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Welder/Fabricator
- Sunderland, Tyne & Wear
- Temporary·On-site
- Full time
- £15 - £18 Per Annum
Job Description
You are required to manufacture, repair, and rebuild heavy-duty earthmoving buckets and attachments, ensuring high-quality welding and fabrication standards are consistently met.
Key Responsibilities
- Carry out MIG welding using 1.2mm bare wire
- Perform multi-run fillet welding on plate thicknesses (6mm–200mm)
- Fabricate, repair, and rebuild heavy plant attachments
- Use oxy-fuel equipment for burning, gouging, and chamfering
- Operate hand tools, power tools, and pneumatic equipment
- Work with overhead cranes (if trained)
- Read and interpret engineering drawings
- Maintain high health & safety standards
- Complete work to tight tolerances and quality requirements Essential Requirements
- Time-served Welder/Fabricator or equivalent experience
- Around 2 years’ fabrication/welding experience (preferred)
- Ability to weld and fabricate independently
- Experience in heavy plant or similar industrial environment
- Strong understanding of welding processes
- Good attention to detail and quality
- Must have experience with Profile Burning / Oxy Fuel Burning
- Must be able to perform Multi-Welds / Runs
- Must be Time Served
- Overhead crane experience is preferred
- Friday: 12:00 noon – 5:00pm (5 hours)
- Saturday: 7:00am – 5:00pm (10 hours)
- Sunday: 7:00am – 5:00pm (10 hours)


