Our client is a market leading and well known manufacturing business based in Gateshead, who are looking to recruit a Time Served Pipefitter to join the business on a permanent basis.
This is a superb opportunity to join a company who have seen significant investment in their plant in recent years.
The main responsibilities of the role are:
- Maintain plant pipe fitting equipment.
- Provide support to mechanical technicians and pipe fitting apprentice.
- Carry out pipe fitting PM work.
- Carry out works order requests.
- Communicate and report engineering issues and resolutions.
We are looking for applicants with the following background:
- 5+ years experience in pipe fitting role and time served (ideally HNC level)
- Ability to read technical drawings
- Preventative maintenance experience
- Understanding of part identification
- Use of innovation to overcome issues
- Welding – stick, mig, tig
- Pipe threading
- Fabrication
- Lifting and slinging skills
This role will be a permanent dayshift with the following working hours:
Monday to Thursday – 7:00am to 3:45pm, Friday 7:00am to 11.30am
As well as two bonus schemes and a healthy pension contribution, holidays per annum are 25 days plus BH