Plater / Fabricator - Heavy-Duty Vessel Specialist

Vibe Recruit; Bridgend; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Vibe Recruit is seeking an experienced Plater / Fabricator for a specialised manufacturing company in South Wales. You will work on safety-critical pressure equipment, heavy-duty vessels and custom metal assemblies, reading fabrication drawings and maintaining high quality standards.

You'll cut, lay out and assemble components, perform tack welds, and operate sequence of tools and equipment in a safe manner.

Qualifications

• Fabrication drawing reading skills and ability to interpret specifications.
• Experience with pipework or structural steelwork is advantageous.
• Prior work in heavy industry or with pressure vessels is desirable.
• Comfortable working at height and in confined spaces.
• Ability to read and understand fabrication drawings accurately.
• Knowledge of factory safety standards and hazard awareness.

Responsibilities

• Cut, grind, and lay out materials including sheet metal, plate, tube, pipe, channel, and angle.
• Perform basic quality MIG/MMA tack welds on mild steel, stainless steel, and aluminium.
• Carry out final assembly of fabricated products to high quality.
• Mark cylinders to locate nozzles, brackets and attachments.
• Cut holes in cylinders using torches and plasma equipment.
• Create templates for shapes and profiles such as tangential nozzles.
• Join metal cylinders with temporary attachments and lifting gear.
• Prepare weld bevels and nozzle weld preparations.

Skills

Reading fabrication drawings

Pipework/structural steelwork

Heavy industry/pressure vessels

Height & confined spaces

Fabrication equipment operation

Safety standards awareness

Job description

Vibe Recruit is seeking an experienced Plater / Fabricator for a specialised manufacturing company in South Wales. You will work on safety-critical pressure equipment, heavy-duty vessels and custom metal assemblies, reading fabrication drawings and maintaining high quality standards.

You'll cut, lay out and assemble components, perform tack welds, and operate sequence of tools and equipment in a safe manner.