Multi Skilled Engineer

Salary: £13.45 – £15 per hour

Our client is a long established structural and mechanical engineering business supporting Steel and Rail sectors. Due to an increase in workload a vacancy has arisen for a multi-skilled engineering person to join the team. The contract is to maintain rail wagons and the special frames that they have been fitted with. The work is carrying out repairs to the wagons, frames and ancillary equipment, repairing / preparing any damage along with setting trains up to carry long lengths of rail up to 216m in length.

• You will need to be reliable and have excellent attention to detail.
• You MUST be competent with MMA welding and hold some formal training, City & Guilds or NVQ preferable (we would need to see your certificates)
• Mechanical training is also needed again C&G or NVQ will suffice.
• Basic engineering knowledge is required including understanding torque settings, bolt grades, use of power tools, slinging and rigging and hand signals etc
• All work is outdoors all year round
• You will need to be fit and agile as some tasks involve working underneath the railway wagons
• When there is no welding to be done, you will be required to work in the team carrying out general maintenance. This involves accurate measuring, cutting and drilling of wooden deck boards, fitting and removing the frames from wagons utilising a tele-handler.
• You will need to be conversant and competent working with power tools – electric drills and circular saws, grinders, impact wrenches etc. and mix well with others in the team.
• You must hold a full driving licence and be over 25 years old for company insurance purposes and have your own means of transport as you may be requested to move around 2 or 3 sites all in Scunthorpe.
• You must have a current Site Safety Passport and be able to take 2 site inductions before starting with the client
• It would be an advantage to hold a telehandler licence but training can be provided.

Hours of work are 07:00 – 14:30 Monday to Friday (35 hours) with some overtime. Everyone in the team will be expected to take turns if overtime required.

This is a long term contract so after an initial period of 6 months there will be potential for full time employment with the client after that.