Plater / Heavy Steel Fabricator

Main Duties

• Fabricating and assembling medium-to-heavy structural steelwork and bespoke engineering components.

• Reading and interpreting detailed engineering drawings independently.

• Measuring, marking out, cutting, drilling and preparing steel plates and sections.

• Building and fitting steel components and assemblies accurately to specification.

• MIG welding fabricated components to a high standard.

• Using workshop fabrication machinery, hand tools and lifting equipment safely.

• Checking dimensions, fit-up and finished work for quality.

• Working on varied industrial fabrication projects rather than repetitive production welding.

Essential Requirements

• Previous experience as a Plater, Fabricator or Fabricator/Welder.

• Strong experience working with heavy steel fabrication.

• Ability to work independently from engineering drawings.

• Confident measuring, marking out and assembling steelwork from scratch.

• Practical knowledge of MIG welding.

• Experience using fabrication workshop machinery.

Desirable

• Time-served apprenticeship or NVQ/City & Guilds in Fabrication and Welding.

• Experience with structural frames, gantries, platforms, stair structures or similar heavy fabrication.

• Overhead crane and lifting equipment experience.