Welding / Assembly Operative

Job Title – Production Operative (Welding)
Salary package – £35-38K including shift allowance
Location – Devizes, Wiltshire
Hours – 39 hours a week Shifts – rotating double day shift pattern (see below)

My client is looking to recruit a Production Operative to work within their welding department of their engineering business. The company has been established a number of years and supply various industries including Aerospace, Automotive and Power Generation.

Duties/responsibilities: –

• Operating a range of manual and semi-automatic Gas Tungsten Arc Welding machines.
• Follow all company documentation, work instructions and policies relevant to your department.
• Produce parts that conform to the drawing & specification requirements, being responsible for visually inspecting the welds to the relevant internal, customer and international standards.
• Ensure all documentation including works orders and inspection plans are completed.

Requirements/Qualifications: –

• Previous experience in manual and/or semi-automatic Gas Tungsten Arc Welding and an understanding of the principles of Gas Tungsten Arc Welding preferred but not essential as training will be provided.
• Good hand/eye co-ordination.
• Steady hand.

This position will be working initially a day shift pattern Monday to Friday during training, and then a rotating double day shift pattern as below:

Earlies: 6.00am to 2.30pm Monday to Thursday and 6.00am to 11.00am on Friday
Lates: 2.30pm to 11.00pm Monday to Thursday and 11.00am to 4.00pm on Friday

In return my client offers a competitive salary package as show above, and benefits including generous company pension scheme, private family healthcare etc.