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Skilled Plater  **

Location: Sheffield

Contract: 3-Month Temp to Perm

Rate: £16.50-£18.50p/h DOE (37 hours p/w) + Hol. Pay (PAYE/Umbrella)

Overtime Rate Mon-Friday & Saturday x1.5 & Sunday x2

Shift Pattern: 7am-3.30pm Mon-Thur, 7am-12pm Friday

Our client is a leading engineering company that specializes in providing high-quality manufactured solutions, focusing on heavy mechanical, structural, and precision machinery. They offer a range of services, including design, manufacturing, and installation, serving industries such as defence, rail, nuclear, and infrastructure.

As a Plater, you will be required to conduct the following duties:

Plating and Fabrication: Assemble kits of parts for nuclear and defence applications, fabricating jobs from individual components.
Clamping and Fixtures: Utilize clamping and jigs fixtures to ensure precise alignment and assembly of parts.
Pre-formed Parts: Apply pre-formed applicated parts together as per specifications - Flashing / cutting / positioning / tacking up etc
Defence Component Work: Handle and assemble components with a focus on defence materials, including armour material.
Overhead Crane Operation: Operate an overhead crane as needed; in-house training available for this task.
Welding: Perform stitch welding when required; having welding skills is advantageous.
Reading Drawings: Interpret engineering/fabrication drawings and work independently based on those instructions.
Working to company H&S & Quality standards
The successful Plater will need to have the following attributes:

Proficiency in operating a welding machine to tack components together
NVQ Level 3/time served Plater Preferred, NVQ Level 2 considered
Skilled in interpreting and working according to fabrication drawings
Benefits of this Position:

33 days holiday paid at time plus a quarter (x1.25)
Extra holidays after 5 years of service
Westfield Health
Other company benefits available
I am looking to speak to talented Time served apprentice trained Platers, who are looking for a rewarding and challenging contract position. For more information, please contact Sam Martlew – Recruitment Specialist at ATA Recruitment ().

ATA Recruitment specialises in Manufacturing, Infrastructure, Civil, Transportation and General Engineering recruitment on both a permanent and contract basis – for more opportunities like this one, visit our website -  .

ATA is committed to creating a diverse workforce and is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of age, disability, gender, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation