Description
Role: Fabricator
Location: Devonport, Plymouth
Duration: 6 months
Rate: £14 - £21 p/hourly (inside IR 35)
Start: ASAP
What do I need to do the role?
You'll have the ability to read engineering drawings and interpret work instructions, be competent in the use of hand held oxy-fuel burning tools and general workshop machinery and tools specific to fabricating (grinders, disc cutters, guillotines and band saws)
Ideally will have worked in the marine industry with experience of Royal Navy ships and submarines, Royal Fleet Auxiliary vessels or large commercial ships - although other relevant experience will be considered.
You'll need to hold qualifications in at least one of the following:
- Indentured Apprenticeship
- Level 3 Modern Apprenticeship in a sheet metal, structural steel or fabrication related discipline
- Level 3 Engineering qualification relevant to the role
What else to I need to know?
Your safety and wellbeing is of paramount importance to us and health and safety is an integral part of our business. We operate in a high risk environment; therefore we are looking for people who share our understanding and respect for health and safety for ourselves and each other to ensure that everyone goes home safe every day.
About the role
Here at Devonport Royal Dockyard we're looking for Fabricators to join the team that is at the forefront of supporting the Royal Navy.
You'll play an integral role in ensuring the serviceability of warships and systems through detailed maintenance and refit periods by working within multi-trade teams. You'll ordinate structural alterations and repairs on board ships and submarines. Working to engineering drawings and technical specifications, you'll manufacture structural modules, fabricate and alter structures in a variety of metals and thickness and you'll carry out surveys and pre-refit examinations of bulkheads and marine structural systems.
If you can bring technical skills and a safe working attitude, then we can provide you with some of the most exciting engineering projects this country has to offer.