Do you have welding & fabrication experience?
Interested in becoming a specialist Crane Fitter and learning how to build our premium cranes from the bare chassis up?
We are Palfinger UK. We're the exclusive UK distributor for Palfinger Lorry Cranes and Epsilon Construction and Recycling Cranes. We're also the UK's largest national lorry crane provider that offers in-house assembly, bespoke body-building and servicing.
Our business is expanding and we're looking to recruit a Fitter/Fabricator for our Production Workshop based in Falkirk.
Day to day duties will include:
As a crucial member of our team you'll work in a fully equipped production environment helping to build and assemble our advanced range of lorry cranes. Duties include:
* Fabrication and welding of bespoke sub frames
* Fitting sub frames and cranes to commercial vehicle chassis
* Hydraulic plumbing
* Carrying out fitment of components such as pumps, PTO's, valve blocks and hoses
What are the benefits?
As a business we are committed to training, mentoring and developing our employees to enable them to achieve their maximum potential.
We offer a wide range of benefits that reward you now and as your career progresses, these include:
* Specialist training - developing you into a professional Crane Fitter on our premium machines.
* A competitive salary, based on your capability & experience - benchmarked and reviewed annually so your pay remains competitive.
* Sociable hours Mon - Fri between 08:30 and 17:00, with an earlier finish of 16:00 on Friday's.
* The opportunity to work overtime when available should you wish to increase your earnings.
* Career development opportunities across Palfinger UK and the wider T H White Group.
* 23.5 days holiday plus bank holidays - rising to 26.5 days with service.
* Share Plan - providing our employees with a real stake in the business.
* Company pension scheme offering employer contributions of up to 8.5%.
* Life Assurance cover providing up to 5 times salary with service.
* Staff discounts on a huge variety of products at our group (T H White) store.
Requirements:
All specialist product training is provided, however its essential that interested applicants have prior mechanical assembly experience and the following skills:
* Basic MIG welding experience
* Fabrication experience
* Hydraulic fitting knowledge
* Ability to read basic engineering drawings