Plater

Bridgend

£31434 - £32448PA

The Company

This fast growing organisation manufacture pressure vessels, heat exchangers and fabricated equipment. The business is based in Bridgend and are owned by a larger International group. They have a world wide client base supporting clients from a wide range of industry sectors including OIl & Gas, Nuclear Power, Water Treatment and Heavy Industry.

The Role

This is a full time permanent position working 39 hours per week.
06:45 - 15:45 Monday to Thursday and 06:45 - 11:45 on a Friday.

Overtime is often available.

As a Plater, you will be responsible for:

• 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 aluminium
• 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.
• 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 tack together pipes and flanges ready for welding.
• Following safety protocol, including wearing PPE - such as air fed mask, gloves, protective footwear, ear plugs or defenders, etc.

Requirements

The successful applicant will have the following skills, experience and attributes:

• Extensive experience within heavy industry and working with pressure vessels
• Comfortable working at height and in confined spaces
• Experience using factory equipment such as horizontal saws, pillar drills, rotators, manipulators and cranes
• Forklift training would be advantageous but not essential
• Able to accurately read and understand fabrication drawings
• Have high regard for all health and safety standards in the workplace
• Proactive, flexible and a team player
• Exposure to the Oil and Gas, or Nuclear industries preferred

In Return

This is a great opportunity to join a growing organisation. They are offering an excellent salary which is paid weekly. For more information contact Kim Simpson of Work Wales for a confidential discussion.