Welder

MIG Welders

Location: Milton Keynes
Salary: £33,810 to £40,792 per year depending on experience
Shift uplift of 33% available (£44,963 to £54,252)
Shift Pattern: 06:00 - 14:00 and 18:00 - 04:00 (days and nights)
Potential overtime of up to 72 hours per week

A superb opportunity has arisen for MIG Welders to join a team helping transform rail vehicles and deliver the comfort and style today’s passenger’s demand.

Your New Opportunity

Join a highly skilled engineering team of MIG welders responsible for the preparation, fabrication and welding of large steel structures used on passenger trains

• Carry out welding on inside structures, underframes and elevated working areas
• Help to fabricate and prepare surfaces ready for welding
• Must be able to work from engineering drawings and instruction.

The Ideal Candidate

You’ll bring experience of MIG welding, or mechanical assembly or coach building or a manufacturing environment.

• A background in welding and fabrication in either MIG, TIG, Stick, MMA or Fluxcore
• Experience of welding on between 2mm and 6mm mild steel
• You will be able to weld different angles such as vertical and overhead  
• Have a strong attention to detail
• Able to work on your own and as part of a team.
• Confidence working rotating shifts, including days and nights,

Essential Criteria

• Minimum 1 years’ experience
• Full UK driving licence.
• Ability to pass a medical, drug & alcohol screening 

Step into a team of welders committed to modernising and elevating Britain’s railways — apply now and help create the reliable, comfortable, high‑quality journeys that define modern rail travel.

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