Website Palfinger UK
Put your fitting and fabrication skills to work building lorry loader cranes from the world market leader.
Join Palfinger UK as a Crane Fitter / Fabricator and play an important part in building and fitting our market-leading lorry loader cranes onto commercial vehicles.
Based at our Devizes production facility, you’ll work on specialist vehicle builds, fitting cranes, subframes and associated hydraulic equipment to commercial vehicle chassis. You’ll see each build come together as a complete Palfinger crane-equipped vehicle, ready to go to work for our customers.
Whether you’re already a Mechanical Fitter or Fabricator, this is an opportunity to take your existing skills into a specialised engineering environment.
This role offers specialist training and a secure career with a long-established UK engineering group.
Hours:
- 39 hours per week, Monday to Friday
- Monday to Thursday: 8.00am – 4.30pm
- Friday: 8.00am – 3.30pm
- Additional overtime hours paid at time X1.5
Key Duties will Include:
As a Crane Fitter / Fabricator, you’ll play an important part in fitting and assembling Palfinger lorry loader cranes and associated equipment onto commercial vehicle chassis.
You’ll:
- Fabricate and MIG weld bespoke subframes
- Fit subframes and cranes to commercial vehicle chassis
- Carry out mechanical fitting and assembly to the required specification
- Complete hydraulic fitting and plumbing as part of the crane installation
- Fit components including pumps, PTOs, valve blocks and to make and fit hydraulic hoses
- Read and work accurately from engineering drawings and build specifications
- Liaise with your Team Leader on the work required and progress of each build
- Support your colleagues on other jobs when required
- Complete work safely, accurately and within required production timescales
The Ideal Applicant:
To be considered you’ll need to have:
Good knowledge of mechanical fitting practices
MIG welding experience
Practical fabrication experience
Knowledge of hydraulic circuits and fittings
The ability to read and work accurately from engineering drawings
Basic IT proficiency
Good practical skills and attention to detail
The ability to work both independently and as part of a production team
Benefits:
- Competitive salary, based on your skills and experience
- Additional overtime paid at TX1.5
- Annual pay reviews
- Company pension with up to 12.5% joint contributions
- Life assurance up to 5X salary
- Perkbox high street retail discounts, wellbeing support and online GP access
- Extensive manufacturer and technical training
- Company share plan and staff discount scheme
- Real career progression within a large, established UK engineering group
If you’re looking for a specialist role working with market-leading loader cranes and the opportunity to build a long-term career within a growing engineering business, apply now.
PALFINGER UK are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and are committed to building a diverse, positive and inclusive workplace.
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