Plating Supervisor - Black Hat

Location: Somerset

Bilfinger UK is a leading engineering and maintenance provider, supporting customers across the chemical & petrochemical, nuclear, oil & gas, pharmaceuticals & biopharma, power & energy, utilities, renewables and food & beverage markets. We enhance the efficiency of assets, ensuring a high level of availability and reducing maintenance costs.

We have extensive experience in offshore and onshore facilities; specialising in asset management services throughout all life cycle phases from consulting, engineering, manufacturing, assembly, operations, maintenance, and decommissioning.

This commitment is delivered by an experienced and highly competent workforce of over 4,500 employees operating from 14 offices in strategic industrial hubs, upholding the highest standards of safety, compliance and quality.

As a Plater, your activities will include the following:
▪ Carry out structural work using things such as rolled steel joists, columns, channels and angle bars etc. Work includes building bridges, oil rigs,
▪ Study sketches, diagrams or parts to be fabricated and determine the operations to be performed and the materials required.
▪ Template making and pattern development.
▪ Multi-skilled in the use of heavy machines (such as Radial arm drills, bending machines, press brake machines, rolling machines, guillotines, mechanical saws
▪ etc.), oxy-fuel cutting equipment and welding equipment.
▪ Setting out at sites using dumpy levels and theodolites, producing level and vertical datum points prior to the fabrication and construction of parts.
▪ Lay out, position, align and otherwise set pieces in place preparatory to welding and measure dimensions.
▪ Clean and degrease parts to be welded using wire brushes, grinders or solvent.
▪ Clean and maintain material and tools.
▪ Requisition materials and tools required and inspect them for suitability and conformity to specification.

• Ensure safe and responsible working and full compliance to Company and Site safety procedures.
• Ensure all work is carried out in a productive and cost effective manner.
• Ensure site/plant priorities are addressed in a timely manner and support company/site initiatives.
• Maintain the highest standards of health and safety, environmental performance and industrial relations.
• Ensure acceptable level of performance from Supervision under your control.
• Ensure good 360° communications with trade teams.
• Coaching and mentoring workforce, understanding.
• Man hour targets and having clear roles and accountabilities.
• Ensure supervision are aware of required safety standards.
• Ensure a process of measuring and reducing rework.
• Where scopes of work change ensure these changes are captured and processed.
• Ensure time/allocation bookings are correct.
• Maintain links between all sub-contractors.
• Forward thinking regarding resources to allow for execution of work packages.
• Ensure frequent and clear communications are maintained with sub-contractors and the client.

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If you wish to speak to a member of the recruitment team, please contact 01224 246246.

Mechanical | Bilfinger UK Limited | Permanent | White-collar workers | Skilled | Operations