Senior Structural Steel Plater – Heavy Fabrication Specialist

Castle Employment Group; Bury; Hybrid; GBP 22,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Pension scheme

Long service recognition

Health and wellbeing support

Promotion opportunities

Career prospects

Job summary

Castle Employment Group is recruiting for an established structural steel manufacturer in Bury to hire experienced Platers on a permanent PAYE basis. The role is on the day shift, Monday to Thursday, 7.00am - 4.45pm, with overtime paid at enhanced rates.

As a Plater you will mark out, assemble and plate heavy structural steel from detailed drawings, work with beams and heavy gauge plate, and use overhead cranes.

Qualifications

• Time served or apprentice trained in plating or structural fabrication.
• Experience as a Plater within heavy or structural steel.
• Confident reading and interpreting engineering drawings.
• Experience assembling large structural steelwork.
• Able to work accurately in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

• Mark out, assemble and plate heavy structural steel from detailed engineering drawings.
• Work with a variety of structural steel sections, beams and heavy gauge plate.
• Assemble large structural components to tight tolerances.
• Carry out tack welding where required during assembly.
• Use overhead cranes and workshop equipment safely and efficiently.
• Ensure all work meets the required quality and production standards.

Skills

Reading drawings

Heavy fabrication

Crane operation

Education

Time served or apprenticeship

Tools

Overhead cranes

Workshop equipment

Job description

Castle Employment Group is recruiting for an established structural steel manufacturer in Bury to hire experienced Platers on a permanent PAYE basis. The role is on the day shift, Monday to Thursday, 7.00am - 4.45pm, with overtime paid at enhanced rates.

As a Plater you will mark out, assemble and plate heavy structural steel from detailed drawings, work with beams and heavy gauge plate, and use overhead cranes.