematical calculations for measurements and layouts
• Able to use measuring equipment
• Knowledge of manufacturing processes and material properties
• Able to work on your own initiative and as part of a team
• Able to work to deadlines
• Motivated, proactive, positive, adaptable, organised, analytical and methodical
• Work with finesse to produce high quality components and assemblies
• Good timekeeping and attendance record

Useful, not essential

• Experience with exotic materials such as Hastelloy, Duplex, Inconel and nickel based alloys
• Engineering qualifications, advantageous but not necessary, as time served experience is a must