Job Description
Job title: Welder\n\n**Location:****** Weapon Systems UK, Sheffield – Onsite\n\nSalary: £39,873\n\n****\n\n****\n\nWhat you’ll be doing:\n\n * Execute Precision Titanium Welding Tasks: Perform a variety of titanium welding operations across multiple product types, showcasing your expertise in delivering high-quality work to meet diverse project requirements\n * Contribute to Full Build Lifecycle: Operate within your scope of approvals, ensuring tasks are completed in alignment with the full lifecycle of the build programme, from start to finish\n * Maintain Quality and Standards: Conduct thorough self-inspections to verify your work consistently meets the stringent quality and safety standards required for each project\n * Ensure Equipment Reliability: Take ownership of tools, consumables, and equipment by performing daily safety checks and confirmations, ensuring all resources are fit for purpose and compliant with operational standards\n * Champion Safety and Improvement: Actively participate in addressing Safety, Health, and Environmental (SHE) concerns within the assembly area by reporting hazards, near misses, or incidents promptly and contributing to corrective action plans to enhance workplace safety\n\nYour skills and experiences:\n\nEssential:\n\n * Possesses certified engineering qualifications, including a formally certified full Engineering Modern Apprenticeship, Modern Apprentice trade papers, and COSHH awareness, along with relevant work experience and proficiency in a range of technical processes acquired through job-related training\n * Highly skilled at welding exotic material (Titanium, Stainless Steel) with an understanding of cleanliness issues surrounding these types of material\n * Proficient at passing weld tests under Lloyds register supervision (independent weld test) or welding inspector supervision, including plate butt, pipe butt, tang and slot & tee butt, in 1G & 3G positions\n * Understand and follow welding procedure specifications (WPS) and be able to follow manufacturing Instruction, to listen and follow verbal instructions\n * Proficient at purging systems\n * Able to use pneumatic tooling, Grinders, Drills etc. in accordance with HAVS regulations\n\nBenefits:\n\nYou’ll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced\nannual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You’ll\nalso have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee\nassistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts – you may also be\neligible for an annual incentive.\n\nWeapon Systems UK (WSUK) Team:\n\nAs part of BAE Systems Platforms and Services sector, Weapon Systems (UK)\ndesigns, develops, manufactures, and supports artillery systems, naval guns,\nand provides engineering capability to the wider BAE Systems business.
Our\nglobal reach brings our customers a depth and breadth of expertise that meet\ncritical needs in the air, on land, and at sea. Our mission strives for us to\nbe our customer’s trusted and affordable weapons provider, delivering enhanced\neffects on target and complete mission solutions. We are looking for\ninnovation, commitment and drive to help define the future of Weapon Systems\ncapabilities.\n\nWhy BAE Systems?\n\nThis is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference.
You’ll be part\nof an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity, and merit,\nand where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates\nfrom all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are\ncurrently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic\nminorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals.\n\nWe also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as\npossible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia,\nautism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain\nassessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable\nadjustments.\n\nPlease be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security\nand export control restrictions.
These restrictions mean that factors such as\nyour nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your\nplace of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the\norganisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel\nSecurity Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security\nVetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous\nresidency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to\nallow for meaningful security vetting checks.\n\n**Closing Date:****** 10th December 2024\n\nWe reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient\napplications for the role.
Therefore, if you are interested, please submit\nyour application as early as possible.\n\n#LI-ED1\n\n#LI-ONSITE