Welder Advanced - Hinkley Point C
Contract type: Permanent – Full time contract
Start date: To be confirmed
Salary: £29.34 per hour
Location: Hinkley Point C, Bridgwater, Somerset, United Kingdom
Role details
Weekly Working Hours & OT
Mon to Thursday 06:30 – 1700. 40 min break.
O/T at x1.4 Fridays and Sat < Midday, and x1.8 thereafter.
*Overtime will not come into effect until your first full working week
This advert is to register your interest for future welding roles expected to become available at HPC.
Key Responsibilities:
- To ascertain job requirements from drawings and/or other specifications.
- To position and secure parts to be welded, using jigs and fixtures as necessary.
- To select appropriate welding equipment such as gas torch, portable arc equipment, semi-automatic or automatic machine.
- To fit appropriate torch tips, electrodes, etc to equipment.
- To connect hoses to gas tanks or wires from power supply to electrode and work piece.
- To adjust controls to regulate gas pressure, voltage or amperage.
- To preheat parts to be welded.
- To clean and smooth weld and examine visually.
- To join metals by using the following welding process and equipment; manual metal-arc equipment, metal-arc gas shielded equipment, Tungsten-arc gas shielded equipment.
- To operate overhead crane and basic slinging in a safe manner.
Key Requirements:
- A Minimum of 3 years' experience as a Welder in a relevant industry
- Level 2 Welding Apprenticeship
- An equivalent Apprenticeship in a Welding discipline
- Level 2 Diploma in a Welding discipline or equivalent
- Level 2 Certificate in Welding and Engineering Craft Studies
- Chinese Diploma in Welding and Fabrication
- BS EN ISO 9606 Coded Welding Qualification