Junior Fitter

Role – Junior Fitter

Location – Pontefract 

Purpose of the role:

This is an entry-level opportunity to join a two-person team delivering Access Metalwork solutions for customers within the water treatment industry. 

Working across the UK, you will gain hands-on experience, learn practical skills, and receive full training. 

We welcome applicants with little or no previous experience who are eager to learn and develop within the role.

Key Accountabilities:

• Assist Install access metalwork on various contracts predominantly across the UK.
• Have the ability to work from detailed drawings, marking and setting out.
• Installing and fixing together steel sections, open type flooring and handrails.
• Measuring, cutting, and forming handrail tubes.
• Lining up and levelling steelwork before fixing.
• Drilling and fixing steelwork including handrail systems to concrete.

About you:

• Eagerness to learn.
• Ability to work independently or as part of a team.
• Ability to read engineering drawings.
• Hold a UK driving licence.
• Must be able to work in a team and on own initiative.
• Have an interest in the work environment.
• Safety is paramount so a good understanding and awareness of this is required – working to Safe System of Work (SSOW) & Risk Assessment and Method Statement (RAMS) (As junior training will be supplied)

What We Can Offer in Return:

With an impressive order book of over £4.3 billion we are one of the industry’s leading principal contractors, affording you the opportunity to work on some of the UK’s most exciting projects offering you stability as well as the chance to stretch your capabilities and realise long held career goals. You will be joining diverse teams working at a high professional level with exceptional levels of commitment. With an ambitious strategy, we’re poised for further growth and success, so if you’re committed, talented and enthusiastic, Galliford Try is the right place for you.  
Our benefits:

We put our people first and our benefits package reflects that by offering a comprehensive range of attractive options to help support your career on top of a competitive salary.

• Generous holiday entitlement, increasing with years of service, plus the opportunity to purchase further holidays
• A wide range of corporate discounts
• Cycle to Work schemes
• Comprehensive pension plan
• Regular Save as You Earn share purchase scheme
• Private medical scheme options are available for all salaried employees and our employee assistance programme also provides free 24/7 support to those who need it
• Paid for yearly membership to one recognised professional association relevant to your role