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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

To assemble and tack together components of products as specified by layout, drawings, diagrams, work orders, weld procedures or oral instructions, using electric arc-welding equipment.

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:

Drug and Alcohol policy including testing.

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

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