Job Description
Looking to Start Approx Apr/May 2024
Job Title: Pipefitter
Location: Govan & Scotstoun - Glasgow
Salary: £36,217 (Shift allowance of 33% (£48,168) for Back, Night & Weekend shifts)
Overtime Rates:
Mon – Thurs: Time and a third
Friday: Time and a half for the first 4 hours, double time from then on
Saturday: Time and a half
Sunday: Double time
Shift Patterns:
Mon – Thurs
- Day Shift: 07:00 – 16:30
- Back Shift: 14:00 – 23:30
- Night Shift 20:30 – 06:00
Fri – Sun
- Weekend: 07:00 – 19:30
BAE Benefits:
You’ll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You’ll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive
Your main responsibilities as a Pipefitter will involve:
- Fabricating and installing pipework systems in large and small-bore pipework using different materials (copper, cuni and carbon steel)
- Using a range of hand tools & mechanical equipment to cut, bend, braze, solder and weld pipes
- Installing utilities aboard ship i.e., sinks, showers, and toilets.
Your skills and qualifications:
Essential:
- Trade papers, e.g., formal apprenticeship (ability to provide papers)
- Current knowledge and experience of pipe manufacture and installation, and use of associated equipment
- Clear understanding of SHE risks awareness
- Understanding of manufacturing processes
- Must be comfortable working in confined spaces and or at height
Desirable:
- Safety certification i.e., SHE induction, COSHH awareness, working at height etc
- Background in a major construction / manufacturing environment.
Pipefitter Team:
This is an exciting time to join a business that is expanding and transforming, to operate in a new, innovative, and competitive environment. Our shipbuilding business is growing, and we are now recruiting Pipefitters to fabricate and install pipework systems and utilities, with the aim of delivering the very best product possible to our customers. You will be working to engineering standards, striving for quality right first time.