Details:
- Salary: £15 - 18 - Annum
- Job Type: Temporary
- Job Status: Full-Time
- Salary Per: Annum
- Location: Sunderland Tyne & Wear
- Date: 2 days ago
Description:
You are required to manufacture, repair, and rebuild heavy-duty earthmoving buckets and attachments, ensuring high-quality welding and fabrication standards are consistently met.
Key Responsibilities
* Carry out MIG welding using 1.2mm bare wire
* Perform multi-run fillet welding on plate thicknesses (6mm–200mm)
* Fabricate, repair, and rebuild heavy plant attachments
* Use oxy-fuel equipment for burning, gouging, and chamfering
* Operate hand tools, power tools, and pneumatic equipment
* Work with overhead cranes (if trained)
* Read and interpret engineering drawings
* Maintain high health & safety standards
* Complete work to tight tolerances and quality requirements
Essential Requirements
* Time-served Welder/Fabricator or equivalent experience
* Around 2 years’ fabrication/welding experience (preferred)
* Ability to weld and fabricate independently
* Experience in heavy plant or similar industrial environment
* Strong understanding of welding processes
* Good attention to detail and quality
* Must have experience with Profile Burning / Oxy Fuel Burning
* Must be able to perform Multi-Welds / Runs
* Must be Time Served
* Overhead crane experience is preferred
· Friday: 12:00 noon – 5:00pm (5 hours)
· Saturday: 7:00am – 5:00pm (10 hours)
· Sunday: 7:00am – 5:00pm (10 hours)