Company Description
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.
Job Description
RESPONSIBILITIES & DUTIES
- 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 this is the responsibility of all H&W employees when conducting all processes and activities.
Qualifications
QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS & EXPERIENCE
Essential:
- 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 work place 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 on-line please contact us at [email protected] and one of the team will be in contact to help you.
