Station Workshops Welder/Fabricator

Station Workshops Welder/Fabricator

RAF Brize Norton Carterton, Oxfordshire, OX18 3LX

Permanent, 

Full time, Mon – Fri, 37 hours per week.

Salary of £35,891.79 per annum plus benefits

At RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire, Serco has been providing multi-activity and engineering support since 1997. Serco proudly support the RAF and MoD, supplying around 20 different services onsite, from engine and aircraft maintenance, to fuelling and ground control services. RAF Brize Norton is the largest operating base within the Royal Air Force, providing air transport and air-to-air refuelling to the RAF fleet, you will contribute enormously to the vital work carried out here. You’ll also be part of the wider team, with 5,800 service personnel, 1,200 contractors and 300 civil servants on site.

There is currently a vacancy for a Serco Station Workshops Welder/Fabricator working within Station Workshops at RAF Brize Norton.

Main duties:

• Delivery of Serco Station Workshops Engineering Services.
• Provide the Serco Brize Norton Station Workshops Engineering Supervisor, and RAF Brize Norton a focal point to ensure the effective delivery of Serco Station Workshops
• Welder/Fabricator output - ensuring that the products and services delivered always meet the required standard and comply with regulatory requirements.
• Provision of Serco Station Workshops Welder/Fabricator activities and output ensuring effective, efficient, “right first time every time” output to our customers.
• Ensure that all their work is correctly certified and that records of work carried out are retained safely and securely for the statutory period.
• Remaining authorised, competent, qualified to plan, perform, supervise, inspect, certify the work and complete the tasks.
• Ensuring a record of their training and experience is kept up to date and available for review.
• Ensuring that they comply with appropriate work procedures and have an effective working knowledge of current regulatory requirements. Including the Serco Management System, appropriate MoD legislation, BSI ISO, HASAW Act and local Serco and RAF Brize Norton processes and procedures.

What you need to do the role:

• Welding BTEC ONC/NVQ Level 3 or equivalent.
• Welder/Fabricator experience. Fabrication and repair of items using engineering drawings and patterns. Fabrication and repair of ground/aircraft components using the MIG/TIG process. Use of oxygen/acetylene for soldering/brazing/cutting.
• The ability to successfully implement and apply relevant Government legislation, MoD legislation, Serco and RAF Brize Norton processes and procedures.

What we offer:

• Salary: Competitive salaries with annual reviews.
• Pension: Up to 6% contributory pension scheme.
• Holidays: 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Training and development: We offer a wide range of learning opportunities with over 1,100 internal courses available, funding for qualifications and apprenticeships, mentoring opportunities, and a focus on internal progression.
• Wellbeing: 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme, BUPA Anytime HealthLine, wellbeing app, Simplyhealth cash plans to claim back money towards healthcare costs, 30% off at Serco-managed leisure centres.
• Discounts: Save across around 1,000 retailers, from food and clothing to days out, entertainment and travel.
• ShareSave scheme: Helps you save regularly with the choice to buy Serco shares at a discount at the end of your savings period.
• Employee networks: Dedicated networks where colleagues can come together to find support, share challenges, discuss ideas, network and be part of a community.
• Charity: Support a charity or organisation with a paid volunteering day each year. You can also choose to donate to your favourite charity tax-free, through our Payroll Giving Scheme.

MoD Security Clearance. Due to the nature of the organisation, all employees of Serco are required to be security cleared to SC level. If successful in your application, we would support you with the SC process. As a guideline only, you would normally need to have been a UK resident for the last 5 consecutive years.  

All Serco employees may be subject to drug and alcohol testing.

The individual must be able to submit 6 monthly weld test samples to the relevant scientific authority to be deemed competent

To discover more about our careers in Defence, meet our team, and to find out more about what we offer, please follow this Link. We’re also a signatory of the UK Governments Women in Defence Charter, to find out more please click here.

Please click on the apply button to complete your application. Occasionally we receive a large volume of applications for our roles and when that happens, we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment. 

At Serco, we see people first and foremost for their performance and potential. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive organisation that supports the needs of all. As such we will make reasonable adjustments at interview through to employment for our candidates and strongly encourage applications from a diverse candidate pool. We are open to discussions around flexibility and flexible working. As a proud Disability Confident Leader and holder of the Gold Inclusive Employer Standard, disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the job will be given the opportunity to demonstrate their abilities at an interview. 

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