Trainee Welder (Heavy Engineering)

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Job information

  • Location: Birmingham, West Midlands
  • Job type: Permanent
  • Job sector: Engineering
  • Working arrangement: Field based
  • Salary: Up to £22 per hour + Training + Career Progression
  • Published: 7 May 2026

Trainee Welder (Heavy Engineering)

Birmingham

Up to £22 per Hour + Door to Door + Company vehicle + Company Bonus + Training + Overtime + progression + Company Benefits

Are you a Trainee Welder with a level 3 in Advanced Welding or similar looking to join a company that repairs and installs industrial steam boilers offering great company benefits such as paid overtime and training opportunities?

Do you want to join an innovative and highly skilled team that delivers specialist Steam Boiler solutions to clients across the UK and overseas, with over 20 years of experience, offering great training opportunities and career progression?

On offer is the opportunity for a Trainee Welder with a level 3 in Advanced Welding or similar to join a long-standing independent steam specialist, gaining advanced welding and fabrication skills whilst supporting a wide range of industrial customers, providing high-quality steam boiler repairs, installations, inspections and support from minor valve issues to full turnkey industrial steam boiler projects.

In this role, as a Trainee Welder for heavy plate engineering, you will carry out repairs to industrial steam boilers across customer sites across the UK. This includes re-tubing of boilers, cutting out and completing D-patch repairs, tube plate replacement and coded welding of pipework/vessels.

This role would suit a Trainee Welder with a Level 3 in advanced Welding or similar, with preferable experience with Stick or MMA welding or relevant experience with heavy plate welding. You will also require a full UK driving license.

The role:

  • Install and Repair Industrial Steam Boilers
  • Sitck/MMA welding on Heavy Plate machinery
  • Site Travel, 7:30 to 4:00

The Person:

  • Trainee Welder
  • Level 3 in Advanced Welding or similar
  • UK Travel

Keywords: Trainee Welder, Industrial, heavy Plate, Heavy Engineering, Industrial Steam Boiler, MMA, Stick Welding, Halesowen, Birmingham, Site Travel, UK Driving License

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We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitable candidates. The salary advertised is a guideline for this position. The offered renumeration will be dependent on the extent of your experience, qualifications, and skill set.

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