Slinger

Slingers

Shipbuilding

Location - Rosyth

Standard rate of pay £17.25 per hour plus shift allowances and overtime

Duration - 12 weeks, possibly longer

The role involves working with a range of lifting and transport equipment including mobile cranes, Goliath crane, overhead travelling cranes, forklift trucks, SPMT`s and mechanical handling equipment.

The role will be a multi-skilled one and may grow to cover Goliath crane and SPMT operations.

The post holder will be expected to execute lifting operations in a safe and controlled manner on behalf of the Company in accordance with the Lifting Operations Lifting Equipment Regulations (LOLER) 1998 and job specific method statements.

The successful candidate will be expected to work the hours required to complete the job, often out-with standard hours. Training will be provided where necessary.

Qualifications and Experience:

• Experience in slinging / rigging with the use of a range of equipment. (Plate / bulbar / beam clamps, magnets, vacuums etc.)
• Recognised slinger signaller qualification - Min NVQ2 or equivalent.
• Recognised rigger / fleeting qualification desirable.
• Fork lift / side loader driving certificates
• OHT Crane Certificates (Desirable but not essential)
• MEWPS Training, IPAF (Desirable but not essential)

Successful candidate will be able to satisfy requirement for MOD security clearance and Disclosure Scotland.

Our role in supporting diversity and inclusion
As an international workforce business, we are committed to sourcing personnel that reflects the diversity and values of our client base but also that of Orion Group. We welcome the wide range of experiences and viewpoints that potential workers bring to our business and our clients, including those based on nationality, gender, culture, educational and professional backgrounds, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, and age differences, job classification and religion. In our inclusive workplace, regardless of your employment status as staff or contract, everyone is assured the right of equitable, fair and respectful treatment.