Welder Fabricator

Rubicon Recruitment Agency; Salisbury; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 44,000; Full time

Job summary

Rubicon Recruitment Agency in Salisbury is seeking a Welder Fabricator to join a well-established automotive engineering business. The role offers varied, hands-on work, from one-off prototypes to small batches, with a focus on delivering a tidy, accurate finish.

You will weld and fabricate using TIG and MIG processes on aluminium, mild steel and stainless steel, read drawings, and contribute to jig and fixture development in a well-equipped workshop.

Qualifications

• Welding and fabrication experience in an engineering, manufacturing or similar workshop environment.
• Confident TIG and/or MIG welding, with aluminium or stainless steel experience a real plus.
• Ability to read technical drawings.
• Comfortable using general workshop equipment such as saws, grinders, drills and folders.
• Thin-gauge, sheet metal, brazing or basic turning and milling experience would be useful, but full training is available.

Responsibilities

• Carry out TIG and MIG welding on aluminium, mild steel and stainless steel.
• Fabricate parts and assemblies from sheet, tube, bar and section, including thin-gauge material.
• Produce parts from drawings, sketches, samples or verbal instructions.
• Make jigs, fixtures and workshop aids to support production.
• Cut, form, fit, weld and finish parts to the required standard.
• Check your own work and keep the workshop clean, safe and organised.

Skills

Welding

Fabrication

Reading drawings

Workshop tools

Aluminium experience

Job description

Welder Fabricator | Salisbury | Up to £40,000 per annum

Earn up to £40,000 a year doing varied, hands-on work, from one-off prototypes to small-batch runs.
As a Welder Fabricator, your welding skills will be genuinely relied on, with every job a little different from the last.
You’ll be trusted to get on with the work, solve practical problems and take pride in a tidy, accurate finish.

As a Welder Fabricator, you will benefit from:

• Varied work across one-off parts, prototypes, small batches and production
• A stable role within an established automotive engineering business
• The trust to work independently, with support from the wider Engineering team when needed
• A well-equipped workshop, including presses up to 100 tonnes, guillotines and folders
• The chance to shape improvements to jigs, fixtures and fabrication methods

As a Welder Fabricator, your responsibilities will include:

• Carry out TIG and MIG welding on aluminium, mild steel and stainless steel
• Fabricate parts and assemblies from sheet, tube, bar and section, including thin-gauge material
• Produce parts from drawings, sketches, samples or verbal instructions
• Make jigs, fixtures and workshop aids to support production
• Cut, form, fit, weld and finish parts to the required standard
• Check your own work and keep the workshop clean, safe and organised

As a Welder Fabricator, your experience will include:

• Welding and fabrication experience in an engineering, manufacturing or similar workshop environment
• Confident TIG and/or MIG welding, with aluminium or stainless steel experience a real plus
• Ability to read technical drawings
• Comfortable using general workshop equipment such as saws, grinders, drills and folders
• Thin-gauge, sheet metal, brazing or basic turning and milling experience would be useful, but full training is available

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