Sheet Metal Welder / Fabricator
Sheet Metal Welder / Fabricator required for a busy sheet metal engineering workshop.
About the Company:
Chasestead LTD is a Letchworth based company specialising in prototypes & low volume production sheet metal pressings, stampings and fabrication to the highest quality, working in many different sectors. Customers include Ford Motors, Lockheed Martin, Warner Brothers and McLaren.
ROLE:
- Welder Fabricator candidates must be able to read engineering drawings, understand tolerances, bend allowances, and be experienced in fabrication and sheet metal machinery.
- Duties include welding and fabrication in stainless steel, aluminium, and mild steel material (1.0mm – 12mm thickness), including pipework.
- Ability to make assembly weld fixtures.
- MIG welding both sub and main assemblies, either on a fabrication jig or freehand.
- Sanding or grinding components or assemblies to achieve the stated dimensions and finish.
Requirements:
- The role requires manual lifting, so applicants should be fit and able.
- Actively seek opportunities for continuous improvement.
- Significant experience with thin gauge TIG and MIG welding.
- Sheet metal fabrication experience.
- Ability to fabricate stainless steel, aluminium, and mild steel.
- Ability to read and work from engineering drawings.
- City & Guilds qualifications in welding and fabrication, or an apprenticeship in engineering, would be an advantage.
In return we offer:
- 25 days leave plus statutory holidays per year.
- 37.5 hour working week.
- £14.50–£20.50 per hour depending on experience.
- Regular overtime at 1.5x rate.
- Bonus scheme.
- Modern machinery in a bespoke building.
- Sick pay scheme.