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Steel Fabricator
Location: Widnes, Cheshire
Salary: NAECI Agreement Rates
Early Shift £22.11 – £23.23 per hour
Late Shift £23.59 – £24.79 per hour
£26.66 – £28.01 Overtime A
£34.27 – £36.02 Overtime B
Fabricator Proficiency Pay scheme offering the ability increase hourly rate by up to £1.50 per hour.
Hours: 9 hour shift
Shift hours Monday – Friday 5.00am – 2.00 pm/ 2:00pm – 11:00 Rotating
Saturday Overtime, currently 6 hours PW
45Hrs +
Closing date: 1st June 2025
Holidays: 25 days, plus Public Holidays.
Company Overview:
Hutchinson Engineering is one of the UK’s leading suppliers of specialist steel support structures, primarily to the Oil & Gas, Rail, Infrastructure, Nuclear, Mobile Telecommunications, Offshore-Wind and Onshore-Wind sectors. The business operates in-house Design, Manufacture and Deployment functions from several sites located in Widnes and has a turnover of £30m and employs 160 personnel.
Purpose of Role
Key Objectives of the Role:
- Assembly of various steel components with a focus on EN1090 EXC 2 + 3 requirements and associated dimension control and weld set-up parameters to enable a successful follow-on Welding Activity.
- Drilling and tapping holes in steel structures, and Oxy-Acetylene cutting.
- Familiarity with large and medium scale carbon steel fabrications.
- Experience with Stainless Steel would be desirable.
- Previous experience in steel fabrication, ideally on Infrastructure Projects, Oil & Gas and Offshore-Wind sector activity.
- Full time position with opportunity to develop the role to Cell-Leader position.
Applicants will be required to complete a relevant fabrication activity at interview, such as [1] notch a beam and add plates, [2] cut a hatch into a piece of tube, [3] marking out on tube and plate.
Personal Qualities:
- Hardworking and motivated with a positive attitude
- Reliable and punctual
- Willingness to learn and adapt
Additional Role Information:
Schedule:
- 9 hour shift
- Shift hours Monday – Friday 5.00am – 2.00 pm/ 2:00pm – 11:00 Rotating
- Saturday Overtime, currently 6 hours PW
- 45Hrs +
Salary:
- Early Shift £22.11 – £23.23 per hour
- Late Shift £23.59 – £24.79 per hour
- £26.66 – £28.01 Overtime A
- £34.27 – £36.02 Overtime B
- Fabricator Proficiency Pay scheme offering the ability increase hourly rate by up to £1.50 per hour.
Benefits:
- Profit Share Bonus Scheme with typical award of between £500 and £2,000 pa.
- Free Company Events
- Cycle scheme
- Childcare Vouchers
- Company pension
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
- Employee Assistance Programme
- On-site parking with electric/plug-in charging points
- Recognition awards
- Length of service awards
- 2-week Christmas shutdown