Overview
Navantia UK is a UK incorporated company, subsidiary of Spanish Navantia, created to work with UK industrial partners in shipbuilding, defence and in offshore wind energy. With a history that goes back more than 300 hundred years, Navantia is a world reference in the design, building, integration and life cycle support of state-of-the-art war ships for the Spanish Navy and international customers and has extensive experience in ToT programmes.
Responsibilities
* Experience in heavy engineering
* Welding steel to acceptable tolerances
* Assisting to create steel frames and unit builds as well as supporting refit and repair operations
* Understand and have the ability to work from Engineering drawings
* Ensure the proper handling of machines, product and tooling at all times
* At the end of each shift ensure shut down off all welding equipment and gas connection
* Produce work to the H&W Quality standard
* Responsible for reporting any faults or damage to the machine and its tooling to Management
* Produce vertical and overhead welds to H&W Quality standard required
* To be able to weld and fabricate to a high standard with an eye for detail. Mainly flux core and Solid Mig
* Experience with overhead cranes and lifting equipment
* Comfortable working at heights and in confined spaces
Health, Safety & Environment
* Demonstrate a positive attitude towards improving the culture in the workplace, stop and report any activity you feel might cause injury or damage, ensuring that everyone works safely at all times
* Follows and adhere to any control measures required under the Safety, Environmental and Quality Management Systems
* Ensure good house-keeping of work areas at all times
Quality
* Undertake inspection of parts, sub-assemblies and finished products to ensure dimensional accuracy, quality and solid working function
* Support the company in maintaining and improving our ISO 9001 (quality), 14001 (environmental), 45001 (health and safety) standards through adherence to the H&W Management Systems
Qualifications
* Time served welder either in a shipyard or similar field activity where structural fabrication was undertaken
* Relevant qualification, indentured apprenticeship, NVQ, City & Guilds etc
* Basic knowledge of welding processes
* Understanding of dimensional control techniques such as Electronic Distance Measuring (EDM)
* Understanding of engineered drawings and technical documents
* Knowledge and compliance of workplace safety
* Work execution independently according to valid instructions, rules and other standards
* Flexible cooperation with other team-members
Key Interpersonal/Behavioral Skills
* Ability to establish an appropriate course of action for self and/or others to accomplish a goal
* Effectiveness in identifying possible problems for upward reporting/investigation
* Ability to express ideas or facts in a clear manner
* Professional and pro-active work ethic
Additional Information
* Competitive base salary
* Company pension
* 31 days holiday
* Life assurance
If you experience difficulties or are unable to apply for a role online please contact us at people.skills@harland-wolff.com and one of the team will be in contact to help you.
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