Welder Fabricator

Droitwich

Full-time Monday Friday 39 hours + overtime (Days shift )
£18.50 per hour

Our client is a family-owned manufacturing business looking to appoint an experienced Welder / Plater / Fabricator to join their growing team.

They design and manufacture bespoke work-holding solutions using state-of-the-art 3D CAD and CNC machinery, supplying into sectors including automotive, aerospace, off-highway vehicles, white goods, and food processing. Products include robotic welding fixtures, end-of-arm tooling, positioners, and custom fabrications.

Reporting directly to the Toolroom Manager, you will be responsible for manufacturing high-quality fabrications to drawing and specification.

• Read and interpret engineering drawings, including welding symbols

• Mark out, prepare, and fabricate materials to specification

• Manufacture and use jigs, templates, and patterns

• Carry out MIG, TIG, Stick, and Oxy-acetylene welding

• Fabricate and plate ferrous and non-ferrous materials

• Work with heavy fabrications up to 50mm plate thickness

• Perform single and multi-run welds

• Grind, deburr, finish, and assemble components

• Inspect work for quality and carry out rework where required

• Operate overhead cranes safely

• Check welding equipment before and after use

• Maintain a clean and safe working environment

• Undertake site work when required

• Work as part of a team to meet production deadlines

• Follow all company procedures and Health & Safety standards

• Time-served welder with heavy fabrication experience

• Strong MIG and TIG welding skills

• Ability to read and work from engineering drawings

• Experience with thick materials and complex welds

• Overhead crane experience essential

• Additional fitting experience advantageous

• Coded welder (fillet and butt welds preferred)

• Skilled in plating and fabrication techniques

• Safe use of grinders and abrasive equipment

• High attention to detail

• Strong communication skills

• Team player with the ability to work independently

• Good understanding of Health & Safety

• Time-served apprenticeship

• City & Guilds Parts 1, 2 & 3 or BTEC ONC

• NVQ Level 3 in Fabrication & Welding / Plating & Welding

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