Shipwright/Steelworker/Fabricator in Appledore

Job 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.

RESPONSIBILITIES & DUTIES

• Interpret engineering drawings to determine the materials required and to plan the order of tasks to cut metal most efficiently.
• Set-out/mark-off work and working area in line with fabrication plan and detail drawings.
• Assemble, fit, and install prefabricated metal parts and components to form 2D and 3D structures.
• Position, align, set and tack assemblies and components into position using lifting/handling equipment such as shop cranes, chain-pulls etc to achieve required geometric, dimensional and fit-up tolerances.
• Set up and operate various heavy-duty metalworking machines such as hydraulic presses, rolls, shears, cutting torches, grinders and drills, to bend, cut, form, punch, drill or otherwise form heavy metal components.
• 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.

Essential:

• Time served steelworker or fabricator 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.
• Experience of dimensional control techniques such as Electronic Distance Measuring (EDM).
• Understanding of engineered drawings and technical documents.
• Experience of steel, burning, welding, forming, bending and fabricating processes and techniques.
• 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.
  
  

• 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 people.skills@harland-wolff.com and one of the team will be in contact to help you.

Extra information

Status

Open

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

Appledore

Type of Contract

Part-time jobs

Published at

01-09-2025

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English