Welder

Job Description

Job Title: Welder

Location: Sheffield – on site

Salary: £39,873 + shift allowance 

Please note that this role might include shift working

What you’ll be doing:

·        Conduct varied titanium welding tasks across a range of products

·        Perform within your scope of approvals and responsibilities, covering the full lifecycle of the build programme

·        Maintain positive and collaborative working relations with your team and your wider stakeholder group

·        Check your own work to ensure it meets the required standards

·        Raise any general problems around ways of working in a timely manner and to the appropriate person and comply with all new and existing policies, processes and standards

·        Responsible for the use and care of tools, consumables, and equipment, including using checks to ensure they are fit for purpose

·        Report any hazards, near misses and incidents in a timely manner in line with company procedures and implement corrective actions against SHE issues with in the assembly area

Your skills and experience:

·        Understand and follow welding procedure specifications (WPS) and able to follow manufacturing Instruction, to listen and follow verbal instructions

·        Highly skilled at welding exotic material (Titanium) with an understanding of cleanliness issues surrounding these types of material

·        Proficient at purging systems

·        Proficient at passing weld tests under Lloyds register supervision or welding inspector supervision, including plate butt, pipe butt, tang and slot & tee butt, in 1G & 3G positions

·        Able to use pneumatic tooling, Grinders, Drills etc. in accordance with HAVS regulations

·        Modern Apprentice trade papers or equivalent

·        Completed a ‘time served’ full Engineering Modern apprenticeship which has been formally certified by a national Awarding Organisation or formal qualification dependent on experience

Benefits:

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing, and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Operations Weapons UK team:

As part of BAE Systems Platforms and Services sector, Weapon Systems (UK) designs, develops, manufactures and supports artillery systems, naval guns, and provides engineering capability to the wider BAE Systems business. Our global reach brings our customers a depth and breadth of expertise that meet critical needs in the air, on land, and at sea. Our mission strives for us to be our customer’s trusted and affordable weapons provider, delivering enhanced effects on target and complete mission solutions. We are looking for innovation, commitment and drive to help define the future of Weapon Systems capabilities.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals. We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing date: 8^th April 2025                  

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.