Based in Loughborough, our manufacturing facility handles everything in-house — from raw material processing to welding, fabrication, painting, and full assembly of bespoke acoustic units. Joining Wiltech now means becoming part of a strengthened, well-funded and expanding organisation, with new opportunities created through the Rehlko transition.
Steel Plater
The Role
* Cut, shape and assemble steel plate components
* Building parts/assemblies to engineering drawings with precision
* Ensure quality is keep to a high standard through out and carry out visual inspections to ensure fabrication & build is correct to drawings.
* Manoeuvre fabrication machines, such as grinders, drill presses, brakes, rolls, shears and flame cutters to cut, bend, grind and adjust materials
* Working from engineering drawings & specifications and correct revisions
* Place each product component in its appropriate spot as noted in the blueprints,
* Engineer, Technical drawings for proper alignment by using the correct hand tools
* Grinding, burning and other fabrication tasks
* Review blueprints, drawings and other specification papers before starting work on a fabrication process and during the steps to ensure accurate completion
* Employ furnaces or hand torches to heat up materials to make them more flexible for bending or manipulation into the correct specification
* Make templates/Jigs for common work tasks when conducting repetitive motions for the fabrication process to ensure a set standard of work quality
* Overtime: After 38 hours enhanced pay for overtime.
* Hours: Static - Afternoons 2pm till 10pm (15% shift allowance). Nights 10pm till 6am Sun to Thurs (30% shift allowance).
The Person
* Good knowledge and experience in sheet metal fabrication
* Have understanding on Q.C inspection and process experience
* Experienced in using Drilling Machines / Rolling Machines / Guillotines.
* Experience in steel metal before
* Interpret work from drawings
* Experience in fabrication
* Competent in using hand and power tools
What We Offer:
* 25 Days of Annual Leave in addition to bank holidays
* Private healthcare coverage
* Career progression opportunities
* Death in Service benefit
* Comprehensive employee assistance programme
* Retention Bonus
Salary description
£16.00 - £18.07 per hour