Overview:
Are you a Grounds Worker or Labourer looking at a career change and have a fixed site for work?
Element has an opportunity for a Structural Steelwork Assistant to join our growing team based at our new testing facility in Warrington. This is a great opportunity to develop your career within a Global Testing, Inspection and Certification business.

Responsibilities:

• Achieving and maintaining high standards of health and safety, including contractor inductions
• Principle responsibilities for Handling and Preparation of Test Specimens
• Maintaining and managing stock of steel sections on site, including ordering and marking up
• Verification of incoming steel samples to ensure compliance with Hp / A and section size tolerances
• Supervise and co-ordinate with Shot-blasting contractor
• Liaise with fabricating contractors to ensure specimen preparation is timely and prioritized
• Supervise and co-ordinate with clients when on site
• Liaising with and assisting the client, including contractors and third parties, during application of paint to test specimens
• Liaise and assist Technical Assistants
• Manage paint storage and disposal with designated waste contractor
• Instrumentation of test specimens and preparation in line with standards
• Completion of internal systems using FIREMAN and any associated procedures
• Assisting with preparation of samples

Skills / Qualifications:

• Ideally experienced or knowledge of working to Standard Operating Procedures within strict H&S guidelines
• Practical skills for using tools within a construction / engineering / shop fitting environment, desired but not essential (training will be provided)
• Interest in materials testing
• Good communication skills both verbal and written
• Proactive, logical and methodical
• Attention to detail
• Possess a valid FLT license desired but not essential (training will be provided)

• Achieving and maintaining high standards of health and safety, including contractor inductions
• Principle responsibilities for Handling and Preparation of Test Specimens
• Maintaining and managing stock of steel sections on site, including ordering and marking up
• Verification of incoming steel samples to ensure compliance with Hp / A and section size tolerances
• Supervise and co-ordinate with Shot-blasting contractor
• Liaise with fabricating contractors to ensure specimen preparation is timely and prioritized
• Supervise and co-ordinate with clients when on site
• Liaising with and assisting the client, including contractors and third parties, during application of paint to test specimens
• Liaise and assist Technical Assistants
• Manage paint storage and disposal with designated waste contractor
• Instrumentation of test specimens and preparation in line with standards
• Completion of internal systems using FIREMAN and any associated procedures
• Assisting with preparation of sample