Company: ERIKS

Job Title: TIG Welder

Location: Technology Centre, Industrial Hose, 2 Scotia Close, Northampton, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN4 7HR

Pay/Salary: There are two pay bandings for workers on-site as detailed below that each worker will be paid between. Please advertise and recruit this role at the lower pay banding. There is the potential based on candidate’s performance in the interview that the base hourly rate could be increased at the discretion of the manager on offer for a position, but this is not guaranteed. This is because this branch of ERIKS specialises in a particular niche so training and development will most likely need to be given. There is the potential for candidates pay rates to increase after 6 months (3 months on temp contract and after passing the 3-month probation period once permanent with ERIKS.) The middle band value below is the maximum cap for all workers on site in this role. Please make candidates aware that their pay for this role will initially be £13.81/hour unless the manager specifies otherwise.

If candidates want a certain minimum hourly rate to be considered that is higher than £13.81/hour, please specify this in the coversheet of their application.

Lower- £26,924/annum, £13.81/hour

Middle - £33,655/annum, £17.26/hour

Working Hours/Shift Pattern: Monday - Friday 7am - 3pm, 37.5 hours/week, 1 x 15 min paid break in morning, 30 mins unpaid lunch

Type of Employment: 12 weeks temporary to permanent (please inform candidates that should they be successful in the 9-week ‘probation period’ of the temp contract then they will be offered a permanent position)

Start Date: ASAP

Christmas ‘shutdown’ is Thursday 25^th December – Thursday 1^st January 2026, last working day Wednesday 24^th December 2025, returning Friday 2^nd January 2026.

(For Delivery teams:)

Please use the About and Why sections below in your adverts but feel free to anonymise the client. Please also include the statistic below mentioning 72 ‘temp to perm’ workers securing a permanent role during your sourcing. As well as the permanent benefits at the end of this document that are available to the candidate, only once they become a permanent ERIKS Employee

About ERIKS:

We’re ERIKS – a leading Specialised Industrial Service Provider, making remarkable a reality every single day.

We offer a wide range of innovative and high-quality industrial service solutions with the overall mission to make “industry work better”. You might just see O-rings and valves, but to us, they help power the world.

We know our hard-working people are the backbone of our mission, providing our customers with specialist knowledge and hands-on service.

This is where you come in!

Why ERIKS?

With 170 sites across the UK and Ireland, a supportive environment is never far away.

And, even though we’re proud to be part of the manufacturing industry, our opportunities extend far beyond warehouse jobs. You might be a fitter in Cork, a workshop engineer in Aberdeen, or a customer operations manager in Hull – wherever you are, your specialism is our strength. Collectively, we all have incredible expertise, and we know it takes dedication and hard work to get there.

At ERIKS, we’re committed to building a community – it’s the people you work with, it’s the support you receive from your manager, it's the technical specialism that is at the core of everything we do. In the last year alone, 72 colleagues who started in a ‘temp to perm’ role went on to secure a permanent position.

What are you waiting for? We can’t do it without you!

Main duties & responsibilities:

• Picking components for assemblies
• Utilizing competency in TIG Welding components - often thin materials welded together  
• Providing necessary departments with assemblies for the next stage in operations process
• Liaising with several department teams on-site to ensure smooth end-to-end process of on-site operation  
• Record any failures and report to the quality department, quarantined
• Understand fault finding procedure
• Understand in-house systems, for recording health and safety and operation quality data 

Essential skills / experience / qualifications:

• Good understanding, competency and comprehension of the English language essential to adhere to health and safety on-site
• Technical and functional knowledge of TIG Welding essential
• Previous experience in TIG Welding stainless steel, carbon steel and aluminum (especially) highly desirable
• Basic IT literacy skills for data entry and email correspondence essential
• Mathematically competent to handle angles, percentages and measurements involved

(basic competency needed)

• Technical and functional knowledge of mechanical assembly desired but not essential
• Previous certification of ASME IX desirable but not essential
• Experience in operating machinery is advantageous but not essential
• Previous industry experience in metallic hose assembly is advantageous but not essential
• Previous working experience in a manufacturing/production role or environment advantageous but not essential
• Must be willing to learn and expand understanding/skillset in a rapidly evolving production environment
• Successful candidates will demonstrate the ability to seek opportunities to improve performance, business and personal, learn from each team and together
• Adaptable and flexible to working requirements on site
• Driven and motivated  
• Able to work independently and in a team
• Good working attitude
• Counterbalance and Reach FLT Training can be offered as well, active/expired/refresher license training can be offered, prior license advantageous but not essential

Interview process:

Interviews needed: Y

F2F or teams: F2F with Engineering manager and on-site welder, will discuss operating procedures and walk and talk on-site

Skills assessment: 1 hour, weld test with scraps to test abilities and given tasks to complete

One or two stages: One stage

Arrive at front of building, press intercom for entry, wait in lobby area, sign in

Safety glasses and hi-vis can be provided but can bring their own

Steel toe cap boots are required; candidates need to bring their own

Candidates must bring their own fire-retardant clothing for skills assessment 

Interview slots:

w/c 1st – 1st anytime, 2nd 1:30pm – 2:30pm start, 3rd – X, 4th 1:30pm – 2:30pm start, 5th - X

w/c 8th – 8th – anytime, 9th anytime, 10th – X, 11th anytime, 12th - X

w/c 15th- 15th anytime, 16th – X, 17th anytime, 18th 1:30pm – 2:30pm start, 19th 9:30am – 10:30am start

Subject to daily change

Notes:

• (Welding Types - https://www.thecrucible.org/guides/welding-2/types-of-welding/)
• Northampton branch specialises in Industrial Hose Assemblies

From hose draining out ditch on construction site to hospitals, pharmaceutical buildings

• In-house training provided with experienced welder on-site. Longer process to master skills required than other roles on-site

• How big is the team:

Welders- 4 on-site including one 3 day/week in semi-retirement also working

Hose Tester - 1 on site, has cross trained with assembler

Assemblers - 4 on site, all cross train with hose tester

• Driving - No driving involved in role

• Training provided to understand ERIKS processes -

LDF Provided- Learning Development Forms - being revised for more granular detail 

How to operate cutting machine

Signed off in each competency- machinery, equipment, tools

Scored against competency matrix throughout training journey- 8 months process to become independent

Some assembly simpler than others so some quicker than this but 8 months for full competency

Lot of E-Learning on systems to follow as well

Majority of training on site - e.g. BFGA Hydraulic training on-site  

• FLT Training voluntarily available for picking items

Benefits once a permanent ERIKS Employee:

Your offer:

And if that wasn't enough to pique your interest, we also offer a very competitive salary and a range of benefits including:

• 25 days plus bank holidays annual holiday entitlement 
• Ability to purchase an additional 5 days holiday subject to scheme rules 
• Contributory Pension Scheme 
• Cycle to Work Scheme 
• Life Assurance 
• Up to 1 day’s paid leave to concentrate on your wellbeing  
• A full integrated Employee Assistance Programme including a 24/7 helpline for emotional and practical support, as well as financial and legal support including:  
• Unlimited mental health support from qualified mental healthcare professionals  
• 24/7, unlimited remote GP appointments – so you can get fast access to a doctor at a time convenient to you 
• Six 1-2-1 nutritional video consultations per year 
• Six 1-2-1 digitally delivered personal training sessions per year 
• 360 Wellbeing Score — take just four short assessments to get your score and unlock six 1-2-1 lifestyle coaching sessions per year 
• Physiotherapy — eight sessions a year shared between you and your partner 
• Medical second opinions 
• Savings and discounts for savings on weekly costs 
• On-demand wellness content, plus our Wellbeing Calendar, which is packed with podcasts, articles, webinars and more to help manage your wellbeing 
• Company Sick Pay from day 1 
• Group Income Protection – after a period of sickness absence  
• Long service recognition 
• Free unlimited access to LinkedIn Learning  
• Free ERIKS Branded workwear  
• Free Eye tests