Foreman in Alfreton, Derbyshire

Foreman

Shift Pattern: Monday - Friday

Hours: 07:00 - 15:30

Pay: £19 per hour

Location: Alfreton, DE55

This is a 100% workshop-based role where you will be responsible for taking projects from start to finish, fabricating and welding heavy gauge steelwork to a high standard.

Key Responsibilities

• Fabricate and weld heavy gauge steelwork from engineering drawings.
• Work predominantly with mild steel ranging from 3mm to 40mm thickness.
• Complete jobs from initial marking out through to final fabrication.
• Operate fabrication machinery including presses, pillar drills and guillotines.
• Measure, cut, form and assemble steel components accurately.
• Carry out MIG welding, including butt welds.
• Ensure all work meets required quality standards, including work produced for major rail industry projects.

Requirements

• Ideally apprentice trained in fabrication, plating or a related trade.
• Ability to fabricate from scratch and take jobs from start to finish.
• Experienced in MIG welding and confident producing quality butt welds.
• Competent using fabrication machinery such as presses, pillar drills and guillotines.
• Ability to mark out work independently.
• Strong skills in measuring, cutting and forming metal.
• Able to read and work from complex engineering drawings.
• Experience working with heavy gauge mild steel.

Desirable

• Previous experience manufacturing products for the structural steel industry.
• Experience working on projects supplied to the rail sector, such as Network Rail works.

What We Offer

• Permanent, long-term opportunity.
• Stable workshop-based environment.
• Varied and interesting fabrication projects.

If you are an experienced Fabricator / MIG Welder looking for a hands-on workshop role where you can take ownership of projects from start to finish, we'd like to hear from you. Apply today!

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