Metal Fabricator Apprentice in Barnsley

Niftylift Limited are looking for a Metal Fabricator Apprentice to complete a Level 3 Metal Fabricator apprenticeship and join their team. The job will be a hands-on role, based on one of the Product Lines or Cells within the Production Department at Hoyland. The successful applicant will develop into a top-class fabricator/welder.

Role & responsibilities:

• Train to work to Standard Operating Procedures to produce the correct quality standards required under NNP022 (Niftylift Internal Quality Standards for Welding).
• Train to inspect and correct common weld defects before completing and passing on to the next process.
• Learn how to identify uncommon defects and report these under internal nonconformance procedures – “Concern Note” and add appropriate identification labelling for investigation by Quality Control.
• Where component level parts are identified as non-conforming (do not fit without rework), learn how to raise an internal Concern Note and add an appropriate identification label for Quality Control to investigate.
• Mandatory clocking on-and-off jobs cards in-line with company procedures to ensure accurate costing and productivity measures are obtained to manage production output and update planning processes.
• Effective and timely use of iAuditor to register mandatory quality checks, to ensure we collect accurate data to prove the ongoing quality standard of our safety-critical products.
• Trained how to carry out the required level of housekeeping to ensure the factory cleanliness is maintained and improved.
• Engage in 5S initiatives to further improve the work environment and productivity of production.
• Engage in positive and constructive feedback to make improvements to all aspects of production.

This is not an exhaustive list of duties and you will be expected to perform different tasks as necessitated by your changing role within the organisation and the overall business objectives of the organisation. This may include training and mentoring colleagues.

Required to work within a dedicated team responsible for fabrication and welding of mild steel components used to manufacture work platform structures. As an apprentice you will gain experience of fabrication, with and without the use of fixtures and jigs, and welding using MMA, MIG, and TIG, and also automated welding using robotics and plasma-seam welding systems.

Skills required:

• Good problem-solving skills.
• Ability to communicate with all levels professionally and effectively.
• Ability to work and lead a team.

Personal qualities the candidate must have:

• Self-motivated individual.
• Practically minded.
• Demonstrable interest in Engineering.
• Able to work to tight timescales and under pressure, whilst maintaining a calm, prioritised and structured approach to all tasks/issues.

Niftylift is one of the largest mobile elevating work platform (MEWP) manufacturers in Europe and sells its market-leading products worldwide. We specialise in compact, low-weight articulating booms that offer maximum performance with minimal environmental impact.

Things to consider:

During the first year you will be required to attend the University of Sheffield AMRC Training Centre in Sheffield, full time for an initial block of study. You will return to your workplace one Friday per month. After the initial block training you will attend the AMRC Training Centre for one day a week to undertake the knowledge study. The remaining four days will be spent in company learning on the job.

Please note the AMRC Training Centre reserves the right to close applications ahead of the published closing date.

Qualification Requirements:

• GCSE English language C or 4 or above.
• GCSE Maths C or 4 or above.

Applicants are also required to successfully complete a series of assessments at the University of Sheffield’s AMRC Training Centre, as well as an employer recruitment and selection process to secure a place on an apprenticeship programme.