Balfour Beatty plc
Semi Qualified Welder
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Semi-Qualified Welder – Site Based (Bottesford)
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We are looking for a Semi-Qualified Welder to join our team at Bottesford. This is an excellent opportunity for someone with welding experience who is looking to further develop their skills while working on a range of piling equipment and machinery. You'll work alongside experienced welders and maintenance professionals, helping to keep our equipment operating safely and efficiently.
What you'll be doing
As a Semi-Qualified Welder, you'll support the maintenance team by:
- Assisting with repairs and maintenance of piling rigs and equipment
- Carrying out welding tasks under guidance and supervision where required
- Helping to identify damage, wear and defects on plant and equipment
- Applying hard facing and wear parts to improve equipment lifespan
- Using plasma cutting and oxy/propane equipment to remove damaged sections
- Ensuring all work is completed safely, efficiently and to a high standard
- Completing inspection and maintenance records accurately
- Reporting hazards, near misses and safety observations
- Working closely with the welding and maintenance teams to minimise downtime
- Participating in daily briefings and team communications
- Maintaining a clean and organised work area
Who we're looking for
- Some welding experience, ideally with MIG and/or MMA welding
- A welding qualification (or currently working towards one)
- Experience working with steel fabrications or heavy plant equipment is desirable
- Basic understanding of fabrication drawings
- Experience using hand tools, abrasive wheels, and cutting equipment is advantageous
- A willingness to learn and develop welding and fabrication skills
- Good awareness of health and safety practices
- Reliable, proactive and able to work well as part of a team
- Basic IT skills
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Why work for us
Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.
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Benefits
As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:
- Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
- 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
- Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
- Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more…
About Us
Asset & Technology Solutions provides innovative, safe and sustainable solutions to the Balfour Beatty projects across the UK. Our wide range of equipment and services includes HGV’s, tower and crawler cranes, piling equipment, CCTV and security services, survey services and drones, suction excavators, sweepers, modular accommodation and much more.
Diversity and inclusion
At Balfour Beatty we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. To find out how we are making this a reality, visit www.balfourbeatty.com/diversityandinclusion
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To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE). In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. For more info, visit: https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/
We are looking to continually improve our resourcing process and ensure that it is fair and inclusive for all. If you have any feedback on the process, please share this with us at: candidaterecruitmentqueries@balfourbeatty.com
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