Shotblaster

Location: Wetherby, West Yorkshire

Salary: £14.60 per hour

Hours: Monday to Thursday, 7am to 4.45pm

Job Type: Full-time, Permanent

The Opportunity Castle Employment Group is recruiting a Shot Blaster to join an established structural steel manufacturing business near Wetherby.

This is a great opportunity for someone with previous shot blasting or heavy manufacturing experience to join a busy steel fabrication environment.

You'll be responsible for preparing and processing structural steel components, ensuring materials move safely and efficiently through production.

• £14.60 per hour
• 4-day working week, Monday to Thursday
• 3-day weekend every week
• Overtime opportunities
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Company pension scheme
• Private healthcare
• Long-term progression opportunities
• Established manufacturing business

• Loading and operating industrial shot blasting machinery
• Preparing structural steel beams and components for blasting
• Loading, unloading and organising materials
• Ensuring steel components are processed to the required standards
• Checking materials for defects following blasting
• Maintaining production flow and meeting manufacturing schedules
• Carrying out quality checks on completed work
• Following all workshop health and safety procedures
• Keeping machinery and work areas clean and organised

• Previous shot blasting experience, ideally within a manufacturing environment
• Experience handling large or heavy steel components
• Previous structural steel or fabrication workshop experience would be advantageous
• Good understanding of manufacturing processes
• Strong awareness of workshop health and safety
• Able to work independently and manage workload effectively
• Flexible approach to overtime when required

Candidates who have worked within structural steel fabrication, steel processing or heavy manufacturing environments would be particularly suited to this position.