Job Title: Fabrication Manager/Responsible Welding Coordinator (RWC)

Job Type: Full-Time, Permanent
Location: Miles Platting, Manchester, M40 8HN  
Working Hours: Monday to Friday – 7:30 am to 4.00 pm, with an unpaid lunch break of half an hour. Overtime is available when required, paid at time and half.

Salary: £18.00 to £22.00 per hour depending on experience and skills.

Benefits:

• Company mobile phone
• Pension scheme
• Death in Service
• Enhanced annual leave based on service (first increase of one day after 2 years)

About the Company:

Within the Falcon Group is Falcon Tower Crane Services, the largest tower crane supplier in the UK and one of the largest in the world with just under 450 tower cranes nationwide. Falcon Power Generation with 400 generators nationwide along with Falcon Freight who operate a fleet of 37 HGV vehicles with a selection of units supporting artic and rigid HIAB cranes.

Due to the continued expansion within the Group, Falcon Tower Crane Services are seeking to recruit a Fabrication Manager.

Comprehensive training and continual support to help you excel in the role will be provided.

There is an opportunity to develop your skills and advance your career within the Company.

The Role:

As Fabrication Manager, you will be responsible for managing all fabrication related operations. You will control, supervise and manufacture structural steel and ensure all welding activities and personnel meet the quality and training levels required.     

• Plan, coordinate and oversee day-to-day fabrication and welding activities to meet production schedules, quality requirements and delivery deadlines.
• Review and quote for work based on customer needs and specifications within a timely manner in accordance with company procedures.
• Act as the Responsible Welding Coordinator (RWC), maintaining oversight of welding operations in accordance with applicable standards, specifications and company procedures.
• Review drawings, technical specifications and fabrication requirements before work begins, resolving technical queries where required.
• Ensure approved welding procedure specifications are available, suitable for the work and correctly followed by welding personnel.
• Maintain welder qualifications, competency records, procedure qualification records and associated welding documentation.
• Control material identification, certification, traceability, storage and issue throughout the fabrication process.
• Coordinate inspection and testing activities, including visual inspection and non-destructive testing where specified, and ensure records are completed.
• Identify and manage non-conformances, repairs and corrective actions, ensuring completed work meets the required acceptance criteria.
• Lead, allocate work to and support fabrication personnel, monitoring performance, workmanship, training and development needs.
• Ensure fabrication equipment is suitable, maintained and used safely, and that workshop housekeeping standards are upheld.
• Promote compliance with health and safety requirements, risk assessments, safe systems of work and company policies.
• Monitor productivity, quality and resource requirements, reporting progress and supporting continual improvement across fabrication operations.

What We’re Looking For:

Essential Experience & Qualifications:

• Technical knowledge in welding and related technologies relevant to the assigned tasks by a combination of training and/or experience.
• Recognised Responsible Welding Coordinator (RWC) training or qualification appropriate to the company’s fabrication scope (for example, BCSA RWC up to Execution Class 2), together with demonstrable welding-coordination competence in accordance with BS EN ISO 14731, BS EN 1090 and ISO 3834.
• NVQ Level 3 in Fabrication and Welding. With experience and training in operating a wide range of fabrication and sheet metal machinery.
• A minimum of 5 years’ experience as a Fabricator / Welder along with knowledge and experience of Auto Cad Software.
• Knowledge and experience in the qualification of welding procedures and welder qualification to BS EN 9606
• Knowledge and understanding of different steel grades and material properties. 
• Excellent knowledge of Health and Safety in the workplace

Key Skills & Personal Attributes:

• Able to work independently and as part of a team
• Able to communicate clearly and effectively
• Excellent attention to detail and the ability to work under pressure
• Flexible approach to working hours and tasks
• Commitment to safety and following company procedures
• Physically fit and confident working at height
• Positive attitude, good timekeeping, and a desire to learn and develop
• Strong problem-solving abilities and a hands-on approach to tasks.
• Strong work ethic and a can-do attitude.

If you have the experience and ambition to match, we’d love to hear from you.