Fabricator - Huthwaite

Galliford Try; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension plan

Private medical scheme options

Cycle to Work

Job summary

Galliford Try is seeking a Fabricator to join our Huthwaite team. You will fabricate and weld steel assemblies from detailed drawings, inspect parts, and ensure tolerances are met using MIG and cutting equipment.

The role demands independent work or team collaboration, strong safety awareness, and experience with lifting operations and overhead cranes. Training and development support are provided.

Qualifications

• Ability to read engineering drawings.
• Experience with MAG welding.
• Experience using MIG welding equipment and related tools.
• Background in a similar work environment.
• Experience lifting and moving heavy loads with overhead cranes.
• Strong emphasis on safety in fabrication environments.

Responsibilities

• Fabricate and weld steelwork from detailed drawings.
• Fabricate small to large assemblies.
• Check components meet drawing specifications.
• Carry out self-inspection of work.
• Use MIG welding equipment, cutting equipment, saws, drilling machines and hand tools to meet tolerances.
• Identify problems or discrepancies and report to the Fabrication Manager.

Skills

Read drawings

MAG welding

MIG welding

Team/work independence

Safety awareness

Heavy lifting

Education

City & Guilds 1-3 (preferred)

NVQ Level 3 in Welding

Abrasive Wheels

Fork truck / Telehandler licence

Tools

MIG welding equipment

Cutting equipment

Saws

Drilling machines

Small hand tools

Job description

Huthwaite

We are looking for a Fabricator to join our team at Huthwaite where you will carry out the manufacture of various assemblies associated with secondary steelwork.

You will:

• Undertake the fabrication and welding of steelwork from detailed fabrication drawings
• Undertake the fabrication of small to large assemblies
• Check components to ensure they meet the specifications of the drawing
• Carry out self‑inspection of work
• Use MIG welding equipment, cutting equipment, saws, drilling machines and small hand tools to produce quality fabrications to required tolerances
• Identify any problems or discrepancies along with potential alternative manufacturing methods and reporting to Fabrication Manager

About You:

Competency Requirements:

• Ability to work independently or as part of a team
• Ability to read engineering drawings.
• MAG (Metal Active Gas) welding experience
• Have a background in a similar work environment
• Experience using MIG (Metal Insert Gas) welding equipment, cutting equipment, saws, drilling machines and small hand tools to produce quality fabrications to required tolerances
• Experience of lifting, turning, and moving heavy loads with overhead cranes
• Safety is paramount so a good understanding and awareness of this is required

Technical/Professional Qualifications Preferred:

• You’ll need to be a Fabricator with extensive experience of mild steel structural steelwork
• City & Guilds parts 1, 2 & 3 preferred or equivalent
• NVQ Level 3 in Welding
• Abrasive Wheels
• Fork truck / Telehandler licence

What We Can Offer in Return:

With an impressive order book of over £4.3 billion we are one of the industry’s leading principal contractors, affording you the opportunity to work on some of the UK’s most exciting projects offering you stability as well as the chance to stretch your capabilities and realise long held career goals. You will be joining diverse teams working at a high professional level with exceptional levels of commitment. With an ambitious strategy, we’re poised for further growth and success, so if you’re committed, talented and enthusiastic, Galliford Try is the right place for you.

We are committed to maintaining the physical and mental wellbeing of all our people, through our ‘Be Well’ programme which offers discounts on certain products, advice and support for a range of issues.

We invest in high-quality training for employees of all levels, from our leadership development framework to our apprenticeship programmes. Through our Career Paths initiative, individuals receive tailored training and support to fulfil their potential.

Our industry is all about creating talented teams that excel in their areas of expertise. As an employer, we know you are most motivated to give your best when you feel valued and engaged.

Our Agile Working programme empowers you with flexibility in when, where and how you work. Where appropriate, site and office-based employees can take advantage of a wide variety of working practices, offering different amounts of structure, regularity and flexibility to suit your needs as well as those of your wider team.

Our benefits:

• Generous holiday entitlement, increasing with years of service, plus the opportunity to purchase further holidays
• A wide range of corporate discounts
• Cycle to Work schemes
• Comprehensive pension plan
• Regular Save as You Earn share purchase scheme
• Private medical scheme options are available for all salaried employees and our employee assistance programme also provides free 24/7 support to those who need it
• Paid for yearly membership to one recognised professional association relevant to your role

About us:

Galliford Try is one of the UK’s leading construction groups with a vision to continuously be a people-orientated, progressive business, driven by our values to deliver lasting change for our stakeholders and the communities we work in.

Our purpose is to improve people’s lives through building the facilities and infrastructure that communities need, providing opportunities for our people to learn, grow and progress, working with our supply chain to promote the very best working practice and caring for the environment in which we work.

We do this by holding true to our values, delivering excellence for our clients and the community, being passionate about our role in providing vital services, putting integrity at the heart of our business by doing the right thing, and collaborating with our clients, supply chain and stakeholders to deliver lasting change and long‑term value.

For more information on this role or to enquire about other positions available within our Environment business please contact Grace Marston on [e-mail]

Additional Information:

Galliford Try welcomes applications from candidates who would like to work full-time, reduced hours or flexibly and this will be discussed in more detail as part of the recruitment process.

We encourage, and would be grateful if, you could confirm any requirements we can reasonably fulfil to make this application a positive experience for you.

Don’t meet every requirement of the role? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Galliford Try, we are committed to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every requirement of the role, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

As a Disability Confident employer, we have committed to offer an interview to any candidate with a long‑term health condition or disability that meet the essential criteria for the advertised position. Please contact the Resourcing Partner listed within the job advert if you believe this applies to you. We will also take the opportunity to discuss any adjustments required for your interview.

A full job description for this role is available upon request.

About The Team

Our Environment Business provides ‘source to sea’ asset delivery capability across the UK and Scotland working on both Frameworks and Standalone projects. Since AMP3 we have delivered in excess of £2bn assets for clients such as Yorkshire Water, United Utilities, Anglian Water, Thames Water, Southern Water, Welsh Water and Scottish Water. As an established player in the market this a great opportunity to join the team at a time of transformation as we shape ourselves to be fit for delivery in a future digital world. We have recently secured a plethora of places on the AMP7 Frameworks for Yorkshire Water, Southern Water and Thames Water for both Infrastructure and Non-Infrastructure projects ranging from £1-40m over the next five years.