Plater/Fabricator

My client requires 2 to 3 skilled engineers

KEY TASKS

* Accurately cutting, grinding, and laying out a wide variety of materials including sheet metal, plate, tube, pipe, channel, and angle.

* Performing basic quality MIG and MMA tack welds on mild steel, stainless steel, and aluminum

* Performing final assembly to produce high quality finished products

* Marking out cylinders to provide quarter lines and exact locations of nozzles, brackets and other attachments, and marking out nozzle holes using centre punch.

* Cutting out holes in cylinders using propane / acetylene torches and plasma torches.

* Creating templates for a range of shapes and profiles e.g. tangential nozzle in cylinder.

* Joining metal cylinders together using temporary attachments, chain blocks and similar equipment.

* Cutting and shaping weld preparation bevels on cylinder main seams and also nozzle weld preparations.

* Preparing weld bevels on pipework and tacking together pipes and flanges ready for welding.

Skills

* Experience using factory equipment such as horizontal saws, pillar drill, rotators, manipulators, cranes, safely and effectively.

* Experience with pipework or structural steelwork would be advantageous

* Ideally had previous experience within the heavy industry and working with pressure vessels

* Comfortable working at height and within confined spaces

* You must be able to accurately read and understand fabrication drawing

* Confident with simple math calculations including fractions and decimals