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Fabricator - Plater

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City of Edinburgh

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GBP 38,000

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19 days ago

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Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a skilled Fabricator to join their dynamic team in a vibrant environment. This role involves interpreting engineering drawings, fabricating ship structures, and ensuring the highest safety standards. Candidates should have a Modern Apprenticeship certificate and experience in fabrication, along with a clear understanding of manufacturing processes. The position offers a competitive salary and a range of benefits including a pension scheme and health plans. Join a team where your contributions will help shape the future of maritime engineering and make a real impact in the industry.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme
Employee share plans
Flexible discounted health benefits
Private health plans
Shopping discounts
Annual incentive eligibility

Qualifications

  • Trade Papers required for application submission.
  • Experience in fabrication and understanding of SHE and Risk Assessment.

Responsibilities

  • Interpreting engineering drawings and preparing materials.
  • Fabricating ship items and outfitting ships with various components.
  • Preparing ships for float-off and sea trials.

Skills

Fabrication
Understanding of manufacturing processes
Risk Assessment
Working in confined spaces
Safety certification
Background in construction/manufacturing

Education

Modern Apprenticeship certificate
SVQ 3 or equivalent

Tools

Oxy-fuel gas cutting
Hand Grinding
Machine tools

Job description

Job Description

Job title: Fabricator – Plater
Location: Glasgow – Govan and Scotstoun – Based on site and must be able to attend a recruitment day in Glasgow.
Salary: £37,318.00 (additional shift allowance of 33% may be applicable)

Requirements: Trade Papers to be provided when submitting application

What you’ll be doing:

  1. Interpreting engineering drawings
  2. Marking-off materials
  3. Plate preparation, using different methods (Oxy – fuel gas cutting & Hand Grinding)
  4. Assembling of ships structures, shell, decks, bulkheads, frames, & longitudes
  5. Fit, fair and tack weld steelwork using fairing aids
  6. Fabrication of ship items – seats, ladders, false flooring & panels
  7. Outfitting Ships items, fitting of hatches, watertight doors, equipment seats & false flooring
  8. Forming Material using machine tools – Rolling, Flanging & Cutting Machines (guillotine, cropper mechanical saw)
  9. Preparing ship for float-off & ship sea trials

Your skills and experiences:

  1. Modern Apprenticeship certificate also known as Trade Papers (you will be required to provide papers) and minimum SVQ 3 or equivalent
  2. Current knowledge and experience in Fabrication
  3. Understanding of manufacturing processes
  4. Clear understanding of SHE and Risk Assessment
  5. Comfortable working in confined spaces and/or at height
  6. Safety certification i.e. SHE Induction, Risk Assessment, working at height etc.
  7. Background in a major construction/manufacturing environment

Please ensure you have attached a copy of your qualifications when submitting your application.

Benefits: As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Fabricator team: In the Fabricator team, we’re doing work that impacts the world. To ensure the delivery of vital security products and services, our team works a variety of shifts. This includes day, back, night and weekend shifts. This is an opportunity to operate in a new innovative and competitive environment where you can be flexible about how you work and what you work on.

Why BAE Systems? This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, minorities, people with disabilities and + individuals.

We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any security clearances you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation.

All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date: 1st May 2025 – Trades Test will be held in May 2025. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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