Pipe & Plate Fitters
4 days ago
Brownhills
Pipe & Plate Fitters Pay Rate: Starting at £18.50 per hour, increasing to £19.50 per hour once qualified and deemed competent. Contract: 12-week temporary to permanent position Working Hours (Dayshift): • Monday to Thursday: 7:54am – 4:30pm, • Friday: 7:54am – 1:30pm Role Overview An opportunity is available for experienced Pipe & Plate Fitters to join a busy fabrication environment. The role requires a high level of skill in interpreting technical drawings, fabricating complex components, and working with a wide range of materials and machinery. Key Responsibilities • Read, interpret, and understand complex engineering drawings, • Break down fabrication drawings into component parts to produce accurate cutting lists, • Carry out complex mathematical calculations, including trigonometry and use of π, • Develop patterns for complex fabrications such as cones, square-to-round transitions, pipe branches, and kinked hoppers, accounting for material thickness, • Set out and lay out jobs accurately, including levelling where required, • Measure, fit, and assemble components to a high standard, • Identify and correct distortion in fabricated components using oxyacetylene equipment, • Safely operate overhead cranes and carry out correct slinging techniques, • Work in compliance with all specifications, procedures, and health & safety requirements Machinery & Equipment Operate a variety of fabrication and cutting equipment, including: • Guillotines, press brakes, pyramid rolls, • Universal ironworkers and section rollers, • Profile burners, plasma cutters, oxyacetylene cutting equipment, • Pillar and radial arm drills, • Band saws, circular saws, reciprocating saws, • Radiac cutters and smaller hand-held power tools such as magnetic drills, grinders, and plate bevellers Welding Requirements • Ability to tack weld using MIG, TIG, and Stick welding processes Materials Work with a wide range of materials including: • Carbon steel, stainless steel, and alloys, • Thicknesses ranging from thin gauge sheet metal to heavy plate (150mm+), • Various sections including plate, beams, columns, channels, angles, tubes, box sections, flats, and mesh Overtime Rates • Monday to Friday: Time + one third, • Saturday: Time + one half, • Sunday: Double time Benefits • 26 days holiday plus bank holidays, • Pension scheme and employee rewards, • Free onsite parking, • Corporate gym discount, • Employee referral incentive scheme