Fabricator - Winkleigh, Devon
£23 - £25 per hour + Overtime + Annual Bonus
The Opportunity
We’re working with a highly successful and growing construction and manufacturing specialist to recruit an experienced Fabricator for their operation in Winkleigh, Devon.
The business designs, manufactures and installs complex stainless steel structures and components for major food manufacturing facilities across the region.
And they’re growing.
With a brand-new manufacturing hub under development, a strong secured workload and a number of recent contract wins, they’re now looking for an experienced fabricator who can combine first-class workmanship with the ability to lead from the front.
This is a hands-on position with real responsibility, excellent earning potential and the security of joining a business with plenty of work ahead of it.
The Role
Reporting directly to the Managing Director, you’ll take the lead within the fabrication workshop, remaining firmly hands-on while coordinating and supporting apprentices, operatives and subcontract labour.
You’ll be responsible for delivering complex stainless steel fabrication to exacting standards, helping organise workload and resources while ensuring quality remains where it should be.
Day to day, you’ll be:
Reading and interpreting technical drawings, blueprints and work orders
Cutting, shaping and forming stainless steel using workshop machinery
Carrying out high-quality MIG and TIG welding
Fabricating and assembling complex stainless steel components
Checking materials and finished products against drawings and specifications
Coordinating and supervising apprentices, operatives and subcontractors
Planning labour and allocating time against individual projects
Working closely with designers and project managers to keep projects moving
Identifying and rectifying defects where required
Maintaining equipment and high standards of workshop safety and housekeeping
Leading by example when it comes to quality, attitude and workmanship This isn’t a clipboard-and-point role. You’ll be on the tools, setting the standard and helping the team deliver.
About You
We’re looking for an experienced fabricator who knows their craft and takes genuine pride in producing quality work.
You’ll need:
Strong experience within fabrication or manufacturing
Excellent MIG and TIG welding skills
Proven experience working with stainless steel
Confidence reading and working from technical drawings
Strong attention to detail and pride in your workmanship
The ability to organise and support others within a workshop environment
A positive, professional and dependable approach
A strong understanding of safe working practices Experience within food production, hygienic manufacturing or similarly regulated environments would be particularly useful, although it isn’t essential.
IPAF, Forklift or Telehandler certification would also be advantageous.
The Package You’ll be joining a growing business that wants good people to stay and develop with them.
The package includes:
£23 - £25 per hour
Weekday and weekend overtime available
Annual bonus worth up to one month’s pay
Pension scheme
22 days annual leave
Excellent long-term workload
A growing manufacturing operation with a new facility under development
Genuine opportunity to play a key role as the business continues to expand Interested? If you’re an experienced stainless steel fabricator who wants good money, plenty of work and the opportunity to lead from the front, we’d like to hear from you.
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